Territory Stories
Sheila Forrest
Details:
Title
Sheila Forrest,
Creator
Forrest, Sheila,
MacFarlane, Sheila,
Name
Sheila Forrest,
Collection
Territory Women,
HistoryNT,
Place of birth
Glasgow (Scotland),
Date of birth
1953-07-02,
Occupation
Librarian,
Historian,
Researcher,
Cultural heritage
Scottish,
Biographical notes
I received a MA in Scottish Medieval History from Glasgow University, then worked in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow (then the largest public reference library in Europe) as a graduate trainee before going to the University of Strathclyde to study for a Post Graduate Diploma in Librarianship.
After gaining that qualification, I worked in the Glasgow Room of the Mitchell Library until 1979 when I became Reference Librarian at Inverness Regional Library.
In 1980 I came to Darwin, then travelled in Australia. In 1981, I was appointed as a Reference Librarian in the State Reference Library. I worked for Dr Thea Schmitz until her retirement. I was then the Manager of the State Library and the Northern Territory Library until I resigned from the Northern Territory Public Service in 1997.
Since then my husband Peter and I have worked as freelance historians, writers and heritage consultants. We are based in Darwin but the focus of our work is on the people and places of northern and inland Australia. We specialise in the communication of history and heritage in ways that are designed to reach the general community. This outreach has been achieved through books, articles, film productions, display centres, leaflets and signage. Source: Sheila Forrest, 4 January 2011.,
Subject
Women,
Northern Territory,
Related links
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20139043 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Tiwi meet the future : ngawurraningimarri : all come together . Winnellie: Tiwi Land Council, 2005.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35248647 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Springvale and the Katherine. Darwin: Shady Tree, 2008.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33306298 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Federation frontline : a people's history of World War II in the Northern Territory. Darwin: Centenary of Federation Northern Territory, 2001.],
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/73359 [LANT : PH0427/0380, Colette McCool and Sheila Forrest, Northern Territory State Reference Library, Libraries 1991-1992 Collection] ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/69955 [LANT : PH0427/0352, Speech by Sheila Forrest held at the Northern Territory State Reference Library,
Libraries 1991-1992 Collection] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/228629 ,
Territory Stories
Sheila Forrest
Details:
Title
Sheila Forrest,
Creator
Forrest, Sheila,
MacFarlane, Sheila,
Name
Sheila Forrest,
Collection
Territory Women,
HistoryNT,
Place of birth
Glasgow (Scotland),
Date of birth
1953-07-02,
Occupation
Librarian,
Historian,
Researcher,
Cultural heritage
Scottish,
Biographical notes
I received a MA in Scottish Medieval History from Glasgow University, then worked in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow (then the largest public reference library in Europe) as a graduate trainee before going to the University of Strathclyde to study for a Post Graduate Diploma in Librarianship.
After gaining that qualification, I worked in the Glasgow Room of the Mitchell Library until 1979 when I became Reference Librarian at Inverness Regional Library.
In 1980 I came to Darwin, then travelled in Australia. In 1981, I was appointed as a Reference Librarian in the State Reference Library. I worked for Dr Thea Schmitz until her retirement. I was then the Manager of the State Library and the Northern Territory Library until I resigned from the Northern Territory Public Service in 1997.
Since then my husband Peter and I have worked as freelance historians, writers and heritage consultants. We are based in Darwin but the focus of our work is on the people and places of northern and inland Australia. We specialise in the communication of history and heritage in ways that are designed to reach the general community. This outreach has been achieved through books, articles, film productions, display centres, leaflets and signage. Source: Sheila Forrest, 4 January 2011.,
Subject
Women,
Northern Territory,
Related links
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20139043 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Tiwi meet the future : ngawurraningimarri : all come together . Winnellie: Tiwi Land Council, 2005.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35248647 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Springvale and the Katherine. Darwin: Shady Tree, 2008.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33306298 [Forrest, Peter and Forrest, Sheila, 1953- Federation frontline : a people's history of World War II in the Northern Territory. Darwin: Centenary of Federation Northern Territory, 2001.],
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/73359 [LANT : PH0427/0380, Colette McCool and Sheila Forrest, Northern Territory State Reference Library, Libraries 1991-1992 Collection] ,
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/69955 [LANT : PH0427/0352, Speech by Sheila Forrest held at the Northern Territory State Reference Library,
Libraries 1991-1992 Collection] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/228629 ,