Geraldine Fela

Dr Geraldine Fela is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie University in the Department of History and Archaeology, where she is undertaking an oral history project examining the 1998 waterfront dispute between the Maritime Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores. Geraldine's research sits at the intersection of labour history, queer history and social movement studies. Her first book "Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of the Australia's AIDS crisis" (UNSW, 2024) explores the role of Australian nurses and nursing unions in responding to the HIV and AIDS crisis.