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Sarah Luke
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Colonial HistorySpecial interest
Healthcare HistorySpecial interest
Social HistorySpecial interest
Local HistorySpecial interest
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Biography
Sarah Luke is a freelance historian and a History/English secondary school teacher. Her research interests rest in nineteenth/early twentieth century institutional histories, with a particular focus on schools, crime, mental health, and biography. A teacher for many years, Sarah is an experienced school programmer besides being a skilled archival researcher. She has published two books: ā€˜Callan Park, Hospital for the Insane’ (2018) which was shortlisted for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards (NSW Community and Regional History Prize), and ā€˜Like a Wicked Noah’s Ark: The Nautical School Ships Vernon & Sobraon’ (2020). Besides these she has also had articles published by the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Royal Australian Historical Society, ā€˜Traces’ Magazine, ā€˜Newswrite’, and other local historical groups. Sarah is an enthusiastic speaker at community events, and has presented her research at NSW History Week, at a range of local history society meetings, at various bookshops, and for the Society of Women Writers; she is also a tour guide for The Friends of Callan Park. Sarah is currently a PhD candidate at Macquarie University.