Dr Lyndon Megarrity ~ Adjunct Lecturer

Lyndon Megarrity graduated with a PhD in history at the University of New England (2002). He has since worked as a researcher, author and tertiary teacher. Megarrity is an adjunct lecturer at James Cook University, based in Townsville. He is the author of Northern Dreams: the Politics of Northern Development in Australia (2018), which won the 2019 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award.

Interests

Professional

• Member, AHA executive (2018-20): Australian Historical Association

Research

• Queensland political history
• Northern Australia 1901 to present

Experience

• 2014 to present - Adjunct Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Historical studies (4303)

Awards

• 2019 - 2019 Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award for his book, "Northern Dreams"

Fellowships

• 2014 to 2015 - Council of Australian University Librarians/Australian Society of Authors
• 2010 to 2011 - Australian Prime Ministers Centre Fellow (Australian Prime Ministers Centre)

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Journal Articles

• Megarrity L and Megarrity L (2020) What a difference a decade makes: Jessie and Mina, the two wives of Queensland premier Sir Robert Philp (1851–1922). Australian Journal of Biography and History, 4, pp. 29-52.
• Megarrity L (2019) Archibald Laurence Wilson (1852–1935): uncrowned King of Ravenswood. Journal of Australasian Mining History, 17, pp. 118-140.
• Megarrity L (2017) Drake's progress: the political somersaults of J.G. Drake. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 103 (2), pp. 111-135.
• Megarrity L (2017) The life and times of Sir Robert Philp. Queensland History Journal, 23 (1), pp. 328-343.
• Megarrity L (2016) Northern visions: the Commonwealth and the north since 1945. Northern Territory Historical Studies, 27, pp. 26-46.
• Megarrity L (2015) Geoffrey Bolton's "A Thousand Miles Away": origins, influence and impact. History Australia, 12 (3), pp. 7-29.
• Megarrity L (2015) James George Drake: a man of honour and principle. Queensland History Journal, 22 (11), pp. 779-794.
• Megarrity L (2015) Sport, culture and ideology at the Brisbane Regatta (1848-73): Aboriginal-European relations in an emerging colonial city. Journal of Australian Colonial History, 17, pp. 101-114.

Books

• Megarrity L (2018) Northern Dreams: the politics of northern development in Australia. Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Book Chapters

• Megarrity L (2017) The regional and the local: Whitlam's 'quality of life' agenda. In: Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam Government's 21st Century Agenda. Australian History. Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, pp. 71-87

Other research outputs

• Megarrity L (2020) Weeden, William John (Jock) (1905-1996). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography. ANU Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Fathi R and Megarrity L (2019) You Matter: the Australian Historical Association's Casualisation Survey. [monograph]

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 22+ research outputs authored by Dr Lyndon Megarrity from 2015 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

• Developing the Queensland Tropics: The Ideas and Politics of Northern Development 1901-2014 (PhD , External Advisor)