Claire Brennan is a lecturer in History in the School of Arts and Social Sciences. She teaches environmental history of Australia and the Pacific, the history of the exploration of Australia and the Pacific, and global history.  She also teaches at honours level and supervises research students.

Claire's research centres on the history of animals.  She is interested in sport hunting in both Australia and New Zealand.  She also works on the history of livestock breeding. And she has a research interest in the environmental history of exploration in the Pacific.

At present Claire's research focuses on crocodile hunting in tropical Australia.

Teaching

• BA1001: Time, Truth and the Human Condition (Level 1; TSV)
• HI1302: Modern World History (Level 1; TSV)
• HI2001: The History of Global Connections (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• HI5001: The History of Global Connections (Level 5; CNS & TSV)

Interests

Research

• Environmental history of Australia and New Zealand
• History of animals
• History of sport hunting
• History of animal breeding
• History of exploration

Experience

• 2006 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2005 to 2006 - Casual tutor, University of Auckland (Auckland)
• 2001 to 2004 - PhD candidate, University of Melbourne (Melbourne)

Research Disciplines

• Historical Studies (2103)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Understanding Past Societies (9505)
• Expanding Knowledge (9701)

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Journal Articles

• Brennan C (2015) "An Africa on your own front door step": the development of an Australian safari. Journal of Australian Studies, 39 (3). pp. 396-410
• Brennan C (2015) Tropical cattle: the Brahman. Queensland Historical Atlas, 4 February 2015.
• Brennan C (2013) Crocodile hunting. Queensland Historical Atlas, 21 August 2013. pp. 1-3
• Brennan C (2002) Animal and destruction on a scale unprecedented outside a state of war: 1080 and the rabbit. Melbourne Historical Journal, 30. pp. 55-65

Book Chapters

• Brennan C and Kocsis L (2011) Lemuria is not the invention of religious enthusiasts, but rather, actually existed. In: Prehistory and Early Civilizations. Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating history's intriguing questions, 1. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, pp. 179-206
• Haarmann H and Brennan C (2011) The Hawaiian and other Polynesian seafarers developed navigation methods based on observation of constellations and currents, so that they could sail intentionally from Tahiti to Hawaii and back. In: The Ancient World to the Early Middle Ages. Popular Controversies in World History: investigating history's intriguing questions, 2. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, pp. 257-279

Other research outputs

• Newlands M, Brennan C, Hodgson P, Moran V, Roebuck A and M'Balla-Ndi M (2016) Townsville Turns 150: the Old and the News. [Multimedia (video and audio), images (from Townsville City Library and Trove), artefacts]
• Brennan C, Ryder J, Styan A, Liebich S and Ortega Martinez M (2015) Between Battles: commemorating the cultural lives of soldiers. [Physical objects, captions (paper on foamcore), reproduction images (paper on foamcore), blog]
• McGregor R and Brennan C (2014) No clear track. History Australia, 11 (1). pp. 230-232
• Brennan C (2013) Review of a review of a review of a book. History Australia, 10 (3). p. 292
• Brennan C (2013) Australian safari: hunting dangerous game in Australia's tropical north. In: Selected Lectures on North Queensland History from the Lectures in Queensland History Series: 30 November 2009 - 27 February 2012 2012. Lectures in Queensland History Series. Townsville City Council, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 91-101
• Brennan C (2012) Can't tell a yahoo from a yowie? History Australia, 9 (2). pp. 229-231

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 29+ research outputs authored by Dr Claire Brennan from 2002 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Madame de Stael's Political Impact on Feminism and the Abolition of Slavery. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Developing the Queensland Tropics: The Ideas and Politics of Northern Development 1901-2014 (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The Politics of Sugar: The Herbert River Farmers' League a North Queensland Small Farmer Organization in Comparative Perspective (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Science, Agriculture and Environment: The Ideas, Culture, Practices and Programs of Agricultural Science in Queensland during the Early to Mid~Twentieth Century (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• An Army of Naturalists: John Gould's Australian Network of Collectors and Correspondents. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Empty spaces and smiling faces: the New Settlers' League and Australian immigration (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Women serving in the Royal Australian Navy: the path towards equality 1960 to 2015 (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Fathoming the reef: a history of European perspectives on the Great Barrier Reef from Cook to GBRMPA (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Flu, Society and the State: The Political, Social and Economic Implications of the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic in Queensland (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)