People

Greg is responsible for the overall management of the organisation. He works with the Board to set strategic directions and oversee policy development.

Cutting his teeth as a cabaret musician and department store executive, Greg co-founded and was managing director of Adelaide’s iconic Imprints Booksellers (1984—2007). With a wealth of governance experience, including a term as an Elected a Member of the Adelaide City Council (2000—03) and on the boards of many community benefit, arts and cultural organisations, Greg went on to head up Arts SA, becoming Deputy Chief Executive in the SA Premier’s Department, where his stewardship included the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Program, Capital City Directorate, and The Integrated Design Commission SA. He was founder and is now Chairman of The Adelaide Festival of Ideas. In 2012 Greg moved to SA Health to head up Office for the Ageing, and interim Director at the Botanic Gardens.

Greg joined the History Trust of South Australia in April 2016.

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Kiera commences with the History Trust of South Australia in the inaugural role of South Australia’s History Advocate – a 21st century-facing role, reminiscent of the former role of State Historian.

As South Australia’s History Advocate Kiera undertakes research, provides advocacy and outreach to historical organisations, individual practitioners and the broader community she is the principal public spokesperson on South Australian history.

Kiera is an award-winning historian. For over twenty years she has been enthusiastically exploring historical ideas and deepening our interest in and understandings of the past, via books and articles, radio and podcasts, film and television, teaching and talking.

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Dr Kristy Kokegei is the History Trust’s Head of Audience and Experience. A digital historian and strategist, she leads the development of the History Trust’s storytelling presence through curatorial, digital, and education programs. She also oversees the History Trust’s community and audience engagement activities and spearheads the Trust’s evolving role in supporting and enabling South Australia’s state-wide community history network.

Kristy’s particular areas of interest and expertise include the application of digital methods to the research, presentation of, and engagement with history as well as specific research interests and PhD in the history of Australian immigration, citizenship and migrant assimilation.

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Mandy is responsible for the management and development of the State History Collection. Understanding and sharing complex and contested histories has been a thread running through her career, informing her work over three decades as a social history curator, museum director and collections manager, and as a consultant historian on native title claims in jurisdictions across Australia. Mandy holds postgraduate qualifications in history and museum studies and has published widely on Australian social history, museology, and the intersection of history and law in native title. She is currently a Partner Investigator on two ARC Linkage projects: ‘Reconciling with the Frontier: Accounting for Colonial Conflict’ and ‘LGBTQ Migrations: Life Story Narratives in the South Australian GLAM Sector’.  Mandy is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide and a member of the Flinders University College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Industry Advisory Board.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Paul is the Head of Museums, Marketing and Major Events. He is focused on the strategic direction of the our museums: the Migration Museum, National Motor Museum and South Australian Maritime Museum. He also manages South Australia’s History Festival and the Bay to Birdwood as well as museum staff, volunteers, collections and public programs.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Donna is the Business Manager with the History Trust of South Australia. Donna manages the Business Unit and is responsible for financial management, human resources, records management, ICT helpdesk and server management.

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Amber joined the History Trust in January 2018 and is responsible for the planning, initiation, management, and delivery of HR and WHS programs at the History Trust of SA, and the provision of expert advice to the CEO, Senior Management and Workers on a wide range of HR and WHS systems, processes, policies, legislation and Australian Standards.

Amber holds qualifications in Human Resource Management, a Master in Business Administration, and is currently completing a degree in Psychology.

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Sophie works on marketing and communications for the History Trust projects and events, as well as for the National Motor Museum, Migration Museum and South Australian Maritime Museum.

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Alessia is the Marketing and Communication Officer at the History Trust.

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Mark is the graphic designer and exhibition designer for projects across the History Trust including the National Motor Museum, Migration Museum and South Australian Maritime Museum.

 

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Laura is the Creative Content Producer at the History Trust.

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Eliza in the Events Officer at the History Trust.

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Alice is the Visitor Engagement Admin Officer for the South Australian Maritime Museum.

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Adam is Manager, Curatorial with training in archaeology and history. His special interests include, colonial whaling, South Australia’s colonial Navy, maritime rare trades, Windjammers and the grain races, and First Nations connections to sea country and inland waterways. Adam has a PhD in heritage studies from Flinders University for his project examining cultural heritage debates and practices during Port Adelaide’s waterfront development.

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Amanda works with South Australia’s community history network to develop and manage projects and programs that enable the community history and museums sector to tell the stories of their communities, manage historical collections and make their history and collections accessible.

Amanda has been working in community history for many years, both for the History Trust of South Australia and for community museums. You can contact Amanda for practical advice and assistance with any aspect of community museum/history work, skills training, and information about the History Trust’s museums standards program, grant programs and SA Community History website.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Corinne assists with the management of the State History collection. She has a particular interest in social and women’s history and enjoys working on research projects.

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(08) 8151 3200

 

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Birgit contributes to the management of the State History and Migration Museum collections, as well as the development of exhibitions and public programs. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Goettingen, Germany, and has over 10 years of experience in the Museum & Gallery sector. Birgit is passionate about working with the community and delivering engaging museum experiences.

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Matthew is a Curator at the History Trust. Matt works with the curatorial staff and volunteers at the National Motor Museum to preserve and share Australia’s rich motoring history. Matthew also works in collections management.

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Amy is the Curator of the Centre of Democracy.

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Suzanne is the Public Programs Coordinator.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Michelle is the Manager of Education Programs at the History Trust of South Australia. She is an experienced educator who has taught in many school settings, both across Australia and internationally, spending the last six years as an assistant principal in NSW. She has worked as a primary school librarian, taught specialised classes of high potential and gifted students, and delivered digital technologies lessons across all primary school grades. Michelle is passionate about bringing her understanding and experience of learning and young people to museum education programs. She is a graduate of both the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Laura is the Education Coordinator for the Education team. In this role she works across all branches of the History Trust of South Australia to create, maintain and distribute innovative digital education content and experiences.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Oliver is technical lead for the Digital Engagement team. He provides the analysis and development of solutions to manage and deliver digital content online and in the museums and galleries.

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(08) 8151 3200

 

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Gagan is the Web Administrator for the Digital Engagement team.

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Jenny is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer Greg Mackie.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Eleanor is the Digitization Project Officer at the History Trust.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Susan is the Records Manager at the History Trust.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Debi is an Administrative Officer who works at the front desk in reception at the History Trust of South Australia.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Mitra manages our Digital Transformation Project and ongoing Digital Engagement.

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(08) 8151 3200

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Adam is the Infrastructure Specialist for our Digital Team.

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Carolyn manages the Migration Museum, South Australian Maritime Museum and the National Motor Museum.

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(08) 8151 3200

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