Hilary du Cros facts for kids
Hillary du Cros is an Australian archaeologist and a teacher of cultural tourism. She has worked in many places, including Hong Kong, Macau, Canada, Britain, and Australia. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. There, she teaches about cultural tourism in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts. She has helped a lot with how we develop and protect important cultural places. She has written about this in many journals and books.
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Education and Early Studies
Hillary du Cros started her university studies in Australia. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Sydney. Later, in 1996, she completed her PhD at Monash University. Her PhD research was about archaeology in Australia. This work was later published as a book in 2002. The book was titled Much More than Stones & Bones: Australian Archaeology in the Late Twentieth Century.
Career as an Archaeologist
From 1984 to 1998, Hillary du Cros worked as an archaeologist. She also advised on protecting cultural heritage. From 1991 to 1998, she even ran her own company called 'du Cros & Associates' in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998, she sold her business to Biosis Research. After that, she moved to Hong Kong to teach.
Working with UNESCO
From 2011 to 2015, Dr. du Cros was a Senior Research Coordinator for the UNESCO Observatory. This observatory focused on local cultures and creativity in education. During this time, she wrote many articles for important journals. These included Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism. She also wrote for Historic Environment and the Journal of Heritage Tourism. She has also written several books.
Other Important Roles
Hillary du Cros has held several other important positions. From 2010, she was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. In 2013, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. In 2017, she was the Director of Asiatic Cultural Management. In 2018, she was the E.G. Whitlam Research Fellow at Western Sydney University. Her research there focused on national policies for Indigenous places. Since 2024, she has been a Project Officer and Associate at Aboriginal Affairs NSW.
