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2025

Journal Article

Redressing the absence of military blockhouses and forts in ‘origin theories’ for the elevated house

Keys, Cathy (2025). Redressing the absence of military blockhouses and forts in ‘origin theories’ for the elevated house. Fabrications, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2024.2425136

Redressing the absence of military blockhouses and forts in ‘origin theories’ for the elevated house

2023

Journal Article

House elevation and the British military settlement of Port Essington in Northern Australia

Keys, Cathy (2023). House elevation and the British military settlement of Port Essington in Northern Australia. ABE Journal, 22 (22). doi: 10.4000/abe.15204

House elevation and the British military settlement of Port Essington in Northern Australia

2021

Journal Article

Nervous nation: fear, conflict and narratives of fortified domestic architecture on the Queensland frontier

Burke, Heather, Kerkhove, Ray, Wallis, Lynley A., Keys, Cathy and Barker, Bryce (2021). Nervous nation: fear, conflict and narratives of fortified domestic architecture on the Queensland frontier. Aboriginal History, 44, 21-57. doi: 10.22459/ah.44.2020.02

Nervous nation: fear, conflict and narratives of fortified domestic architecture on the Queensland frontier

2020

Journal Article

Sharing the Waterways: Shark-Proof Swimming, Penal Detention and the Early History of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay

Keys, Cathy (2020). Sharing the Waterways: Shark-Proof Swimming, Penal Detention and the Early History of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay. Queensland Review, 27 (2), 121-136. doi: 10.1017/qre.2020.11

Sharing the Waterways: Shark-Proof Swimming, Penal Detention and the Early History of St Helena Island, Moreton Bay

2020

Journal Article

Shifting priorities of shade and northern Australian architecture: Colonial settlement prior to the 1920s

Keys, Cathy (2020). Shifting priorities of shade and northern Australian architecture: Colonial settlement prior to the 1920s. ABE Journal Architecture Beyond Europe, 17 (17). doi: 10.4000/abe.8008

Shifting priorities of shade and northern Australian architecture: Colonial settlement prior to the 1920s

2020

Journal Article

Australian settler bush huts and Indigenous bark-strippers: origins and influences

Kerkhove, Ray and Keys, Cathy (2020). Australian settler bush huts and Indigenous bark-strippers: origins and influences. Queensland Review, 27 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1017/qre.2020.1

Australian settler bush huts and Indigenous bark-strippers: origins and influences

2020

Journal Article

On the lookout: defensive surveillance of convicts and foreigners as a defining element of early Queensland architecture (1820s-1880s)

Kerkhove, Ray and Keys, Cathy (2020). On the lookout: defensive surveillance of convicts and foreigners as a defining element of early Queensland architecture (1820s-1880s). Queensland History Journal, 24 (5), 476-485.

On the lookout: defensive surveillance of convicts and foreigners as a defining element of early Queensland architecture (1820s-1880s)

2019

Journal Article

'Lighthouse Communities' and Indigenous-Settler Cultural Entanglements: The Early Architectural History of Southern Queensland's Lighthouses and Pilot Stations

Keys, Cathy and Kerkhove, Ray (2019). 'Lighthouse Communities' and Indigenous-Settler Cultural Entanglements: The Early Architectural History of Southern Queensland's Lighthouses and Pilot Stations. Queensland History Journal, 24 (2), 213-229.

'Lighthouse Communities' and Indigenous-Settler Cultural Entanglements: The Early Architectural History of Southern Queensland's Lighthouses and Pilot Stations

2019

Journal Article

Diversifying the early history of the prefabricated colonial house in Moreton Bay

Keys, Cathy (2019). Diversifying the early history of the prefabricated colonial house in Moreton Bay. Queensland Review, 26 (01), 86-106. doi: 10.1017/qre.2019.5

Diversifying the early history of the prefabricated colonial house in Moreton Bay

2018

Journal Article

Architecture, environment, history: questions and consequences

Barber, Daniel A., Stickells, Lee, Ryan, Daniel J., Koehler, Maren, Leach, Andrew, Goad, Philip, van der Plaat, Deborah, Keys, Cathy, Karim, Farhan and Taylor, William M. (2018). Architecture, environment, history: questions and consequences. Architectural Theory Review, 22 (2), 249-286. doi: 10.1080/13264826.2018.1482725

Architecture, environment, history: questions and consequences

2018

Book Chapter

Mobilising Indigenous agency through cultural sustainability in architecture: are we there yet?

