Libby Connors Explained

Libby Connors
Birth Date:8 August 1960
Awards:Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance (2015)
Alma Mater:University of Queensland (BA [Hons], PhD)
Thesis Title:The "Birth of the Prison" and the Death of Convictism: The Operation of the Law in Pre-separation Queensland 1839 to 1859
Thesis Url:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185630
Thesis Year:1990
Doctoral Advisor:Kay Saunders
Discipline:History
Sub Discipline:Legal history
Environmental history
Colonial history
Workplaces:University of Southern Queensland
Notable Works:Warrior (2015)

Elizabeth Louise Alice Connors (born 8 August 1960)[1] is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Queensland.

In 1992, Connors co-wrote Australia's Frontline: Remembering the 1939–45 War with Lynette Finch, Kay Saunders and Helen Taylor.

In 1999, Connors published A History of the Australian Environment Movement with co-author Drew Hutton.

In 2015 Connors received the Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier.[2] The book followed Dalla lawman Dundalli from his life in southeast Queensland to his execution outside Brisbane gaol on 5 January 1855.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: South, Val. An Invaluable Life: A Memoir. As told to Ryan, Marie. 2007. 978-0-646-47155-6. Marie Ryan. Brisbane. 174.
  2. News: Aborigines and Brisbane settlers at war in Libby Connors' book. Wilson. Rohan. May 23, 2015. The Australian.
  3. Web site: Dundalli (1820–1855). Connors. Libby. 2005. Australian Dictionary of Biography.