Willis, Ian C.

Overview

Dr Willis is a local studies specialist and has a particular interest in community identity, place making and the Red Cross in Australia.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia Published in Hektoen International Journal
2018	Utopia or Dystopia: A Contested Space on Sydney’s Urban Frontier
2017	A new horizon on Sydney's urban frontier: the St Elmo land releases Published in ISAA Review
2017	Circular Quay Railway Station A Piece of Sydney Modernism Published in Spirit of Progress: Journal of Art Deco and Modernism Society of Autralia
2016	'Just like England', a colonial settler landscape Published in ISAA Review
2015	'Doing Their Bit', The Red Cross on the New South Wales Homefront During the First World War Published in History
2014	Ministering Angels, The Camden District Red Cross, 1914-1945
2013	Imaginings on the edge: myth, mourning and memory in Sydney's fringe communities Published in Sydney Journal
2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics: issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe
2010	Oran Park Published in Sydney Journal

Research Areas

2103 - HISTORICAL STUDIES

Research Overview

The Australian Red Cross 1914 to 1945
The Cowpastures district of New South Wales 1795 to 1840
Urban Growth on Sydney's Rural-Urban Fringe 1948 to the present
Modernism in New South Wales
Local newspapers in the Macarthur region of New South Wales 1880 to the present
Travellers and tourists journeying to Europe from Australia, particularly young single women.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country

Member Of

Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Member 2018 -
History Council of New South Wales Member 2018 -
Australian Historical Association Member 2010 -
Camden Historical Society Inc President 2017-2019 1995 -
Independent Scholars Association of Australia
Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT)

Attended Event

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia Published In Hektoen International Journal Volume Winter
2018	Despite the doom and gloom in Australian media, the outlook for regional papers remains strong Published In The Conversation Volume 7 August Pages 1 - 6
2018	Richlands, an outpost of a colonial farming empire Published In The District reporter Volume 3 August Pages 16 - 16
2017	A new horizon on Sydney's urban frontier: the St Elmo land releases Published In ISAA Review Volume 16 Pages 29 - 41
2017	Circular Quay Railway Station A Piece of Sydney Modernism Published In Spirit of Progress: Journal of Art Deco and Modernism Society of Autralia Volume 18 Pages 20 - 22

2016	'Just like England', a colonial settler landscape Published In ISAA Review Volume 15 Pages 5 - 18



2015	'Doing Their Bit', The Red Cross on the New South Wales Homefront During the First World War Published In History Pages 3 - 5


2013	Imaginings on the edge: myth, mourning and memory in Sydney's fringe communities Published In Sydney Journal Volume 4 Pages 127 - 140 ISSN 1835-0151



2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics; Issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe Published In AQ (Balmain): Journal of Contemporary Analysis Volume 83 Pages 20 - 25 ISSN 1443-3605








2010	Oran Park Published In Sydney Journal Volume 3 Pages 44 - 51 ISSN 1835-0151

Book

Year	Title

2014	Ministering Angels, The Camden District Red Cross, 1914-1945 Publisher Camden : Camden Historical Society Inc

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Foreward Published In Camden's WWI Diggers: 1914 to 1918 Publisher Camden: Camden Historical Society Inc. Pages 1 - 3

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Utopia or Dystopia: A Contested Space on Sydney’s Urban Frontier Published In Remaking cities urban history planning history Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018 Pages 557 - 567
2017	Silent Anzacs: Red Cross convalescent homes in NSW, 1914-1916 Published In Entangled Histories: Australian Historical Association 36th Annual Conference Abstracts


2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics: issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe Published In Urban Transformations: Booms, Busts and Other Catastrophes: Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference Pages 394 - 406

