Alexandra Dellios is a cultural, oral and public historian in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University. Her research considers the public and oral history of migrant and refugee communities in Australia. She has published on child migration, popular representations of multiculturalism, immigration centres and hostels, and public history practices and cultural heritage management in Australia. Her book Histories of Controversy: Bonegilla Migrant Centre was released with Melbourne University Publishing in 2017. She is national delegate for Oral History NSW, a founding member of the Australian Migration History Network, and ACT Representative for the Australian Women’s History Network. She was awarded her PhD in History at the University of Melbourne in March 2015. She remains engaged in oral history projects and teaching, community volunteering and heritage interpretation efforts.