Gary Presland

Gary Presland is an Australian archaeologist and writer who studied history at La Trobe University 1973-76, and archaeology at the University of London, 1977-79. He was a staff member of the Victoria Archaeological Survey from 1983 to April 1988; his research interests are in the Aboriginal and natural history of Melbourne. One important contribution was the transcription and editing of the unpublished journals of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Port Phillip District, 1839-1849.[1] He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne in 2005, for his reconstruction of the pre-European natural history of Melbourne.[2]

Presland was the Thomas Ramsay Science and Humanities Fellow at Museum Victoria in 2001.[3] Presland has been involved in the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria since 1972, and served as President 1984/85 and as editor of the Society's journal The Artefact. Presland is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, and has been an editor of The Victorian Naturalist, the journal of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, since 2003. His recent research has focused on the early history of Melbourne.[4] He is currently the president of the Box Hill Historical Society.[5]

  1. ^ Presland, Gary (Autumn 1989). "The Journals of George Augustus Robinson". La Trobe Journal (43). State Library of Victoria Foundation: 9–13. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. ^ "University of Melbourne / All Locations". cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au.
  3. ^ "Gary Presland". Melbourne Writers Festival 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. ^ Capp, Fiona (19 February 2009). "The Place for a Village". The Age. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Current Committee". Box Hill Historical Society. Retrieved 26 July 2018.