School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

Associate Professor Rodney Sullivan

Honorary Research Associate Professor in History

Conference Papers

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2021).Writing Women into the History of the Queensland Irish Association, 1898-2020: Challenges, Culture and Contributors. Paper presented to the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 10 March 2021, Brisbane.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2020). Irishness on Parade: St Patrick’s Day in Brisbane 1885-2019’. Paper presented to the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 11 March 2020,  Brisbane

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2020). Irish Catholic Memorials in Southeast Queensland. Paper presented to the Brisbane Catholic Historical Society, 30 June 2020, Brisbane.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2019). Women are not permitted to enter here: Gender and the Queensland Irish Association, 1898-2018. Paper presented at the 24th Australasian Irish Studies Conference, The Antipodes and Beyond: Foregrounding Irish Women, Flinders University, 10-12 December 2019, Adelaide.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2019). Contested Memory in an Eponymous City: The Robert Towns Statue in Townsville. Paper presented at the Third Annual Memory Studies Association Conference, 25-28 June 2019, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). Irish Symbols in Warwick, 1870-1917. Paper presented at the 23rd Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Myth and Memory, 27-30 November 2018, University of Sydney.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). Commemoration and Suppressed History: An Irish-Australian Case Study. Paper presented to the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, Environments of Irish Studies, 20 June 2018, University College, Cork, Ireland.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). Memorialising Irish Australians in Southeast Queensland, 1872-2017. Paper delivered to The Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 14 March 2018,  Brisbane.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2017). Before the Egg: The Irish in Warwick to 1917. Presentation to Dissent! Treason! Flying Eggs! A Commemorative Public History Event, 18 November 2017, Warwick.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2017). Monuments and Diasporic Memory in Southeast Queensland, an Australian case study. Paper presented to the 1st International Congress, The Global Irish Diaspora, 15th – 19th August 2017, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2016). “Let the damn Protestants do the enlisting’’, The TC Beirne Libel Case in Brisbane, 1916-1917. Paper delivered to the  22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference, 29 November-2 December 2016, Flinders University, Adelaide.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2016). The Easter Rising: Reverberations in Brisbane. Paper delivered to The 1916 Easter Rising: Australasian Perspectives, 8 April 2016, Newman College, University of Melbourne.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2016). From Robert Atkin to Ned Hanlon: Memorialising Irish Australians in Brisbane, 1872-1955. Paper delivered to The Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 9 March 2016, Brisbane.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2015). Monumental Messages: Irish-Australians in Brisbane, 1872-1928. Paper presented at 21st Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Ireland’s Others: Diversity in History and Culture, 18-20 June 2015, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2014). Sectarianism versus Inclusion: The Brisbane Irish Community, 1896-1928. Paper presented at Conflict in History, The Australian Historical Association 33rd Annual Conference, 7-11 July 2014, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2013). “Brisbane’s Most Brilliant Club”? The Queensland Irish Association, 1898-1928. Paper delivered to The Ends of Ireland conference of the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 6 December 2013, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2013). From O’Doherty to O’Shea: The Queensland Irish Association and its History to 1910. Presentation to the Queensland Irish Association, 22 November 2013, Tara House, Brisbane.

Book Review

Sullivan, Rodney (2019). The Gulf Country: The Story of People and Place in Outback Queensland. By Richard J. Martin (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2019), pp.i-xiii +194. One map, twenty-six photographs, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 65 (3) (2019), pp. 484-485.

Creative Works

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). Script for Speeches from the Dock: Historically Significant Speeches by Key People in Irish and Australian History, A Queensland Irish Association production in conjunction with The Queensland Supreme Court Library, 28 November 2018, Banco Court of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane.

 

 

 

 

Publications

Books (3)
Book Chapters (32)
Journal Articles (16)
Conference Papers (2)
Research Report (1)
Thesis (1)

Books

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2023). A hundred thousand welcomes: The history of the Queensland Irish Association. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Boolarong Press.
Barr, Todd and Sullivan, Rodney (2005). Words to walk by: Exploring literary Brisbane. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (1991). Exemplar of Americanism: The Philippine Career of Dean C. Worcester. Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan.

Book Chapters

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2024). Not There and There: Women and the Queensland Irish Association, 1898-2021. Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded. (pp. 218-239) edited by Susan Arthure, Stephanie James, Dymphna Lonergan and Fidelma McCory. Adelaide, SA Australia: Wakefield Press.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2020). Contested memory in an eponymous city: the Robert Towns statue in Townsville, Australia. Public memory in the context of transnational migration and displacement: migrants and monuments. (pp. 157-186) edited by Sabine Marschall. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41329-3_6
Sullivan, Rodney (2017). Aulich, Terrence Gordon (1945-). The biographical dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 4. (pp. 354-358) edited by Browne, Geoffrey, Walsh, Kay, Bateman, Joel and Gupta, Hari. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of the Senate.
Sullivan, Rodney (2017). Reynolds, Margaret (1941-). The biographical dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 4. (pp. 204-209) edited by Browne, Geoffrey, Walsh, Kay, Bateman, Joel and Gupta, Hari. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of the Senate.
Sullivan, Rodney (2017). Grimes, Donald James (1937-). The biographical dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 4. (pp. 323-328) edited by Browne, Geoffrey, Walsh, Kay, Bateman, Joel and Gupta, Hari. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of the Senate.
Sullivan, Rodney (2017). Parer, Warwick (1936-). The biographical dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 4. (pp. 210-215) edited by Browne, Geoffrey, Walsh, Kay, Bateman, Joel and Gupta, Hari. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of the Senate.
Sullivan, Rodney (2016). Wood, Ian Alexander Christie (1901-1992). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 1-2) Canberra, Australia: National Centre of Biography.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Shaping forces. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 140-141) Brisbane, OLD, Australia: Museum of Brisbane.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Crossings. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 58-59) Brisbane, OLD, Australia: Museum of Brisbane.
Aird, Michael, Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Within Reach. The River: A History of Brisbane. (pp. 100-101) Brisbane: Museum of Brisbane.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Embrace. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 182-183) Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Museum of Brisbane.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Watershed. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 26-27) Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Museum of Brisbane.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2014). Beauty. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 16-17) Brisbane, OLD, Australia: Museum of Brisbane.
Sullivan, Rodney (2010). McAuliffe, Ronald Edward (1918-1988). The biographical dictionary of the Australian senate, vol 3, 1962-1983. (pp. 365-370) edited by Ann Millar and Geoffrey Browne. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2010). Wood, Ian Alexander Christie (1901-1992). The biographical dictionary of the Australian senate, vol 3, 1962-1983. (pp. 296-304) edited by Ann Millar and Geoffrey Browne. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.
Sullivan, Rodney and Barr, Todd (2007). An unlikely city: The making of literary Brisbane, 1975-2001. By the book: A literary history of Queensland. (pp. 73-91) edited by Patrick Buckridge and Belinda McKay. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2004). Thompson, William George (1863-1953). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. (pp. 353-357) edited by Millar, Ann. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2004). Crawford, Thomas William (1865-1948). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. (pp. 329-333) edited by Millar, Ann. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2004). MacDonald, John Valentine (1880-1937). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. (pp. 348-353) edited by Millar, Ann. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2000). Ferricks, Myles Aloysius (1875-1932). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. (pp. 120-124) edited by Millar, Ann. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (2000). Kern, Ronald Gerald (1922-1976). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 10-11) edited by Ritchie, John. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney J. and Ileto, Reynaldo C. (1997). Americanism and the Politics of Health in the Philippines, 1902-1913. Philanthropy and Cultural Context: Western Philanthropy in South, East, and Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century. (pp. 39-64) edited by Hewa, Soma and Hove, Philo. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Sullivan, Rodney (1993). ‘It Had to Happen’: the Gamboas and Australian-Philippine interactions. Discovering Australasia: essays on Philippine-Australian interactions. (pp. 93-116) edited by Reynaldo C. Ileto and Rodney Sullivan. Townsville, Queensland: Department of History and Politics, James Cook University.
Sullivan, Rodney (1988). Cholera and Colonialism in the Philippines. Disease, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion. (pp. 284-300) edited by Roy MacLeod and Milton Lewis. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Sullivan, Rodney (1988). Reid, Matthew (1856-1947). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 355-356) edited by Geoffrey Serle. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (1986). Lennon, William (1849-1938). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 75-76) edited by Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, RJ and Sullivan, RA (1983). The Pastoral Strikes, 1891 and 1894. The Big Strikes: Queensland 1889-1965. (pp. 80-99) edited by D. J. Murphy. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Sullivan, RJ (1983). The Maritime Strike, 1890. The Big Strikes: Queensland 1889-1965. (pp. 65-79) edited by D. J. Murphy. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (1983). Kerr, George (1853-1930). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 575-560) edited by Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, RJ and Sullivan, RA (1983). The London Dock Strike, the Jondaryan Strike and the Brisbane Bootmakers’ Strike, 1889-1890. The Big Strikes: Queensland 1889-1965. (pp. 47-64) edited by D.J. Murphy. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (1983). Hinchcliffe, Albert (1860-1935). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 302-303) edited by Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
Sullivan, Rodney (1979). Casey, Gilbert Stephen (1856-1946). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 586-587) edited by Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.

