MrsSinead Burt

(she/her)

Graduate Researcher

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Graduate Researcher
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

BIO

My career has been defined by an interest in what we wear and the stories we tell through clothing - this has manifested in career choices that have included time as a fashion buyer and director of three clothing stores, an historian with a specialist interest in clothing, a cuarator in museums and now a PhD candidate who is investigating the collected garments in Australian collecting institutions. 

 

I have demonstrated experience in exhibition development, managing museum collections and high-level academic research.

 

I have significant experience working with social history collections and a comprehensive understanding of the requirements for research, organisation, documentation, handling and storage in the development of new exhibitions. 

 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Graduate Researcher
    Deakin University, Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Gallery Assistant
    The University of Queensland, Anthropology Museum, Brisbane, Australia1 Apr 2022 - 16 Jan 2023
  • Assistant Curator
    Western Australian Museum, History Department, Perth, Australia1 Feb 2017 - 1 Jan 2020
  • Museum Officer
    History House Museum, Perth, Australia1 Feb 2017 - 31 Jul 2017
  • Research Assistant
    Spilling the Beans, Perth, Australia1 Jun 2015 - 21 Dec 2015
  • Director and Buyer
    Billie and Rose, Perth, Western Australia1 Mar 2009 - 30 Sep 2012

DEGREES

  • Master of Museum Studies
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia1 Jun 2022
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours
    University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia30 Jun 2014

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Curating Fashion and Dress
    Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom12 Feb 2018 - 16 Feb 2018
    V&A International Training Course

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE