RESUME: DR GARY LEWIS

 

Name:              Gary John Lewis

Address:           90 Norton Rd WAMBOIN NSW 2620

Telephone:     (02) 6238 3498

E-mail:              yeslewis@bigpond.com

Citizenship:     Australian

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy Degree History Department, Australian National University 1990

Research Thesis: ‘The Quest for a Middle Way: Co-operatives in New South Wales.

Bachelor of Letters Degree History Department, Australian National University 1982

Research Method: Australian Immigration Policy; Historiography; Sub-thesis ‘The NSW Co-operation Act 1923’.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Sydney University 1979

Australian History; Australian Literature; Asian History (China, Vietnam); Government; Legal Institutions.

Teachers’ Certificate Sydney Teachers’ College – Secondary English and History (Distinguished Student Award)

Teaching Theory, Education, English Language, Speech, English Literature, English Teaching Method, History Teaching Method, Art Appreciation, Physical Education, Dramatic Art, School Health, Social Studies, Geography, Library

 

Partial Completion Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training BSZ 40198-

BSZ 401A Plan Assessment

BSZ 402A Conduct Assessment

BSZ 403A Review Assessment

ACT Training for Health and Community Services Inc (TRAHCS)

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Current Periodic Southside Community Services Inc Narrabundah Canberra ACT Trainer (part time) Work for the Dole Program: Occupational Health and Safety; Job-Seeking Skills.

September-November 2002 Optimum Training and Development Inc - Southside Community Services Inc Narrabundah, Canberra ACT Facilitator (part time) Learning on the Move Certificate II in General Education for Adults Literacy and Numeracy Program Two.

February-July 2002 Optimum Training and Development Inc- Southside Community Services Inc Narrabundah Canberra ACT Facilitator (part time) Learning on the Move Certificate II in General Education for Adults Literacy and Numeracy Program One.

2001 Illawarra Institute of Technology Queanbeyan NSW, Teacher/Trainer (part time): Secondary School Tertiary Preparation Certificate; Certificate of General Vocational Education (CGVE): Contemporary Australian Issues; English; Australian History, Focus on Skills, Reading for Pleasure.

2001 Southside Community Services Inc Canberra ACT, Teacher/Trainer (part time): Work for the Dole Program: Effective Communication; Occupational Health & Safety; Job Seeking Skills.

2001 Optimun Training and Development Inc Canberra ACT, Teacher/Trainer (part time) New Apprenticeship Access Program (NAAP); Food Processing Industry - Teamwork Skills.

 

2001 University of Technology Sydney/Charles Sturt University/Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development (ACCoRD) Research Associate (periodic) CreditCare Project: Laughing all the Way to the Credit Union – ‘No Bank’ Towns and Credit Unions 1995-2000 (150 Page Report)

2000 Charles Sturt University/Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Bathurst NSW Consultant Researcher: Information Base Project– develop electronic storage and retrieval system for archival materials (periodic).

1999 University of Technology Sydney/Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Consultant Researcher, Mutuality Enhancement Project Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited– investigate and report on financial and non-financial member benefits in ‘not for profit’ businesses (periodic) (150 page report)

1998- 2000 Southside Community Services Canberra ACT Teacher/Trainer: Commonwealth Government Work for the Dole Program - Effective Communication Skills, Job Seeking Skills, Occupational Health and Safety, Literacy and Numeracy (periodic).

December 1996 – July 1998 Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) Higher Education Division, Research Grants and Training Section Large Research Grants Scheme, Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Grants Committee (RGC).

September 1994 - December 1996 Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited (CUSCAL) Official Historian Jubilee History Project: Research, edit and publish People Before Profit: The Credit Union Movement in Australia (Wakefield Press, 1996, 391 pages).

1994 Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) Higher Education Division Research Policy and Grants Branch: Administrative Services/Policy Development-Australian Research Council (ARC) Tertiary Education Research Grants Schemes.
October 1991-May 1994 Ricegrowers’ Co-operative Limited History Project, Leeton NSW Official Historian: Research, edit and publish Illustrated History of the Riverina Rice Industry (RCL, 1994, 230 pages).

 

1993 (periodic) NSW Registry of Co-operatives/NSW Department of Consumer Affairs/Australian Association of Co-operatives Historian: Research, edit and publish A Middle Way: Rochdale Co-operatives in NSW 1859-1984 (Brolga Press, 236 pages).

1993- 1994 Asia-Pacific Co-operative Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: Trainer - Australian Certificate in Co-operative Management (periodic): Co-operatives –Part of Australian Culture.  

Sep 1989-June 1990 Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) TAFE and Skills Formation Division, Training and Adjustment Assistance Branch: Administrative Services Industry Training Committees (ITC)

Aug 1987-Sep 1989 Commonwealth of Australia Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) Schools and Curriculum Division, Senior Curriculum Developer, National English as a Second Language Programs.

 

1980 - 1987 Commonwealth Department of Education, Language Education Branch Curriculum Development Centre: Team Leader National Primary Schools English as a Second Language Programs (periodic)

1981-86 Australian National University, History Department, Postgraduate Research Scholar Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Co-operatives in Australian History.  Supervisors: Dr Barbara Penny (deceased); Prof. Mick Williams (deceased), Dr Geoffrey Bartlett

 

Previous

 

Commonwealth Adult Migrant Education Service (AMES) Bankstown TAFE/Caltex House Evening/ Villawood Migrant Hostel: English as a Second Language to adult migrants and refugees (several years, full and part time)

Secondary School Teacher New South Wales, United Kingdom, Australian Capital Territory High Schools: English, History, English as a Second Language, Art, Physical Education, Library

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Reports:

Laughing All the Way to the Credit Union: The CreditCare Experience in ‘No Bank’ Towns 1995-2000. University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development, November 2001 (141 pages)

Report on Member Benefit Policies and Strategies: CUSCAL Brand Strategy Project University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development, August 1999 (90 pages)

People Before Profit: The Credit Union Movement in Australia, Wakefield Press, Adelaide 1996 (391 pages).

An Illustrated History of the Riverina Rice Industry, Ricegrowers’ Co-operative Limited, Leeton, NSW, June 1994 (236 pages).

A Middle Way: Rochdale Co-operatives in New South Wales, 1859-1986, Brolga Press, Canberra, ACT 1993 (368 pages).

PUBLISHED ARTICLES, REVIEWS, CONFERENCE PAPERS ETC:

2002 Monash University Agribusiness Directors Seminar Inaugural Co-operatives Hall of Honour Awards and Presentation

2002 Monash University Centre for Rural Communities, Sale, Victoria Co-operation and Competition Visiting Lecturer - Collaborative Communities Project

2002 Mirboo North Co-operative Ltd, Victoria The important thing is to co-operate Address to Annual General Meeting

2002 Southside Community Services Inc Workshop Paper Young People and the Work for the Dole Program: a case study in personal empowerment ICSW Conference Rotterdam Netherlands.

2002 Charles Sturt University Bathurst NSW Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Seminar ‘Sailing determinedly against the wind: recent bank closures and the CreditCare Program in “No Bank” Towns 1995-2000’.

2001 Monash University Agribusiness Directors Seminar ‘Not so Green as Cabbage Looking’: How the Rice Growers Beat the Cartel.

2001 International Review of Co-operation Geneva, Paper: Edgar Parnell’s Prayer-An Australian Perspective.

2001 University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Paper: Successful Co-operatives – the Valencia Experience.

2001 University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Paper: Co-operatives in Rural Development: The Case of Arranmore, Ireland.

 

2000 International Congress of Historians Oslo Norway Paper Recent Events in NSW Co-operatives History.

2000 International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Research Committee Conference Oslo Norway Paper: Edgar Parnell’s Prayer ‘Down Under’.

2000 University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre for Co-operatives Research and Development Seminar Recent Spanish and Irish Co-operative/Social Economy Initiatives.

2000 National Co-op Update (five part series): Reflections on Australian Co-operation in the Twentieth Century

1998 National Co-op Update Article: Why is the Australian co-operative movement so fragmented? Melbourne VIC, April/May 1998.

1998 Co-operative Community Council (Qld) Co-operative Education Session Papers: A history of co-operative movement wins and celebrations with reference to Queensland, Brisbane QLD, April 1998.

1998 Australian Credit Union Historical Co-operative Annual Convention Paper: Writing Co-operatives History, Sydney NSW.

1998 Co-operative Community Council (Qld) Annual Conference Paper: Co-operation in Queensland, Caloundra QLD.

1997 Australian Geographers’ Association Annual Conference Paper: Co-operatives in Australian History, Sydney NSW.

1996 NSW Department of Fair Trading/Registry of Co-operatives International Key Issues Conference Sydney Paper: Co-operatives’ Research in Australia, Sydney NSW.

1996 Co-operative Community Council (Qld) Co-operative Education Session Papers: Moments in Co-operative History, Brisbane QLD, April 1996.

 

1994 Asia-Pacific Co-operative Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: Highlights of Australian Credit Union History, Monash University Public Sector Management Institute, Melbourne VIC, 1994.

1993 Asia-Pacific Co-operative Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: History of Co-operatives in Victoria: An Outline, Monash University Public Sector Management Institute, Melbourne VIC, 1993.

1992 Asia-Pacific Co-operative Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: Lessons from the Past: An Overview of Co-operatives in Australia, Monash University Public Sector Management Institute, Melbourne VIC, 1992.

1992-1993 New South Wales Government Education Consultative Committee Co-ops 2000, Sydney NSW (periodic).

1990: Victorian Credit Co-operative Association Limited Affiliated Managers’ Conference Lessons for the Future: History of the Credit Co-operative Movement in Australia, Melbourne VIC.

1990: Australian Association of Co-operatives (Victorian Division): Lessons from the Past: Co-operation in Australia, Melbourne VIC.

1990: International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Ministerial Conference Co-operation for the Nineties, Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney NSW.

1985: NSW Department of Agriculture Marketing Division Annual Conference, Co-operation and the Privatisation Debate: An Historical Perspective, Yanco NSW.

1985: Co-operative Federation of New South Wales Twenty-First Annual Conference, Co-operation in New South Wales, Sydney NSW.

1984: Western Australian Farmers Co-operative Company Limited, (Wesfarmers): Co-operation, Address to the Board, Perth WA

1984 Labour History: Million Farms Campaign, New South Wales 1919-1921, Canberra ACT, November 1984.

1983: Centre for Continuing Education ‘Working Together’ Conference: The NSW Co-operation Act, Australian National University, Canberra ACT.