Jennifer Debenham

Jennifer Debenham holds a doctorate in Australian History from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has lectured and tutored Australian history and sociology. She is currently a Conjoint Lecturer and Senior Research Assistant at the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her interests are in early contact histories, mythology, representation, memory and race. Previous publications include The Australia Day Regatta, co-authored with Christine...See more

Jennifer Debenham holds a doctorate in Australian History from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has lectured and tutored Australian history and sociology. She is currently a Conjoint Lecturer and Senior Research Assistant at the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her interests are in early contact histories, mythology, representation, memory and race. Previous publications include The Australia Day Regatta, co-authored with Christine Cheater (2014), and the online publication Colonial Frontier Massacres in Eastern Australia, 1788-1872 , coauthored with Lyndall Ryan, William Pascoe and Mark Brown (2017). See less