Other

Year	Title
2020	Airds shopping centre demolition symbolic of planning failures Page p. Online Publisher South West Voice External URL Airds shopping centre demolition symbolic of planning failures
2020	History will record how Camden adapted to a modern pandemic Page 7 Publisher Wombaroo Publishers External URL History will record how Camden adapted to a modern pandemic
2020	Iconic council buildings were built on hope Publisher South West Voice External URL Iconic council buildings were built on hope
2020	Knitting socks was a patriotic act Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Knitting socks was a patriotic act
2020	Macarthur Bridge built to connect Camden Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Macarthur Bridge built to connect Camden
2020	Social distancing of yesteryears Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publishers External URL Social distancing of yesteryears
2020	The trainee teachers' mystery of 1924 Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL The trainee teachers' mystery of 1924
2019	A colonial diarist of the Cowpastures Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL A colonial diarist of the Cowpastures
2019	A little black cocktail fantasy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL A little black cocktail fantasy
2019	Architecture in the interwar years Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Architecture in the interwar years
2019	Camden's own tram the Pansy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Camden's own tram the Pansy
2019	Community bands hit the right note Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Community bands hit the right note
2019	Formidable women of Camden Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Formidable women of Camden
2019	The valley: A lost Gothic fantasy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL The valley: A lost Gothic fantasy
2019	The versatility of the Nepean River Page p. 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications
2018	Elizabeth Macarthur A Life At the Edge of the World Page 12 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Elizabeth Macarthur A Life At the Edge of the World

Collection Or Series Editor For

Camden History (Journal)
Camden History Notes (Blog)

Editor Of

Webpage
- Camden History Notes

Presentations

Featured In

Australian Historical Association Blog Posting
Australian Quarterly Journal
Camden History Journal
Camden History Notes
Dictionary of Sydney Journal
Elizabeth Villy, Red Poppies and the White Waratah, Heroines of the Great War from Wollondilly. The Oaks Historical Society: The Oaks, 2016. Bibliographic Information Source
Health and History Journal
Hektoen International Journal Article
History Australia Journal
History Workshop Online Journal
History Workshop, ‘Local history: a view from the bottom‘, 5 December 2016 Blog Posting
Honest History Blog Posting
ISAA Review Journal
Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Journal
Journal of the Australian War Memorial Journal
Melanie Oppenheimer, All Work No Pay, Australian Civilian Volunteers in War. Walcha, NSW: Ohio Publcns, 2002 Bibliographic Information Source
Sarah Glassford, Mobilizing Mercy, A History of the Canadian Red Cross. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017 Book Bibliographic Information Source
Spirit of Progress Journal
Sydney Journal Journal
The District Reporter Journal

Other Research Activities

Local newspapers of the Macarthur region, NSW. 1880-2018. Lead researcher 2018 -
Menangle Urban Development Research Project Lead Researcher 2017 -

Outreach Overview

I am a public historian who encourages and advocates on behalf of community and local history.

Reviewer Of

Men, myth and memory | Dr Jen Roberts | UOW (Speech) - 2017

Organizer Of Event

Primary Teacher History Syllabus Workshop, Camden Museum 2018 -

Professional Service Activities

Camden Council Heritage Advisory Committee Representative for Camden Historical Society Inc 2018 -

Outreach And Community Service Activities

South Western Sydney Tourism Taskforce Tour Leader Walk Through Historic Camden Town Centre 2018 -
Camden Museum President Camden Historical Society Inc

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Wollongong 2004

Credentials

Doctor of Philosophy, 2004

Awards And Honors

Officer of the Order of Australia, 2019
Life Member, conferred by Camden Historical Society Inc, 2017

Keywords

Red Cross, place, identity, Camden NSW, Sydney's rural-urban fringe, home front, philanthropy, active citizenship, advocacy, volunteering, colonial NSW, landscape aesthetic, settler colonialism,

Full Name

Dr Ian Willis

Top Publications

Year	Title
2020	Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia Published in Hektoen International Journal
2018	Utopia or Dystopia: A Contested Space on Sydney’s Urban Frontier
2017	A new horizon on Sydney's urban frontier: the St Elmo land releases Published in ISAA Review
2017	Circular Quay Railway Station A Piece of Sydney Modernism Published in Spirit of Progress: Journal of Art Deco and Modernism Society of Autralia
2016	'Just like England', a colonial settler landscape Published in ISAA Review
2015	'Doing Their Bit', The Red Cross on the New South Wales Homefront During the First World War Published in History
2014	Ministering Angels, The Camden District Red Cross, 1914-1945
2013	Imaginings on the edge: myth, mourning and memory in Sydney's fringe communities Published in Sydney Journal
2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics: issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe
2010	Oran Park Published in Sydney Journal