Go-Sam, Carroll and Keys, Catherine (2018). Mobilising Indigenous agency through cultural sustainability in architecture: are we there yet?. The handbook of contemporary indigenous architecture. (pp. 347-380) edited by Elizabeth Grant, Kelly Greenop, Albert L. Refiti and Daniel J. Glenn. Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-6904-8_14

Mobilising Indigenous agency through cultural sustainability in architecture: are we there yet?

2017

Journal Article

The emergence of an architectural anthropology in Aboriginal Australia: the work of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre

Memmott, Paul and Keys, Cathy (2017). The emergence of an architectural anthropology in Aboriginal Australia: the work of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre. Architectural Theory Review, 21 (2), 218-236. doi: 10.1080/13264826.2017.1316752

The emergence of an architectural anthropology in Aboriginal Australia: the work of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre

2017

Journal Article

Valuing “under the house”: women’s knowledge and the architectural history of the stumped Queensland house

Keys, Cathy and Steele, Wendy (2017). Valuing “under the house”: women’s knowledge and the architectural history of the stumped Queensland house. Fabrications, 27 (1), 100-119. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2016.1262713

Valuing “under the house”: women’s knowledge and the architectural history of the stumped Queensland house

2017

Conference Publication

The 1950s elevation debate and the tropical Queensland house: tropical storms, ‘progressive architecture’ and the devaluing of the ‘under the house’

Keys, Cathy (2017). The 1950s elevation debate and the tropical Queensland house: tropical storms, ‘progressive architecture’ and the devaluing of the ‘under the house’. 6th International Network of Tropical Architecture Conference 2017, University of Florida, FL, United States, 1-3 December 2017. University of Florida, FL, United States: International Network of Tropical Architecture Conference 2017.

The 1950s elevation debate and the tropical Queensland house: tropical storms, ‘progressive architecture’ and the devaluing of the ‘under the house’

2016

Journal Article

Designing hospitals for Australian conditions:The Australian Inland Mission's cottage hospital, Adelaide House, 1926

Keys, Cathy (2016). Designing hospitals for Australian conditions:The Australian Inland Mission's cottage hospital, Adelaide House, 1926. The Journal of Architecture, 21 (1), 68-89. doi: 10.1080/13602365.2016.1141790

Designing hospitals for Australian conditions:The Australian Inland Mission's cottage hospital, Adelaide House, 1926

2016

Book Chapter

Interstitial housing space: no centre just border

Steele, Wendy and Keys, Cathy (2016). Interstitial housing space: no centre just border. Housing and home unbound: intersections in economics, environment and politics in Australia. (pp. 204-217) edited by Nicole Cook, Aidan Davison and Louise Crabtree. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315669342

Interstitial housing space: no centre just border

2015

Journal Article

Preliminary Historical Notes on the Transfer of Aboriginal Architectural Expertise on Australia's Frontier

Keys, Cathy (2015). Preliminary Historical Notes on the Transfer of Aboriginal Architectural Expertise on Australia's Frontier. Fabrications, 25 (1), 48-61. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2015.1009413

Preliminary Historical Notes on the Transfer of Aboriginal Architectural Expertise on Australia's Frontier

2015

Journal Article

Redefining architecture to accommodate cultural difference: designing for cultural sustainability

Memmott, P. and Keys, C. (2015). Redefining architecture to accommodate cultural difference: designing for cultural sustainability. Architectural Science Review, 58 (4), 278-289. doi: 10.1080/00038628.2015.1032210

Redefining architecture to accommodate cultural difference: designing for cultural sustainability

2015

Journal Article

Interstitial space and everyday housing practices

Steele, Wendy and Keys, Cathy (2015). Interstitial space and everyday housing practices. Housing, Theory and Society, 32 (1), 112-125. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2014.938866

Interstitial space and everyday housing practices

2014

Conference Publication

Translating the design of behaviour settings for Aboriginal well-being

Memmott, Paul and Keys, Cathy (2014). Translating the design of behaviour settings for Aboriginal well-being. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2014. Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: SAHANZ.

Translating the design of behaviour settings for Aboriginal well-being