Annabel Astbury Author

John Cantwell is Deputy Head of Senior School at Haileybury College. He is a very experienced and well respected author who’s been an active participant in the history community for more than two decades, authoring and contributing to a range of student books from Junior to Senior level. John has also authored various publications for history associations around Australia and has been an active presence at history conferences and in teacher professional development for many years. Maryellen Davidson has worked developing history curriculum in Victoria for P–10 and the VCE for many years. She is a former Vice President of the HTAV Board, has written a text on Australia’s Federation, and was a consultant on the Nelson History Essentials and Nelson Geography Essentials series. Annabel Astbury is the Head of Digital Education at ABC Innovation, managing projects for the Australian Curriculum website ‘Splash’. She taught History for many years and served as the Executive Officer of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria. Agatha Fedrizzi is an experienced History teacher, having taught in both Catholic and government secondary schools. She is a former President of the HTAV. Patricia Hincks is the Curriculum Manager of Humanities for the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA). She has worked on a range of national projects in Civics and Citizenship, History, and Values Education. She has been a contributing writer to a number of school publications in History, Values Education and Civics and Citizenship. Sarah Mirams has taught history in secondary and tertiary settings, worked as an education officer for cultural and heritage institutions, and has contributed to numerous textbooks for secondary students. Sarah is the author of Nelson’s successful Twentieth Century History 1900–1945 for VCE Unit 1 and Twentieth Century History 1945–2000 for VCE Unit 2. She is also the author of Nelson Modern History titles, Civil Rights in the United States of America and co-author of Australia 1918-1950s, to be released next year. Sarah now works as an independent historian.