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Jeff Hopkins-Weise

Senior Heritage Consultant/Historian
Qualifications
BA (Hons) University of Queensland 1993
M.Phil., University of Queensland 2004.
Memberships
M,PHA, HCNSW
Jeff is a professional historian who has a strong interest and background in Australian, New Zealand and Pacific history and culture.

He has many years of history and heritage experience, including an array of research, heritage assessment and management, and museums curatorial and collection management roles with state and Commonwealth government departments, local councils, museums, and historical societies. 

Before joining NOHC Jeff worked as a Senior Policy Officer role with the Heritage Branch, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, as an historian with the Community Engagement Team, Commemorations Branch, Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs in Canberra. He is author/co-author of over 70 publications, including government and legal reports. 

He is also long-term member of the Professional Historians Australia (PHA) and has been active and undertaken various roles on the management committees at both the state and national level and is also member and current councillor of the History Council of New South Wales (HCNSW).

My passion for history is channelled through my work in heritage and being able to work with a diverse team of talented heritage colleagues
We acknowledge Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their many diverse communities across our nation and their rich culture. We pay respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s first peoples and as the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land and water across the Australian landscape and seascape. We recognise and value the ongoing contribution of Aboriginal people to Australian life and how their contribution continues to enrich our society.