Dr Janice Wegner ~ Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
- About
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Jan Wegner is a north Queenslander who has become fascinated by the region's history since her undergraduate days and has been researching and teaching it ever since. As a large part of that history is to do with mining, this is her principal research area, and she has done some Impact of Assessment consultancy work in mining heritage for the Queensland government and for mining companies. However, she has also written commissioned histories of the Etheridge and Hinchinbrook Shires which has given her an overview of many other areas of northern history. Lately she has side-stepped into environmental history and she is currently researching a history of tropical Queensland weeds.
Jan is a volunteer at the Cairns Historical Society Museum where she researches for displays and object files. This has led to a Significance Assessment study for the Croydon Shire Council's mining machinery museum collection. She also chairs the Far Northern branch of the National Trust of Queensland. She has been on several State and Council committees to do with history and heritage, including a stint on the Queensland Heritage Council.
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Rubenach D, Daniell J, Dirks P and Wegner J (2021) A review of historical earthquakes in Queensland utilising the Trove newspaper archive as a primary source. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 68 (4). pp. 473-497
- Ellwood G and Wegner J (2019) Shared history forgotten: the neglected stories of Aboriginal miners, prospectors and ancillary workers in the north Queensland mining industry. Journal of Australasian Mining History, 17. pp. 1-19
- Wegner J and Kahabka J (2018) Croydon’s historic machinery collection: a case study in the uses and needs of outback heritage machinery collections. Queensland Review, 25 (2). pp. 252-266
- Wegner J (2017) A weed by any other name: problems with defining weeds in tropical Queensland. Environment and History, 23 (4). pp. 523-544
- Wegner J (2016) Too much haste, not enough prospecting: Mount Garnet Mine and Smelters, North Queensland. Journal of Australasian Mining History, 14. pp. 99-115
- Wegner J (2010) Why garden? Gardening on mining fields in the dry tropics of Queensland, 1860 to 1960. Journal of Australian Studies, 34 (3). pp. 347-361
- Wegner J (2010) Blasting out: explosives practices in Queensland metalliferous mines, 1870-1920. Australian Economic History Review, 50 (2). pp. 193-208
- Wegner J (2009) Sludge on tap: Queensland’s first water pollution legislation, 1944–1985. Environment and History, 15 (2). pp. 199-216
- Wegner J and Lambert J (2006) The Emuford Battery, North Queensland: a study in survival. Journal of Australasian Mining History, 4. pp. 93-107
- Wegner J (2003) Underground gold prospecting techniques in late 19th Century early 20th Century North Queensland. Journal of Australasian Mining History, 1 (1). pp. 159-168
- Book Chapters
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- Wegner J and Robb S (2014) Chinese in the sugar: a case study of Ingham and Halifax in the Lower Herbert District. In: Rediscovered Past: Chinese tropical Australia. Chinese Heritage in North Australia, East Ipswich, QLD, Australia, pp. 4-13
- Wegner J (2009) Industrial treasure: North Queensland's mining heritage. In: Sir Robert Philp Lecture Series: selected lectures on North Queensland history from the city libraries Sir Robert Philp Lecture series: 9 June 2008-11 May 2009. Townsville City Council, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 84-91
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 14+ research outputs authored by Dr Janice Wegner from 2003 onwards.
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Secondary Advisor.
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.
- Completed
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- Old Smithfield Township, Cairns, 1876-1879: Revealing the Material Life of a Nineteenth Century Community in Tropical North Queensland (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Heritage, adaptive reuse, creative economy: social and aesthetic values in three sites in Cairns, Australia (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Slavery and feminism in the writings of Madame de Staël (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- A shared history forgotten: Aboriginal miners and prospectors of tropical Queensland, from pre-contact times - c.1970 (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Small sugar farmer agency in the tropics 1872-1914 and the anomalous Herbert River Farmers' Association (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- North Queensland's Chinese family landscape: 1860-1920 (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Cultural landscape change in the historical perspective of white settlement in the Wet Tropics: case study of the Redlynch Valley (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
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- A4.114, A4 (Cairns campus)
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