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Stephen Gapps

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Historian and Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Research interests:

- Conflict and resistance warfare in early Sydney 1788-1817
- The Bathurst War, the First War of Wiradjuri Resistance 1822-1824
- The Australian Frontier Wars
- Public History, historical reenactments and commemoration

Experience

  • –present
    Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
  • 2022–present
    Historian, Artefact Heritage Services
  • 2010–2022
    Curator, Australian National Maritime Museum

Education

  • 2004 
    University of Technology, Sydney, PhD

Publications

  • 2024
    The Rising - Resistance Warfare 1838-1842,
  • 2021
    Gudyarra - The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance, the Bathurst War 1822-24,
  • 2019
    The Sydney Wars - Conflict in the early colony 1788-1817,

Professional Memberships

  • Professional Historians Association, NSW and ACT
  • History Council of NSW