Research Areas

2103 - HISTORICAL STUDIES

Research Overview

The Australian Red Cross 1914 to 1945
The Cowpastures district of New South Wales 1795 to 1840
Urban Growth on Sydney's Rural-Urban Fringe 1948 to the present
Modernism in New South Wales
Local newspapers in the Macarthur region of New South Wales 1880 to the present
Travellers and tourists journeying to Europe from Australia, particularly young single women.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country

Member Of

Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Member 2018 -
History Council of New South Wales Member 2018 -
Australian Historical Association Member 2010 -
Camden Historical Society Inc President 2017-2019 1995 -
Independent Scholars Association of Australia
Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT)

Attended Event

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Red Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in Australia Published In Hektoen International Journal Volume Winter
2018	Despite the doom and gloom in Australian media, the outlook for regional papers remains strong Published In The Conversation Volume 7 August Pages 1 - 6
2018	Richlands, an outpost of a colonial farming empire Published In The District reporter Volume 3 August Pages 16 - 16
2017	A new horizon on Sydney's urban frontier: the St Elmo land releases Published In ISAA Review Volume 16 Pages 29 - 41
2017	Circular Quay Railway Station A Piece of Sydney Modernism Published In Spirit of Progress: Journal of Art Deco and Modernism Society of Autralia Volume 18 Pages 20 - 22

2016	'Just like England', a colonial settler landscape Published In ISAA Review Volume 15 Pages 5 - 18



2015	'Doing Their Bit', The Red Cross on the New South Wales Homefront During the First World War Published In History Pages 3 - 5


2013	Imaginings on the edge: myth, mourning and memory in Sydney's fringe communities Published In Sydney Journal Volume 4 Pages 127 - 140 ISSN 1835-0151



2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics; Issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe Published In AQ (Balmain): Journal of Contemporary Analysis Volume 83 Pages 20 - 25 ISSN 1443-3605








2010	Oran Park Published In Sydney Journal Volume 3 Pages 44 - 51 ISSN 1835-0151

Book

Year	Title

2014	Ministering Angels, The Camden District Red Cross, 1914-1945 Publisher Camden : Camden Historical Society Inc

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	Foreward Published In Camden's WWI Diggers: 1914 to 1918 Publisher Camden: Camden Historical Society Inc. Pages 1 - 3

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Utopia or Dystopia: A Contested Space on Sydney’s Urban Frontier Published In Remaking cities urban history planning history Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018 Pages 557 - 567
2017	Silent Anzacs: Red Cross convalescent homes in NSW, 1914-1916 Published In Entangled Histories: Australian Historical Association 36th Annual Conference Abstracts


2012	Townies, ex-urbanites and aesthetics: issues of identity on Sydney's rural-urban fringe Published In Urban Transformations: Booms, Busts and Other Catastrophes: Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference Pages 394 - 406

