Anne Philomena O'Brien

Anne Philomena O'Brien
Born	1954 (age 70–71) Glenelg, South Australia, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Historian
Notable work	God's Willing Workers

Anne Philomena O'Brien (born 1954) is an Australian historian and author who is a professor of history at the University of New South Wales.

Early life

Anne Philomena O'Brien was born in 1954 ^[1] in Glenelg, South Australia, Australia. ^[2] Her parents were Paul and Mary (Mollie) O'Brien. Anne was their fifth and youngest daughter. ^[2]

Education

In 1975, O'Brien earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Adelaide, graduating with honours. She taught part-time for a year at Flinders University in South Australia, before enrolling in a PhD program at the University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in 1982. ^[2]

Career

From 1982 to 1985, she taught at Santa Sabina College. ^[2]

In 1987, O'Brien began lecturing in history at the University of New South Wales. ^[2] She became an associate professor in 2007, ^[2] and later became a full professor in the School of Humanities and Languages. ^[3]

Books

In 1988, O'Brien published her first book, Poverty's Prison. The Poor in New South Wales 1880–1918, ^[4] which was based on her PhD research. Her second book, God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia, was published in 2005. ^[5] She published Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism in 2014. ^[6] O'Brien is married and has two children. ^[2]

References

1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2023-06-28
2. Harrison, Sharon M. (4 June 2015). "O'Brien, Anne Philomena". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Australian Women's Archives Project. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
3. "Professor Anne Philomena O'Brien". Find a researcher. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
4. Reviews of Poverty's Prison:
   • Fitzgerald, Shirley (1989). "Review of Poverty's Prison. The Poor in New South Wales 1880-1918". Labour History (56): 96–97. doi:10.2307/27508938. ISSN   0023-6942. JSTOR   27508938.
   • Castle, Josie (January 1992). Australian Economic History Review. 32 (1): 87–88. doi:10.1111/aehr.321br2.
   • Kociumbas, Jan (April 1991). The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 2 (1). Wiley: 153–154. doi:10.1111/j.1835-9310.1991.tb00132.x. ProQuest   1299120112.
   • Pemberton, Alec (August 1989). The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. 25 (2): 303–305. doi:10.1177/144078338902500219.
5. Reviews of God's Willing Workers:
   • Campion, Edmund. (2007). "God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia (review)" . The Catholic Historical Review. 93 (3): 736–737. doi:10.1353/cat.2007.0233. ISSN   1534-0708. S2CID   144724817.
   • Carey, Hilary M. (2006). "Review of God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia". Labour History (91): 217–218. doi:10.2307/27516171. ISSN   0023-6942. JSTOR   27516171.
   • Carey, Jane (September 2006). "Review". Australian Humanities Review. 39–40.
   • Lemon, Barbara (2005). "Review". Lilith. 14: 117–118.
   • Lutrell, John (2006). "Review". Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. 27.
   • Porter, Muriel (June 2006). Journal of Anglican Studies. 4 (1): 124–125. doi:10.1177/174035530600400115.
   • Kelleher, Marilyn (March 2008). Journal of Religious History. 32 (1): 135–137. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.2008.00622_16.x.
6. Reviews of Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism:
   • Bradley, Kate (September 2015). Australian Historical Studies. 46 (3): 486–487. doi:10.1080/1031461x.2015.1078939.
   • Evans, Caroline (July 2016). Journal of Australian Studies. 40 (3): 372–373. doi:10.1080/14443058.2016.1191411.