Michael Organ is Manager - Repository Services, University Library University of Wollongong and University Archivist. He completed an honours degree in geology at the University of Wollongong in 1985 and a postgraduate Diploma in Archives Administration at UNSW in 1986. Michael was appointed Archivist at the University of Wollongong in 1995. Between 2002-2004 he was the Australian Greens Federal Member for Cunningham. Michael's research interests are in the area of film studies, archival and library sciences and Austalian history. See here for more details.
Book Chapters
History and heritage: change and adaptation, Academic Services Division - Papers (2000)
Nestled at the base of the Illawarra Escarpment, in the shadow of Mount Keira and...
Illawarra Aborigines - An Introductory History (with C. Speechley), Academic Services Division - Papers (1997)
Archaeological evidence indicates Aboriginal people were resident in the Illawarra region of coastal New South...
Australia - Japan Industrial Relations Bibliography (with G. Warner), Academic Services Division - Papers (1994)
This bibliography contains references to works in English dealing primarily with Japanese industrial policy, industrial...
Books
The Illawarra Diary of Lady Jane Franklin, 10-17 May 1839, Academic Services Division - Papers (1988)
Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, Governor of Tasmania, travelled overland from Port...
Conference Papers
Clarke, Coal and Controversy: the traumas of Reverend W.B. Clarke in his defence of Australian geology during the nineteenth century, Academic Services Division - Papers (1990)
[Extract] Though readily given the title Father of Australian geology , the Reverend W.B. Clarke...
Journal Articles
Research Online: Digital Commons as a Publishing Platform at the University of Wollongong, Australia (with R. Daly), Academic Services Division - Papers (2009)
Since 2006, Research Online, the University of Wollongong's open access institutional repository has utilised Bepress'...
Beyond Hollywood: Frank Gould, Lithographic Printer, Illawarra Unity - Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (2008)
Frank Gould (b.1919) spent his working life variously employed as a rabbit hunter, truck driver...
Brickies: Working life at the Thirroul Brickworks 1972-1983, Illawarra Unity - Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (2008)
Michael Organ worked at the Thirroul Brickworks between 1972-1983. The following article is an account...
Strike 1912 - Looking for Australia's earliest workers' film, Illawarra Unity - Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (2008)
Australia has a rich labour history, arising out of the struggle of workers and their...
Outsourcing open access: Digital Commons at the University of Wollongong, Australia (with H. Mandl), Academic Services Division - Papers (2007)
In October 2005 the University of Wollongong gave approval for the implementation of an institutional...