Other

Year	Title
2020	Airds shopping centre demolition symbolic of planning failures Page p. Online Publisher South West Voice External URL Airds shopping centre demolition symbolic of planning failures
2020	History will record how Camden adapted to a modern pandemic Page 7 Publisher Wombaroo Publishers External URL History will record how Camden adapted to a modern pandemic
2020	Iconic council buildings were built on hope Publisher South West Voice External URL Iconic council buildings were built on hope
2020	Knitting socks was a patriotic act Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Knitting socks was a patriotic act
2020	Macarthur Bridge built to connect Camden Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Macarthur Bridge built to connect Camden
2020	Social distancing of yesteryears Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publishers External URL Social distancing of yesteryears
2020	The trainee teachers' mystery of 1924 Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL The trainee teachers' mystery of 1924
2019	A colonial diarist of the Cowpastures Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL A colonial diarist of the Cowpastures
2019	A little black cocktail fantasy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL A little black cocktail fantasy
2019	Architecture in the interwar years Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Architecture in the interwar years
2019	Camden's own tram the Pansy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Camden's own tram the Pansy
2019	Community bands hit the right note Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Community bands hit the right note
2019	Formidable women of Camden Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Formidable women of Camden
2019	The valley: A lost Gothic fantasy Page 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL The valley: A lost Gothic fantasy
2019	The versatility of the Nepean River Page p. 16 Publisher Wombaroo Publications
2018	Elizabeth Macarthur A Life At the Edge of the World Page 12 Publisher Wombaroo Publications External URL Elizabeth Macarthur A Life At the Edge of the World

Collection Or Series Editor For

Camden History (Journal)
Camden History Notes (Blog)

Editor Of

Webpage
- Camden History Notes

Presentations

Featured In

Australian Historical Association Blog Posting
Australian Quarterly Journal
Camden History Journal
Camden History Notes
Dictionary of Sydney Journal
Elizabeth Villy, Red Poppies and the White Waratah, Heroines of the Great War from Wollondilly. The Oaks Historical Society: The Oaks, 2016. Bibliographic Information Source
Health and History Journal
Hektoen International Journal Article
History Australia Journal
History Workshop Online Journal
History Workshop, ‘Local history: a view from the bottom‘, 5 December 2016 Blog Posting
Honest History Blog Posting
ISAA Review Journal
Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Journal
Journal of the Australian War Memorial Journal
Melanie Oppenheimer, All Work No Pay, Australian Civilian Volunteers in War. Walcha, NSW: Ohio Publcns, 2002 Bibliographic Information Source
Sarah Glassford, Mobilizing Mercy, A History of the Canadian Red Cross. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017 Book Bibliographic Information Source
Spirit of Progress Journal
Sydney Journal Journal
The District Reporter Journal

Other Research Activities

Local newspapers of the Macarthur region, NSW. 1880-2018. Lead researcher 2018 -
Menangle Urban Development Research Project Lead Researcher 2017 -

Outreach Overview

I am a public historian who encourages and advocates on behalf of community and local history.

Reviewer Of

Men, myth and memory | Dr Jen Roberts | UOW (Speech) - 2017

Organizer Of Event

Primary Teacher History Syllabus Workshop, Camden Museum 2018 -

Professional Service Activities

Camden Council Heritage Advisory Committee Representative for Camden Historical Society Inc 2018 -

Outreach And Community Service Activities

South Western Sydney Tourism Taskforce Tour Leader Walk Through Historic Camden Town Centre 2018 -
Camden Museum President Camden Historical Society Inc

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Wollongong 2004

Credentials

Doctor of Philosophy, 2004

Awards And Honors

Officer of the Order of Australia, 2019
Life Member, conferred by Camden Historical Society Inc, 2017

Keywords

Red Cross, place, identity, Camden NSW, Sydney's rural-urban fringe, home front, philanthropy, active citizenship, advocacy, volunteering, colonial NSW, landscape aesthetic, settler colonialism,

Full Name

Dr Ian Willis

Geographic Location

University of Wollongong

Located In Facility

Building 19.1007

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1751-8263 (confirmed)

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Attended Event

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other

Collection Or Series Editor For

Editor Of

Webpage

Presentations

Invited Talk

Presentation

Featured In

Funding

Other Research Activities

Service

Outreach Overview

Reviewer Of

Organizer Of Event

Professional Service Activities

Outreach And Community Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Credentials

Awards And Honors

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Attended Event

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Other

Collection Or Series Editor For

Editor Of

Webpage

Presentations

Invited Talk

Presentation

Featured In

Funding

Other Research Activities

Service

Outreach Overview

Reviewer Of

Organizer Of Event

Professional Service Activities

Outreach And Community Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Credentials

Awards And Honors

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Geographic Location