RESUME: DR GARY LEWIS
Name:
Gary John Lewis
Address:
Telephone: (02) 6238 3498
E-mail: yeslewis@bigpond.com
Citizenship: Australian
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of
Philosophy Degree History Department,
Research Thesis: ‘The Quest for a
Research Method: Australian Immigration Policy;
Historiography; Sub-thesis ‘The NSW Co-operation Act 1923’.
Australian History;
Australian Literature; Asian History (
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)
Current Periodic Southside Community Services Inc Narrabundah Canberra ACT Trainer (part time) Work for the Dole Program: Occupational Health and Safety; Job-Seeking Skills.
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 (
1993 (periodic) NSW Registry of
Co-operatives/NSW Department of Consumer Affairs/Australian Association of
Co-operatives Historian: Research, edit and publish
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.
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
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
Laughing All the Way to the Credit Union: The
CreditCare Experience in ‘No Bank’ Towns 1995-2000.
Report on Member Benefit Policies and Strategies:
CUSCAL Brand Strategy Project
People Before Profit: The
Credit Union Movement in Australia, Wakefield Press,
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).
2002 Monash University
Agribusiness Directors Seminar Inaugural
Co-operatives Hall of Honour Awards and Presentation
2002
2002 Mirboo North Co-operative
Ltd,
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
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
2001 International Review of
Co-operation Geneva, Paper: Edgar
Parnell’s Prayer-An Australian Perspective.
2001
2000
International Congress of Historians
2000 International Co-operative
Alliance (ICA) Research Committee Conference Oslo Norway Paper: Edgar Parnell’s Prayer ‘Down Under’.
2000
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?
1998 Co-operative Community
Council (Qld) Co-operative Education Session Papers: A history of co-operative movement wins and celebrations with reference
to
1998 Australian Credit Union
Historical Co-operative Annual Convention Paper: Writing Co-operatives History,
1998
Co-operative Community Council (Qld) Annual Conference Paper: Co-operation in
1997 Australian Geographers’
Association Annual Conference Paper: Co-operatives
in Australian History,
1996 NSW Department of Fair
Trading/Registry of Co-operatives International Key Issues Conference Sydney
Paper: Co-operatives’ Research in
1996 Co-operative Community Council
(Qld) Co-operative Education Session Papers: Moments in Co-operative History,
1994 Asia-Pacific Co-operative
Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: Highlights of Australian Credit Union History, Monash University
Public Sector Management Institute,
1993 Asia-Pacific Co-operative
Centre for Research, Training and Development Limited: History of Co-operatives in
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,
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
1990: Australian Association of
Co-operatives (Victorian Division):
Lessons from the Past: Co-operation in
1990: International Co-operative
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
1984: Western Australian Farmers
Co-operative Company Limited, (Wesfarmers): Co-operation,
Address to the Board,
1984 Labour History: Million Farms Campaign, New South Wales 1919-1921,
1983: Centre for Continuing
Education ‘Working Together’ Conference: The
NSW Co-operation Act,