John Oxley Library Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Judith McKay and Susan Addison for their proposal, Cooking up Stories: exploring Queensland's rich and diverse culinary heritage.
Judith is a freelance historian and museum consultant. Susan is a freelance editor and writer. They will use John Oxley Library resources to research Queensland's culinary heritage over the past 150 years. The Fellowship will enable them to extend to the present day, research for their previous book A Good Plain Cook: an edible history of Queensland (1985) which covered the period from early European settlement to 1945. They will explore how the supply, preparation and consumption of food, along with its associated rituals, have evolved over the years under the influence of economic conditions, technological advance, social change and increasing cultural diversity.
The outcomes will be:
- publications, including material suitable for the State Library of Queensland website, catalogues to accompany displays, and features for the State Library of Queensland Magazine
- displays within the State Library exhibition spaces
- workshops and seminars
- oral history interviews
View photos [new window] from the 2009 State Library of Queensland Awards announcement.
About the John Oxley Library Fellowship
The John Oxley Library Fellowship encourages the research and documenting of Queensland history, using sources contained within the State Library in general, and specifically within the collections of the John Oxley Library.
The Fellowship attracts a prize of $20,000 which may be used to supplement the researcher's income during work on their project or to meet any necessary travel and research costs, within the parameters of the Fellowship.
View past winners of the John Oxley Library Fellowship.
More information
Contact Kate Hall, Senior Project Officer.
- Telephone: +61 7 3842 9442
- Email: kate.hall@slq.qld.gov.au
Last updated: 16th July 2009
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