Journal Articles

Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2021). Irishness on parade: St Patrick’s Day in Brisbane 1885-1995. Queensland History Journal, 24 (9), 794-810.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2020). Mary Ellen Rose MacGinley. Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 20, 9-13.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2020). Irish Catholic memorials in Southeast Queensland. Proceedings of Brisbane Catholic Historical Society, 17, 97-127.
Sullivan, Rodney (2019). Review of A New History of the Irish in Australia. By Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall (NewSouth, Sydney, 2018), pp.i‐viii +436. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 65 (1), 136-137. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12540
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2019). Irish symbols in Warwick 1872-1917. The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 36-52.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). 'Let the Damn protestants do the enlisting': the T.C. Beirne libel case in Brisbane, 1916-17. The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 18, 26-42.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2018). Memorialising Irish Australians in Brisbane, 1872-2017. Queensland History Journal, 23 (10), 666-683.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2016). Brisbane Statuemania: Memorialising Irish-Australian Premiers, 1898-1955. Queensland History Journal, 23 (3), 199-218.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2015). Monuments and memory: T.J. Byrnes and T.J. Ryan. Queensland Historical Atlas
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2015). The Queensland Irish Association, 1898–1928: Heroes and Memorials. Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 15, 13-34.
Sullivan, Rodney (2014). The Queensland Irish Association: origins and consolidation, 1898-1908. Queensland History Journal, 22 (5), 401-415.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (2013). Archbishop James Duhig and the Queensland Irish Association, 1898-1920: exploring connections. Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 34, 44-55.
Smith, Claire and Sullivan, Rodney (2001). Internationalising the Curriculum - a Case Study in Citizenship Education. The History Teacher, 34 (4), 69-85.
Sullivan, Rodney (1998). Philippine Studies at James Cook University: A Retrospective. Pilipinas A Journal of Philippine Studies, 31 (Fall), 1-8.
Sullivan, Rodney and Sullivan, Robin (1996). "My fighting is my business": towards a biography of George Barnes, Australian boxer. Sporting Traditions, 12 (2), 49-59.
Sullivan, Rodney (1991). Americanism Versus Filipinism: A Perspective on the Politics of Health in the Philippines. Kabar Seberang, 21, 18-33.

Conference Papers

Sullivan, Rodney (2009). William Lennon (1849-1938): A north Queenslander of 'perpetual contradictions?'. Sir Robert Philip Lecture Series, CitiLibraries - Thuringowa, QLD, Australia, 22 September 2008.
Sullivan, Rodney (1998). Dean C. Worcester and the Philippine Revolution. International Conference on the Centennial of the 1896 Philippine Revolution, Manila, Philippines, 1996. Manila, Philippines: Philippine Centennial Commission, National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Research Report

Sullivan, Rodney (1997). Policy debates in federal election campaigns, 1972-1996. Research Paper 10 1997-98

Thesis

Sullivan, R. J. (1973). The A.L.F. in Queensland, 1889-1914. M.A. Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/198883