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Tracy Ireland is Associate Dean Research and Professor of Cultural Heritage in the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra. Since 2009, Tracy has led research and teaching across UC's GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums), heritage, conservation and cultural leadership related courses. Tracy is the immediate past president of Australia ICOMOS serving the maximum possible term in this role between 2021 and 2024, and editor of the journal Historic Environment. Tracy's career has also included working for the New South Wales Department of Planning and Heritage Council as the State Archaeologist and heading up the Canberra Office of GML Heritage. She undertook a PhD at the University of Sydney, awarded in 2002, and has published extensively on historical archaeology, digital heritage, heritage management and conservation and their entanglement with nationalism and colonialism. Tracy has prepared heritage assessments and management plans for some of Australia's most significant places, including the Old Great North Road World Heritage site, the Australian War Memorial, Old Parliament House and the Blacktown Native Institution.
Tracy is known internationally for her research on heritage practice, ethics, and the social values of heritage and she is a regular keynote speaker at events around the world. She has published on the archaeology and heritage of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand, Quebec, North Eastern USA, and in Cyprus, as a member of the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project. Her recent papers and books include the co-authored 'Engaging the everyday: the concept and practice of everyday heritage', 'Situating (in)significance' (with Steve Brown and John Schofield), Connecting the Nation: A thematic history of civil aviation (with Paul Aston, Mitchell Whitelaw and Alison Wain), The ethics of cultural heritage (with John Schofield), and Object Lessons: Archaeology and heritage in Australia (with Jane Lydon).
Tracy supervises a dynamic co-hort of PhD candidates and has had 8 PhD and 1 Masters by research complete successfully since 2015.
In 2017 Tracy was visiting Research Fellow at the University of Stirling in Scotland.
Tracy was the Lead Chief Investigator for Heritage of the Air, 2018-2022, a digital and community focussed project studying how communities value the heritage of Australian aviation, partnering with Airservices Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the SFO Museum and the Civil Aviation Historical Society. She currently leads Everyday Heritage 2022-2025, a project that will develop tools for communitites and heritage managers to give value to underrepresented groups and their stories.
Research interests
Member of Climate Change Adaptation Resilience and Recovery Network
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Artefact of Nation: historical archaeology, heritage and nationalism in Australia, University of Sydney
Award Date: 17 May 2002
External positions
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Stirling
25 Aug 2017 → 20 Dec 2017
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
25 Jan 2013 → 20 Dec 2013
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Nuclear Nation: a contemporary archaeology of Australia's atomic heritage
IRELAND, T., VAN DEN HEUVEL, A., WAIN, A., Schofield, J., Gorman, A., Broderick, M., Connell, M. & Lawler Dormer, D.
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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University of Canberra/Peet Research Hub for the Built Environment
KNOWLES, J., HINTON, S. & IRELAND, T.
3/11/23 → 2/11/31
Project: Research
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Everyday Heritage
IRELAND, T., SHERRATT, T., Bagnall, K., Lydon, J. & Veale, S.
1/02/22 → 1/02/25
Project: Research
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Pilot Project for Reimagining the Mary River Region: Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism in Kakadu National Park
IRELAND, T., Frederick, U., Clarke, A. & BROCKWELL, S.
17/06/22 → 16/06/23
Project: Research
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Building capacity for climate adaptation planning in protected area management: Options and challenges for World Heritage
Melbourne-Thomas, J., Lin, B. B., Hopkins, M., Hill, R., Dunlop, M., MacGregor, N., Merson, S. D., Vertigan, C., Donegan, L., Sheppard, M., Myers, J., Thomas, L., Visschers, L., McNeair, B., Syme, L., Grant, C., Pedrocchi, N., Oakley, P., Stevens, A., Rose, D., & 5 others , 1 Feb 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 290, p. 1-11 11 p., 110459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engaging the everyday: the concept and practice of ‘everyday heritage’
IRELAND, T., BROWN, S., Bagnall, K., Lydon, J., SHERRATT, T. & Veale, S., 19 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Heritage Studies. p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Everything, everywhere, everyday: the undisciplining of archaeology and heritage
Ireland, T., 2024, In: Australian Archaeology. 90, 1, p. 50-52 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Difficult Conversations
Frederick, UK. (ed.), Harrison, A. (ed.), Ireland, T. (ed.) & Magee, J. (ed.), Apr 2023, Belfast: British Council. 88 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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'The Royal We': Australian aviation, royal tours and tensions between republicanism, empire and monarchy
Brockwell, S., Clarke, A. & Ireland, T., Jan 2023, In: Historic Environment. 33, 3, p. 88-101 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A New Dawn for Archaeology
Tracy Ireland (Speaker)
15 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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ICOMOS General Assembly
Tracy Ireland (Chair) & Steve Brown (Chair)
31 Aug 2023 → 9 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Heritage of the Air
Tracy Ireland (Chair)
14 Nov 2019 → 17 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...