Carolyn Allport

Carolyn Allport
Allport in 2010
Bornc. 1950
Sefton, Sydney
Died16 January 2017 (aged 66)
Alma materMacquarie University
Scientific career
ThesisWomen and public housing in Sydney, 1930–1961 (1990)

Carolyn Allport (c. 1950 - 16 January 2017) was an Australian historian, unionist and activist.[1][2][3][4]

Allport was an academic at Macquarie University for more than twenty years.[5]

Allport was National President of the National Tertiary Education Union from 1994 to 2010 and on the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions for some of that time. She represented the NTEU at OECD and UNESCO fora.

  1. ^ "Carolyn Allport – National Tertiary Education Union". Nteu.org.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Carolyn ALLPORT Death Notice – Sydney, New South Wales | The Sydney Morning Herald". Tributes.smh.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Agenda bender calls it a day". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Australia: University staff strike for "day of action" – World Socialist Web Site". Wsws.org. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Carolyn Allport, feminist and unionist fought for rights of teachers". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 February 2017.