Kay Saunders | |
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Born | Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders 1947 (age 75–76) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Thesis | Uncertain bondage: an analysis of indentured labour in Queensland to 1907: with particular reference to the Melanesian servants (1975) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions | University of Queensland |
Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders AO FASSA FRHistS (born 1947) is an Australian historian and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland.
Saunders was born in Brisbane,Queensland in 1947. [1] She graduated with a BA (1970) and PhD (1975) from the University of Queensland (UQ). [2]
She was employed by UQ throughout her academic career,firstly as tutor,then progressing through the ranks to Professor of History (2002–2005). Following her retirement in 2006 she was appointed Emeritus Professor. [2]
Saunders was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1999, [3] and was promoted to Officer in the 2021 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to tertiary education,particularly to history,as an academic and author,to professional associations,and to the community". [4]
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