Angela Heuzenroeder
PO Box 811
Tanunda, SA 5352
Residency status: Australian citizen
Phone: 08 8563 2622
Email: angieheuz@ozemail.com.au
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• From 2008 visiting research fellow in the History Discipline of the University of Adelaide
• July 2006 my thesis written at the University of Adelaide entitled A Food Culture Transplanted: Origins and Development of the Food of Early German Immigrants to the Barossa Region, South Australia (1839 – 1939) was accepted for a PhD.
• Graduate Diploma of Education (Professional Development) Flinders University 1992
• Graduate Diploma of Librarianship University of South Australia 1992
• Secondary Teaching Diploma 1966
• B.A. Hons (French) University of Adelaide 1966
PUBLICATIONS
• 2012 Strong Foundations: A History of St Aidan’s Anglican Church Tanunda, 1912 - 2012
• 2011 Peer reviewed chapter “Marrying English – Marrying German: marriage patterns in Early South Australia” in published proceedings of the German Heritage Research Group at the University of Adelaide
• 2010 Chapter “The Life of the Frau Pastor: Two Stories” in published proceedings of the German Heritage Research Group at the University of Adelaide
• Chapter in a book “The German Presence in South Australia” edited by Peter Monteath of Flinders University and published by Wakefield Press, to be published 2010.
• Third impression of my book, Barossa Food, October 2008
• Barossa Gardens: A History, published March 2007. * Peer-reviewed article “A region, its recipes and their meaning: The birth of the Barossa Cookery Book”, History Australia, Vol. 3, no. 2, 2006, pp. 46.1 – 46.12. http://journals.publishing.monash.edu/ojs/index.php/ha/article/viewFile/385/397
• Peer-reviewed article “European food meets Aboriginal food: To what extent did Aboriginal food cultures influence early German-speaking settlers in South Australia?” Limina. Vol.12, 2006. http://www.archive.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/186589/heuzenroeder.pdf
• Article on the techniques of making sponge cakes in Divine Magazine, June issue, 2006
• Editorial on food in the Barossa in Sumptuous Magazine, Summer 2006
• Article on the history of honey biscuits in Divine Magazine, March 2005
• Article on wood ovens in Divine Magazine, July 2004
• Article on the history of apricots in Divine Magazine, December 2003
• Article on cultural differences in fermented cucumbers around the world in Divine Magazine, October 2003
• Article on local perceptions of Barossa food in Divine magazine, February 2003
• Second edition of book, Barossa Food, December 2002
• Book review of Pickled, potted and canned in the newsletter of the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink at Adelaide University, 2002
• Article on pioneer bread-making entitled ‘Bread in the Wilderness’ in magazine Petits Propos Culinaires published in London 2001
• Entries on Yalumba, Orlando and Seppelts for the Wakefield Companion to South Australian History, 2001
• Reviews of local restaurants for Mietta O’Donnell’s Eating and drinking in Australia, 2000, 2001and 2002
• Article on the history of medlars entitled ‘Has the rot set in?’ in the Journal of the National Trust of South Australia, autumn 2001
• Chapter on Barossa food and history in Food, Power and Community, published for the University of Adelaide for Wakefield Press in 1999
• Barossa Food, a culinary history of the Barossa Valley, published by Wakefield Press in 1999, republished 2002, 2008
FURTHER ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS• “South Australian History Resources,” a blog providing information, photographs, primary sources and useful links for the National History Curriculum, Years 1 to 7. (http://angieheuz.blogspot.com.au/ or search South Australian History Resources on Google to find it.)
RECENT ADDRESSES AND PAPERS
• 2013 “Three Colonial Artists Visit the Barossa” address delivered in Tanunda to the visiting Monash University Art History Convivium
• 2012 “Light the Artist” address delivered to the Lyndoch Historical Society on the 175rh anniversary of Colonel Light’s first visit to the Barossa
• May 2010, 011, 2012 papers delivered to symposium on German life in colonial South Australia
• July 2008 address to Historical Society of South Australia on the history of gardens in the Barossa
• December 2007 paper entitled “Those Were the Days, My Friend : Food, Memory and Cultural Understanding in the Barossa Valley, South Australia” for the conference Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
• August 2007 paper for the South Australian State History conference entitled “Style and Survival: A History of Gardens in the Barossa”.
• July 2007 address to the Friends of the Lutheran Archives entitled “Travellers’ Tales: Life in Silesia, Brandenburg and Posen through the eyes of three travellers, 1780-1834”.
• August 2006 address to the Friends of the Lutheran Archives on the history of the Barossa Cookery Book.
• July 2006 paper on early Australian regional cookery books for National Conference of the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink, University of Adelaide.
