Position: PhD Student
School and/or Centres: School of History
Email: fiona.firth@gmail.com
Qualification: &nbsp;BA (Hons), Grad. Dip Local and Applied History, Grad Dip. Librarianship<br />
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Fiona Firth moved to the Bega Valley in 1982 to live in a Nineteenth Century coaching station. Living in such an old house inspired her to research the area's history. Her honours thesis focussed on the Bega Valley from 1850-1900. Fiona presents local history in diverse ways in her community including talks to community groups, history walks, cemetery tours and presentations combining music and local history at the annual Cobargo Folk Festival.
Thesis Topic: The New Settler Tribes of the Bega Valley in the 1970s and 1980s.
Australian History, Local History
Louise T Daley Prize for Australian History (UNE)
Australian Historical Association, Oral History NSW, South Coast History Society