Dr Susan Walter is a professional historian who originally worked as an agricultural scientist, focusing on quality assurance and technical management in horticulture and organic waste-management. After researching and writing local history on a voluntary basis for the Malmsbury Historical Society, she combined a passion for natural landscapes, maps, land use history and science in her 2019 doctoral thesis at Federation University Australia titled Malmsbury Bluestone and Quarries: Finding Holes in History and Heritage. Specialising in land history research, she currently works as the archives coordinator at the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre, undertakes project work for both the Kyneton Dry Stone Walling Centre and Connect History, and runs workshops on researching land history. Susan’s ongoing fascination with the history of stone use in Australia was instrumental in her successful 2024 nomination of Malmsbury Bluestone as Australia’s first Global Heritage Stone Resource through UNESCO’s Heritage Stone Sub-Commission.
Author email: susan.walter4@bigpond.com
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