Hillary du Cros is an Australian

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

cultural tourism Cultural tourism is a type of tourism activity in which the visitor's essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the tangible and intangible cultural attractions/products in a tourism destination. These attractions/produ ...

teacher in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

. She is currently Associate Professor,

Hong Kong Institute of Education The Education University of Hong KongUniversity title ...

, teaching in the area of Cultural Tourism in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts. She has made significant contributions to the challenge of developing cultural heritage sites, including in various journals and full-length books.

Education

She completed a Phd at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

in 1996 on the topic Committing archaeology in Australia, which was published as ''Much More than Stones & Bones: Australian Archaeology in the Late Twentieth Century'' in 2002. Du Cros had begun her higher education in Australia, earning a BA from the University of Sydney.

Career

du Cros worked as an archaeologist and cultural heritage consultant from 1984 to 1998, operating her own consultancy firm from 1991-8, 'du Cros & Associates' in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998 she sold her consulting business to Biosis Research and moved to Hong Kong. She was appointed Senior Research Coordinator for the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

Observatory for Research in Local Cultures and Creativity in Education from 2011-2015 and has published in Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism,

Historic Environment Australia ICOMOS is a peak cultural heritage conservation body in Australia. It is a branch of the United Nations-sponsored International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a non-government professional organisation promoting expertise in ...

, and the Journal of Heritage Tourism, as well as a number of books.Linkedin profile
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Publications

* ''Much More than Stones & Bones: Australian Archaeology in the Late Twentieth Century'', Melbourne University Press. 2002 * ''Cultural tourism : the partnership between tourism and cultural heritage management,'' with Bob McKercher, Routledge, 2002 * ''Cultural Heritage Management in China: Preserving the Cities of the Pearl River Delta,'' with Yok-shiu F. Lee,UK: Routledge, 2007, , 0415397197 * World Heritage-Themed Souvenirs for Asian Tourists: A case study from Macau. In Cave, J. (ed.) ''Tourism and Souvenirs: Global Perspectives from the Margins''. London, Channel View Publications:176-189. 2013. * ''The Arts and Events'' (with Lee Jolliffe) 2014 * ''Cultural Tourism'' (with Bob McKercher) 2014.

References

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