Michael Organ is Manager - Repository Services, University Library, University of Wollongong and former 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. He is currently Manager Repository Services at the University Library. Michael's research interests are in the area of film studies, archival and library sciences and Austalian history.
Books
Conrad Martens : journal of a voyage from England to Australia aboard HMS Beagle and HMS Hyacinth 1833-35, Academic Services Division - Papers (1994)
Conrad Martens (1801-78) is widely regarded as Australia's foremost watercolourist of the colonial period, having...
Early Land Settlement in Illawarra 1804-1861 (with B. Lindsay and A. P. Doyle), Academic Services Division - Papers (1994)
The writer of this story was born in Illawarra over 76 years ago [c1857], and...
Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770-1900, Academic Services Division - Papers (1993)
The following compilation of historical manuscript and published material relating to the Illawarra and South...
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...
Reminiscences of Illawarra by Alexander Stewart, Academic Services Division - Papers (1987)
The following "Reminiscences of Illawarra" initially appeared in the Illawarra Mercury between 17 April and...
Book Chapters
Ferdinand Hochstetter in Australia, 1858-1859, Academic Services Division - Papers (2012)
The visit to Australia in 1858 of the Austrian Imperial Frigate Novara was part of...
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...
Arthur Cousins 1866-1960, Academic Services Division - Papers (1994)
He was that "rara avis" in Australian historiography, the devoted local historian who has a...
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...
Journal Articles
The Sixties at Wollongong: student affairs in a regional Australian university, Illawarra Unity - Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (2010)
The sixties were a time of revolution – sexual, cultural, spiritual, political and musical. The...
One Million Downloads for UOW’s Research Online (with Kate McIlwain, K. Michael, and M. G. Michael), University of Wollongong Latest News (2009)
One-stop repository shop for University of Wollongong, Academic Services Division - Papers (2009)
The library's extensive collaboration with the UOW Research and Innovation Division is making possible a...
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'...
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...
Conference Papers
Improving Access to Underground Coal Operators’ Conference Papers (with Naj Aziz and Jan Anton Nemcik), Underground Coal Operators' Conference (2011)
The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong...
Leveraging ERA to increase repository content, Academic Services Division - Papers (2010)
The legacy of Australia’s national research quality assessment process – Excellence in Research for Australia...
Research Online: achieving success, Academic Services Division - Papers (2010)
A description is given of the powerful outreach program that has brought Research Online 8...
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...
Presentations
"out of the shadows" ..... Strategic development of an institutional repository, Academic Services Division - Papers (2012)
This presentation outlines strategic developments at the University of Wollongong during 2012 which impacted upon...