• May 2006 paper on culinary history and tourism for the State History Conference at the University of Adelaide
• October 2005 paper on issues behind the publication of The Barossa Cookery Book for a conference organized by the Centre for European Studies in the Barr-Smith Library
• August 2004 address to the Barossa Garden Club on the history of gardens in the Barossa
• July 2004 paper on gastronomic encounters between early Barossa settlers and the Aboriginal groups in the region for a conference of the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink
• December 2003 paper on early Barossa food at the conference in Bologna, Italy, organised by the Institut Européen de l’Histoire d’Alimentation
• March 2003 presentation to the state conference of real estate agents on important trends in Barossa culture
• August 2002 address about significant women in the Barossa’s history to the conference of rural women in South Australia
• January 2002, to the National Conference of Home Economics teachers entitled ‘A history of entertaining in the Barossa’
• December 2001, for the Friends of the State Library, on ‘Books in my life’
• September 2001, at Carrick Hill on ‘Celebrations in the Barossa’
• September 2001, at the Stirling Public Library on food of the nineteenth-century Prussian immigrants in the Adelaide Hills
• July 2001, paper on pioneer bread-making for the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink symposium at the University of Adelaide
• June 2001 paper on the immigration experiences of the settlers in the Barossa Valley for the National Conference on Immigration Law held at the Novotel Resort, Rowland Flat
• November 2000 at Melbourne University, a paper entitled ‘Factors for change in the food culture imported to the Barossa Valley in the nineteenth century’ funded by Melbourne University
• November 2000 at the Union Chapel, Angaston, on the history of food in the Angaston District
• April 2000 paper on pork in literature entitled ‘Pork à la mode’ for a seminar held in the Art Gallery of South Australia on the history of food and drink in literature for the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink
• October 1999 paper and discussion panel at the International Food and Wine Writers’ Festival, on ‘Thinking locally, acting globally’
• August 1999 panel discussion on comfort foods and the future of food at The Age writers’ festival, Melbourne
• June 1999 paper on regional cuisine in Australia for the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink at the University of Adelaide
• June 1998 paper on the history of Barossa food for the inaugural conference of the Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink at the University of Adelaide
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• 2006-8, examiner of dissertations submitted for the degree of Master of Gastronomy
• September 2006, May 2008, addresses on Barossa food culture to the students from the Slow Food University, Pollenza, Italy
• May 2004 address on the Barossa’s material culture, including food, for students of the cultural tourism course from Flinders University
• March 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 addresses on Barossa food culture to gastronomy students of Adelaide University
• July 2003 presentation on Barossa food culture to gastronomy students of Murray Institute of TAFE
• March 2003 address on Barossa food culture to gastronomy students of Adelaide University
• National Awards Coordinator for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Children’s book of the Year Awards 1996-8
• President of the Gawler/Barossa council of the Australian Reading Association 1992-5
• Convener of State literacy conference entitled “Reading and Reality” held at Yalumba Winery in 1992 under the auspices of the Australian Reading Association (later called the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association) and the Research Centre for Children’s Literature based at the University of South Australia
• Founder of the Gawler/Barossa Young Writers’ Club which existed 1992-5
• Convener of the State Conference of the Australian Reading Association 1992
• Teacher-librarian at Tanunda, Angaston, Birdwood, Gawler East, Nuriootpa, Two Wells and Lyndoch Primary Schools 1990-2010. This role has often involved organizing whole school cultural events associated with Book Week and Come Out. The most recent, May 2009, was a visual arts day at Nuriootpa Primary School. For this fourteen local artists came to work in their chosen medium with students and share lunch with the staff.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink until its demise 2009
• Australian History Association
• Friends of the Lutheran Archives
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
• 2013 – 2014 Adviser to project created by Barons of Barossa to identify traditional local foods and film their preparation by members of traditional Barossa families
• 2010 - 2013 Member of committee created by Barons of Barossa to distribute funds to worthy community causes
• Co-Chair of Food Barossa, 2005-2007
• Committee member and event organizer of Barossa Slow, 2004, 2006, 2009
• Honorary Secretary of Food Barossa 2001-2003
• Active participant for Tasting Australia, 2001, 2003
• Co-organiser of open-air event at Orlando heritage site for Tasting Australia 1999
• Awards Coordinator, National Children’s Book Council Children’s Book of the Year Awards, 1997-1999, which involved liaising with authors, publishers, state Award judges and media around Australia and organizing public announcements of the shortlisted books at Government House, South Australia in two consecutive years
• Member of Classics in the Quarry Committee for 1997, 1999 Vintage Festivals
• Member of steering committee to mark 150 years of organized European settlement in the Barossa in 1991-2
• Member of the Vintage Festival Tanunda Town Day Committee 1991-1993 to arrange historical displays in Tanunda
• Member of the Barossa Oral History Groups since 1980s
