Research interests
History of collections and museums, including the 19thC international exhibitions
Visitor studies and evaluation of the effectiveness of heritage presentations
Museology and interpretation of historic sites
Personal and domestic material culture
Material culture theory and methods
Critical review of exhibitions
Teaching interests
Conferences
Professional activities
Museums Australia (Vic) Museum Accreditation Program: Panel member, 2007-11
Awards
Projects
Surburban archaeology: the growth of middle class culture in Melbourne (ARC project DP1093001, with Prof Tim Murray, AssProf Susan Lawrence and AssProf Andy May
Publications
Writers' House Museums: English literature in the heart and on the ground
Linda Young
(2019), pp. 165-190, Literary Tourism and the British Isles History, Imagination, and the Politics of Place, Lanham, MD, B1
Preserving public history: historic house museums
Linda Young
(2018), pp. 321-332, A Companion to Public History, London, Eng., B1
Historic house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom A History
L Young
(2017), Lanham, Md., A1
L Young
(2015), Vol. 8, pp. 229-246, Museum history journal, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
Subversive jewellery : challenges to conservative power from the Victorian goldfields
L Young
(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-13, ReCollections, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Magic objects/modern objects : Heroes' house museums
L Young
(2011), pp. 143-158, Thing about museums : objects and experience, representation and contestation essays in honour of professor Susan M. Pearce, New York, N. Y., B1
L Young
(2010), pp. 133-143, Table settings : the material culture and social context of dining, AD 1700-1900, Oxford, England, B1
'How like England we can be' : the Australian international exhibitions in the nineteenth century
L Young
(2008), Seize the day : exhibitions, Australia and the world, Clayton, Vic., B1
The contagious magic of James Cook in Captain-Cook's cottage
L Young
(2008), Vol. 3, pp. 123-142, reCollections : journal of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Lost houses of the Molonglo Valley : Canberra before the federal capital city
L Young
(2007), Canberra, A.C.T., A1-1
Welcome to our house : satisfying visitors to the historic house museum
L Young
(2007), pp. 133-140, Museum marketing : competing in the global marketplace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1-1
Major case study: Welcome to our house- satisfying visitors to the historic house museum
L Young
(2007), pp. 133-140, Museum Marketing: Competing in the Global Marketplace, B1-1
Is there a museum in the house? Historic houses as a species of museum
L Young
(2007), Vol. 22, pp. 59-77, Museum management and curatorship, Guildford, England, C1-1
L Young
(2006), pp. 1-5, South Pacific Museums : experiments in culture, Clayton, Vic., B1
Villages that never were : the museum village as a heritage genre
L Young
(2006), Vol. 12, pp. 321-338, International journal of heritage studies, London, Eng., C1
A house in history, heritage and tourism : shifting times at Blundell's Cottage, Canberra
L Young
(2006), Vol. 12, pp. 44-57, Public history review, Broadway, N.S.W., C1
Improving : art in the service of industry 1880-1940
L Young
(2005), pp. 110-123, Yesterday's tomorrows : the Powerhouse Museum and its precursors, 1880-2005, Haymarket, N.S.W., B1-1
Heritage interpretation is for people : putting visitors at the centre of interpretation planning
L Young
(2005), Vol. 18, pp. 16-19, Historic environment, Carlton, Vic., C1
Extensive, economical and elegant : the habitus of gentility in early nineteenth century Sydney
L Young
(2004), Vol. 36, pp. 201-220, Australian historical studies, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Museums, heritage, and things that fall in-between
L Young
(1997), Vol. 3, pp. 7-16, International Journal of Heritage Studies, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Suburban archaeology: approaching an archaeology of the middle class in 19th century Melbourne
Prof Timothy Murray, Dr Susan Lawrence, A/Prof Andrew May, Dr Sarah Hayes, Dr Linda Young
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2012: $40,854
- 2011: $61,281
- 2010: $53,399
Industry and Other Funding
The provision of a history of the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre, Melbourne, as described in the proposal in Schedule A to this Agreement.
Prof Andrea Witcomb, A/Prof Michele Langfield, Dr Linda Young, Ms Pam Maclean
JHC Grant - Research - Jewish Holocaust Centre Inc
- 2009: $32,212
- 2008: $38,146
Supervisions
Lorinda Jane Cramer
Thesis entitled: Needlework and genteel identity in gold rush Victoria
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Louise Fortunata Zarmati
Thesis entitled: Teaching History in Australian Museums: Pedagogy and Praxis of Museum Educators
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Karen Schamberger
Thesis entitled: Identity, Belonging and Cultural Diversity in Australian Museums
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Paulette Wallace
Thesis entitled: Approaching cultural landscapes in post-settler societies: ideas, policies, practices
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Fiona Starr
Thesis entitled: Mobilising Corporate Social Responsibility for World Cultural Heritage Conservation
Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Heritage and Society
Herman Kiriama
Thesis entitled: Memory and Heritage: The Shimoni Slave Caves in Southern Kenya
Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Heritage and Society
Hui Chi Huang
Thesis entitled: The Evolution and Conservation of Taiwan's Aboriginal Art Heritage
Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Heritage and Society