RESUME: DR GARY LEWIS
Name:
Gary John Lewis
Address:** ****** ** ******* *** 2620
Telephone: (02) 6238 3498
E-mail: ********@*******.***
Citizenship: Australian
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of
Philosophy Degree History Department, AustralianNationalUniversity 1990
Research Thesis: The Quest for a Middle Way: Co-operatives in New South Wales. Bachelor
of Letters Degree History Department, AustralianNationalUniversity 1982
Research Method: Australian Immigration Policy;
Historiography; Sub-thesis The NSW Co-operation Act 1923 . Bachelor
of ArtsDegreeSydneyUniversity 1979
Australian History;
Australian Literature; Asian History (China, Vietnam);
Government; Legal Institutions. Teachers CertificateSydneyTeachers
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 ACTFacilitator (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 ACTFacilitator (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 AustralianNationalUniversity, 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
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, LibraryPUBLICATIONSBooks 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 ProjectUniversity 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
2002MonashUniversity Centre for Rural
Communities, Sale, VictoriaCo-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 .
2001MonashUniversity 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.
2001University of Technology Sydney Australian Centre
for Co-operatives Research and Development Paper: Successful Co-operatives the 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 OsloNorway 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 .
2000University 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,DarlingHarbour 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,PerthWA
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, AustralianNationalUniversity, Canberra ACT.