Overview
Background
Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is the co-editor of five major public websites, Queensland Places (over 1100 places, with their history and economy), Queensland Speaks (interviews with key government ministers and public servants), the Queensland Historical Atlas and Text Queensland, a resource for studying the state. He is also the co-editor of Victorian Places, a project with Monash University, detailing over 1500 settlements in Victoria.
A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, his research interests include coastal urbanisation and conservation, housing and the developer-led apartment boom, green space provision in urban areas and the use and abuse of water in our cities.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Works
Search Professor Peter Spearritt’s works on UQ eSpace
2010
Book Chapter
Brisbane City Hall construction
Spearritt, Peter (2010). Brisbane City Hall construction. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 94-95) edited by Roslyn Follett. St Lucia, Qld. Australia: The University of Queensland Library.
2010
Journal Article
'Queensland speaks': A progress report
Scott, Roger and Spearritt, Peter (2010). 'Queensland speaks': A progress report. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 25 (1), 49-53.
2010
Book Chapter
The 200 kilometre city
Spearritt, Peter (2010). The 200 kilometre city. A climate for growth. (pp. 39-58) edited by Brendan Gleeson and Wendy Steele. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
2010
Book Chapter
Selling Torbreck.
Spearritt, Peter (2010). Selling Torbreck.. Found in Fryer : Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 140-141) edited by Roslyn Follett. St Lucia, Qld. Australia: University of Queensland Library.
2010
Book Chapter
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Spearritt, Peter (2010). Sydney Harbour Bridge. Symbols of Australia. (pp. 145-151) edited by Melissa Harper and Richard White. Sydney, Australia: UNSW Press; National Museum of Australia Press.
2010
Journal Article
The 200 kilometre city
Spearritt, Peter (2010). The 200 kilometre city. Queensland Historical Atlas.
2009
Journal Article
Triumph in the tropics: selling Queensland
Spearritt, Peter and Stell, Marion (2009). Triumph in the tropics: selling Queensland. Fryer Folios, 4 (3), 13-15.
2009
Journal Article
The why and wherefore of queenslandplaces.com.au
Spearritt, Peter , Stell, Marion and Young, John (2009). The why and wherefore of queenslandplaces.com.au. Fryer folios, 4 (3), 6-8.
2009
Other Outputs
Queensland places
Spearritt, Peter and Stell, Marion (2009). Queensland places. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for the Government of Queensland, The University of Queensland.
2009
Other Outputs
Triumph in the tropics: Selling Queensland
Spearritt, Peter and Stell, Marion (2009). Triumph in the tropics: Selling Queensland. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UQ Art Museum.
2009
Journal Article
The 200 KM city: Brisbane, the gold coast, and sunshine coast
Spearritt, Peter (2009). The 200 KM city: Brisbane, the gold coast, and sunshine coast. Australian Economic History Review, 49 (1), 87-106. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2009.00251.x
2009
Journal Article
Sydney's transport woes: An outsider's perspective
Spearritt, Peter (2009). Sydney's transport woes: An outsider's perspective. Sydney ideas quarterly, 16-17.
2009
Book Chapter
Finding grandeur: Paris, Venice, Newcastle, Brisbane
Spearritt, Peter (2009). Finding grandeur: Paris, Venice, Newcastle, Brisbane. Margaret Olley: Life's Journey. (pp. 11-32) edited by Michele Helmrich. Brisbane: The University of Queensland Art Museum.
2009
Journal Article
Planning failures crippling times
Spearritt, Peter (2009). Planning failures crippling times. The Canberra Times (24 October 2009), 10-11.
2008
Book Chapter
The water crisis in Southeast Queensland: How desalination turned the region into carbon emission heaven
Spearritt, Peter (2008). The water crisis in Southeast Queensland: How desalination turned the region into carbon emission heaven. Troubled waters: confronting the water crisis in Australia's cities. (pp. 19-36) edited by Patrick Troy. Canberra ACT, Australia: ANU E Press.
2008
Book Chapter
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Spearritt, Peter (2008). The Sydney Harbour Bridge. Australian greats. (pp. 123-125) edited by Peter Cochrane. Sydney NSW, Australia: Random House Australia.
2007
Journal Article
Parched land - Attempting to ease Australia's drought
Spearritt, P. (2007). Parched land - Attempting to ease Australia's drought. Jane's Intelligence Review
2007
Journal Article
Will we ever get affordable housing: The fate of the Boggo Rd Urban Village
Spearritt, Peter (2007). Will we ever get affordable housing: The fate of the Boggo Rd Urban Village. Queensland Shelter Quarterly, 3 (2), 13-14.
2007
Journal Article
Car wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities (Book review)
Spearritt, P (2007). Car wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities (Book review). Australian Journal of Politics And History, 53 (1), 155-156.
2007
Book Chapter
Kenneth Macqueen's coastal landscapes
Spearritt, Peter (2007). Kenneth Macqueen's coastal landscapes. Making It Modern: The Watercolours of Kenneth Macqueen. (pp. 40-47) edited by Rebecca Dezuanni. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery.
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
History of heritage conservation of the built environment in Queensland 1901-2001
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ashley Paine, Professor John Macarthur
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
She's Got Personality Plus: Australia's female popular vocalists 1956-1986
Principal Advisor
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2019
Master Philosophy
Grand Gifts: Nineteenth century Queensland gold and silver presentation pieces
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ross Johnston
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Contribution of the Whaling Industry to the Economic Development of the Australian Colonies 1770-1850
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Ruth Kerr
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Death of the Chapel: the disappearance of printers in Queensland Newspapers
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
From Pressure to Participation: The Role of Queensland Shelter.
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
We'll show the world: Expo 88
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
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2015
Master Philosophy
Split, intervention, renewal: The ALP in Queensland 1957 - 1989
Principal Advisor
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2014
Master Philosophy
Colonel Charles Evans CMG: A Spirited Commissioner
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Ruth Kerr
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The 'smart' state: building a knowledge economy in Queensland since the 1990s
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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2010
Master Philosophy
Mt Coot-tha: the history of an urban forest park
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Damming the River: Floods in the Brisbane River Catchment 1893-2011
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Soldiers of Misfortune: Korean War Veterans in American Culture
Associate Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
Sir Bruce Watson AC: a case study for Queensland's mining history, 1956-1992
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Adjunct Professor Ruth Kerr
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2012
Master Philosophy
Queensland Rifle Association 1861-2011
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Associate Professor Martin Crotty
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Warrego Country: Water, People, Landscape
Associate Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Greening Capricornia: The Environmental conservation movement in Central Queensland 1960s-1990
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Clive Moore
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The Islamic publication industry in modern Indonesia: Intellectual transmission, ideology, and the profit motive
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Robert Elson
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Gympie, 'the town that saved Queensland': popular culture and the construction of identity in a rural Queensland town
Associate Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
FATAL ATTRACTION: THE RISE AND INFLUENCE OF A DOMINANT TOURISM ENTERPRISE IN REGIONAL VICTORIA.
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt directly for media enquiries about:
- Apartment living
- Australian cities
- Brisbane - population influx
- Carbon trading
- Cities - transport
- Cities in Australian
- City density
- Communting in cities
- Ecological footprint
- Energy use - cities
- Household energy use
- Housing costs
- Housing market in Australia
- Public transport
- Queensland roads
- Queensland transport
- Rental costs
- Transport in Australian cities
- Urban development
- Water restrictions
- Water use in cities
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