Dr. Diane Menghetti is known internationally for her publications on the history of radical politics, mining and migrant history. She had over twenty-five years secondary and tertiary teaching experience. Prior to taking up a lectureship at James Cook University in 1988, she was Assistant Director, New Schools Unit, Commonwealth Schools Commission. She was the editor of the Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History, and a founding editor of H-ANZAU. Relevant publications and papers include: Rats in the Sugar: The Weil's Disease Strike of 1935 in D.J. Murphy (ed.), The Big Strikes: Queensland 1889-1965 (Brisbane, 1983); Health and Safety in a North Queensland Mining Town, First International Mining History Conference, Melbourne University, August 1985; and Ravenswood: Five Heritage Trials (Townsville, 1992).
