Josie Castle

Josie Castle arrived in Wollongong in 1969 in time to participate in the campaign for autonomy from the University of NSW and at a time when there were no student-support services apart from those provided informally by staff.

The University College as it then was had only 1000 students and ties between students and staff were close as they worked together to build a new University.

Teaching

Josie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Politics.

She teaches and researches in social history with a strong emphasis on women workers, especially nurses and female factory hands.

Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Josie has published both here and overseas on the above topics and on the development of tertiary education.

She has written a history of this University. That work has a large section on students, who are traditionally neglected in accounts of other Universities.