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Associate Professor Rodney Sullivan

Honorary Research Associate Professor in History

Publications

Books (2)
Book Chapters (31)
Journal Articles (13)
Conference Papers (2)
Research Report (1)
Thesis (1)

Books

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 (2020). Contested memory in an eponymous city: the Robert Towns statue in Townsville, Australia. In Public memory in the context of transnational migration and displacement: migrants and monuments (pp. 157-186) London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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 (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 (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). 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). Shaping forces. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 140-141) Brisbane, OLD, Australia: 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). Beauty. The River: a history of Brisbane. (pp. 16-17) Brisbane, OLD, 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 (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 (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 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). 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 (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 (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 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, 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, 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 (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.