Ian Hoskins

Ian Hoskins sailed through the heads of Sydney Harbour as a four-year-old arriving in Australia for the first time. He is now the Council Historian at North Sydney based at the Stanton Library, where he writes about local history and helps to manage two small museums, a heritage centre, archives and a historic cemetery. He has a PhD in history from Sydney University and has worked at the Powerhouse Museum where he curated social history exhibitions and co-authored What's in Store?: A History of...See more

Ian Hoskins sailed through the heads of Sydney Harbour as a four-year-old arriving in Australia for the first time. He is now the Council Historian at North Sydney based at the Stanton Library, where he writes about local history and helps to manage two small museums, a heritage centre, archives and a historic cemetery. He has a PhD in history from Sydney University and has worked at the Powerhouse Museum where he curated social history exhibitions and co-authored What's in Store?: A History of Retailing in Australia 1880-1930. He has written numerous articles on culture and landscape in Sydney. See less