Humanities and Social Sciences

History Program

Staff Profiles

Ms Jennifer Hamilton-McKenzie

Associate Lecturer, Mildura Campus Room: Arts Tel: (61 3) 5051 4008 Fax: (61 3) 5022 0043 Email: J.Hamilton-McKenzie@latrobe.edu.au Qualifications: BA Adel

Jennifer is currently completing her PhD and her thesis examines the development of an irrigationist philosophy in north-western Victoria, using the settlement of Mildura as a case-study.  As Mildura was established using the irrigation colonies of California as a blueprint due to the enthusiasm of Alfred Deakin, Jennifer has developed a research interest in Deakin, and aspects of environmental history germane to rivers in semi-arid locations.  She also has interest in rural Australian history generally.

Recent Publications

Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Genee Marks, Lynne Noone, Jennifer Hamilton-McKenzie, ‘Retaining a Foothold on the Slippery Paths of Academia: University Women, Indirect Discrimination, and the Academic Marketplace,’ Gender and Education, Taylor and Francis, (in print).

Jennifer Hamilton-McKenzie, ‘California Dreaming: Selling the Irrigationist Dream,’ Journal of Historical and European Studies, Vol. 2, (July 2009), pp. 27-38.