Stephen Gapps
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| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) Blacktown, New South Wales |
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Stephen Gapps MPHA (born 1963) is an Australian historian and author whose primary work has focused on the history of historical reenactments, community history and the Australian Frontier Wars, more recently known as the Australian Wars. In 2020, he was the first recipient of the Les Carlyon Award for the writing of military history.
Early life and education
Gapps was born in Blacktown, New South Wales to parents Barbara (Baldwin) and Leslie Gapps. He attended Evans High School and studied history at the University of Sydney (BA hons) and postgraduate studies (MA Applied History and PhD History) at the University of Technology, Sydney.[1] His PhD thesis (2003) was "Performing the Past – A cultural history of historical reenactments".[2]
Career
Gapps has worked as a consultant historian and, in 2004, coordinated the Battle of Vinegar Hill 200th anniversary historical reenactment.[3] Between 1997 and 2004 he was a lecturer in public history at the University of Technology. From 2010 to 2022, he was a Curator, Senior Curator and Acting Head of Research at the Australian National Maritime Museum. In 2021 Gapps was a consultant historian on the Blackfella Films production The Australian Wars[4] and is currently a co-editor and contributor to the book of the series, forthcoming in 2025. He is a member of Professional Historians Australia (MPHA)[5] and from 2019 to 2025 he was President of the History Council of NSW.[6] Since 2023 he has worked as a historian at Artefact Heritage and Environment. Since 2024 he has been an Adjunct Lecturer at Charles Sturt University.[1]
Major publications
- Front Pages That Shaped Australia. Pier 9. 2009. ISBN 9781741964660.
- Cabrogal To Fairfield: A History of a Multicultural City. Fairfield City Council. 2010. ISBN 9781876629939.
- Newington College: A sesquicentennial history 1863-2013. Newington College. 2012. ISBN 9780987301604.
- The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony 1788-1817. NewSouth Publishers. 2018. ISBN 9781742232140.
- Gudyarra: The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance, the Bathurst War 1822-1824. NewSouth Publishers. 2021. ISBN 9781742236711.
- Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838-1844. NewSouth Publishers. 2025. ISBN 9781742238029.
Major awards
- Merewether Fellowship, State Library of NSW (2017)[9]
- NSW Premier’s History Award for Regional and Community History in 2011 for Cabrogal to Fairfield[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Adjunct Staff - Dr Stephen Gapps". Charles Sturt University Centre for Law and Justice. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ↑ Gapps, S. G. (2002). Performing the past : a cultural history of historical reenactments (Thesis thesis).
- ↑ Counter, Chris. "The Battle of Vinegar Hill". Riverstone & District Historical Society & Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ↑ "The Australian Wars Press Kit_Final_250822_V2" (PDF). Blackfella Films. Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ↑ "My Profile: Stephen Gapps". Professional Historians Australia NSW & ACT. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ↑ "Our Team - Executive Committee (2023-5)". historycouncilnsw. Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ↑ "Dr Stephen Gapps wins inaugural Les Carlyon Literary Prize". Australian War Memorial. Canberra, Australia. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ↑ "'The Sydney Wars' wins inaugural Les Carlyon Literary Prize". Books+Publishing. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ↑ "State Library of NSW announces 2017 fellowship winners". historycouncilnsw. Sydney, Australia. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ↑ "2011 NSW Premier's History Awards winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
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