Dr. Alexandra Dellios

Biography

Alexandra Dellios is a historian and senior lecturer in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at Australian National University. Her research primarily focuses on public oral history, particularly within migrant and refugee communities, as well as their settlement experiences and working family life. She has published significant works on child migration, multiculturalism, and the history of immigration centers and hostels in Australia. Notably, she is the author of 'Heritage Making: Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of Latrobe Valley' (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and 'Histories of Controversy: Bonegilla Migrant Centre' (Melbourne University Publishing, 2017). Additionally, she has co-authored the book 'Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia' (Berghahn, 2024) and co-edited 'Migrant, Multicultural Diasporic Heritage: Borders' (Routledge, 2020). A founding member of the Australian Migration History Network and an Executive Committee member of the Association for Critical Heritage Studies, Dellios engages actively in oral history projects and community volunteering efforts. She teaches and supervises research students, contributing to both academic and public conversations about migration and cultural heritage in Australia.

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