My role at MICRRH is to provide administrative assistance, for the research team, in project and conference arrangements, and to manage resource publications and research data related to the projects and/or research of the team or its members.


I was born & raised on Tasmania's North West Coast, in a rural environment. On graduating as an early childhood educator, I was appointed to a school in a remote mining town on Tasmania's rugged West Coast, where I met Simon. Marriage did not bring a settled life, but one of frequent moves, with each of our 4 children being born in a different place - the youngest in the south of France, where we lived in a remote area for ten years.

After years of homemaking, I undertook the development & management of a library for a private tertiary educational institution in Hobart, where we had finally settled. During this time, I studied to gain the Diploma of Library & Information Sciences, at TAFE.

Then, in January 2007, we left our home in rural Huon Valley, to live in Mount Isa (a different remote experience) where Simon had accepted a full-time work offer.

I began working 1 day a week in the YACCA library, in late April 2007; then, at the end of May, I was offered 3 days work in MICRRH's Tarabada House with the research team. This year I am in the bustling main office block.

I am really enjoying working in this very different context which offers new insights, challenges & opportunities for learning and development.


Volunteer Tutoring in Literacy in a One-On-One Environment, TAFE Tasmania, Hobart, 2003.
Certificate IV in Workplace Training (Category 2), 1999.
Diploma of Library and Information Studies, TAFE Tasmania, Hobart, 1996-1999.
Tasmanian Teacher's Certificate (Diploma).
Senior First Aid Certificate


Languages and cultures; sewing & embroidery; literature, drawing and music; choral singing; bushwalking; gardening; cryptic crosswords and SU DO KU s.