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Katrina Place Dernelley

(she/her)
Historian and Heritage Consultant, La Trobe University

Dr Katrina Place Dernelley is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Inland in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her research examines gender, home and colonisation on the central Victorian goldfields. Katrina currently works at Heritage Victoria. Katrina has degrees in Architectural History (University of Melbourne) and Interior Design (RMIT) and has worked as an architectural historian and heritage consultant for some of Australia's top firms.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Adjunct Research Fellow, La Trobe University
  • 2021–present
    Heritage Officer, Heritage Victoria
  • 1995–2005
    Tutor, Architectural History and Design, University of Melbourne
  • 2003–2004
    Heritage Consultant, Context Pty Ltd
  • 1999–1999
    Heritage Consultant, RBA Architects
  • 1996–1998
    Heritage Consultant, Lovell Chen

Education

  • 2023 
    La Trobe University, PhD in History
  • 2002 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Architecture (thesis)
  • 1997 
    University of Melbourne, Post-Graduate Diploma Building & Planning (Architectural History & Conservation)
  • 1994 
    RMIT, Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (Hons)