Christine Garnaut is Associate Research Professor in Planning and Architectural History. She is Director of the Architecture Museum in the School of Art, Architecture and Design and of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Research Centre at UniSA.
An historian, Assoc Prof Garnaut's research focuses on Australian twentieth century planning and architectural history. She is particularly interested in the contemporary application of historical ideas, for example in the conservation and management of heritage places. Her book Colonel Light Gardens: model garden suburb (Sydney: Crossing Press, 1999, reprinted 2006), based on her PhD thesis, was the first published account of a planned Australian garden suburb. Her... Read more
About me
Christine Garnaut is Associate Research Professor in Planning and Architectural History. She is Director of the Architecture Museum in the School of Art, Architecture and Design and of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Research Centre at UniSA.
An historian, Assoc Prof Garnaut's research focuses on Australian twentieth century planning and architectural history. She is particularly interested in the contemporary application of historical ideas, for example in the conservation and management of heritage places. Her book Colonel Light Gardens: model garden suburb (Sydney: Crossing Press, 1999, reprinted 2006), based on her PhD thesis, was the first published account of a planned Australian garden suburb. Her doctoral research and book informed objectives and policies for the Colonel Light Gardens Plan Amendment Report (PAR) and Conservation Management Plan. She has been recognised for her contribution to the PAR, winning the inaugural Edmund Wright Heritage Award (2003) together with Mitcham Council and the Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society.
Assoc Prof Garnaut has undertaken a variety of projects funded by the ARC and other government and industry sources. SA Department of Water (formerly Environment and Heritage) funding led to the development of an online biographical database, Architects of South Australia, managed by the Architecture Museum, and to the Architecture Museum monograph series. Assoc Prof Garnaut is President of the International Planning History Society (2018-22) and a member of the Board of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums.
About me
International Planning History Society
Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand
Professional Historians Association (SA)
Oral History Association of Australia (SA Branch)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
Diploma of Education Flinders University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Framework Trial - ADAR: NF project, Natspec, 17/09/2018 - 31/07/2019
Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2016 - 05/04/2019
SA heritage register assessments and research, Department of Environment, Heritage & Aboriginal Affairs, 01/07/2009 - 31/12/2016
DEH South Australian built heritage research fellowship, Department for Environment & Heritage SA, 01/06/2009 - 31/12/2016
Build me a city, Arts SA, 01/05/2011 - 01/05/2013
Hassell PhD project, Hassell Scholarship, 24/08/2009 - 01/03/2012
The history of South Australian firm Russell and Yelland architects, History Trust of South Australia, 01/02/2011 - 30/11/2011
Adelaide's urban social history, History Trust of South Australia, 04/01/2011 - 31/10/2011
Hassells Scholarship, Hassells, 18/02/2008 - 01/09/2011
Russell and Yelland history, Russell and Yelland, 01/02/2010 - 28/08/2011
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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Research
President, International Planning History Society
Convenor, icam Australasia (International Confederation of Architectural Museums regional network)
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| Professional Historians Association (South Australia) Inc. | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | UNITED STATES |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Special Commendation, Excellence in Graduate Research LeadershipAustralian Council of Graduate Research |
2018 |
Board MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand |
2017 |
MemberProfessional Historians Association, South Australia Branch |
2017 |
MemberOral History Association of Australia, South Australia Branch |
2017 |
MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2017 |
Vice-President and President ElectInternational Planning History Society |
2017 |
Board MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2016 |
MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2016 |
Vice-President and President ElectInternational Planning History Society |
2016 |
Board MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2015 |
Executive MemberCouncil of the International Planning History Society |
2015 |
MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2015 |
Vice-President and President ElectInternational Planning History Society |
2015 |
Board MemberInternational Confederation of Architectural Museums |
2014 |
Vice-president and President electInternational Planning History Society |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberPlanning Perspectives |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| A history of early building documentation | Current |
| A universal evaluation framework for the improvement of water’s edge public spaces | Current |
| Exploring the written wor(l)d: writing as a spatial practice | Current |
| Urban development by approach of landscape urbanism in suburban micro landscapes | Current |
| A strategic waste management framework and tool for the development of zero waste cities | Completed |
| Acres of Adelaide: everyday people, processes and patterns in a settler-colonial urban plan 1836-1881 | Completed |
| Building the Education Revolution: a revolution or a missed opportunity? | Completed |
| Collaborative urban design for stakeholder engagement in world cultural heritage conservation: a practical study in the context of the citadel wall in Hue, Vietnam | Completed |
| Planning for open space in postwar South Australia: open space benefits and local open space systems at Elizabeth, Noarlunga and Golden Grove | Completed |
| The architectural practice as a professional service firm: HASSELL | Completed |
| The role of cultural heritage in the sustainability of remote planned communities, with a case study of Woomera, Australia | Completed |
