Past Committee Member

Sue Hodges has extensive experience in the fields of history, heritage interpretation and museum and exhibition development. Before establishing her business SHP (Sue Hodges Productions Pty Ltd) in 2001, she worked as an historian for a wide variety of public and private sector organisations, including Museum Victoria, the State Library of Victoria, the National Museum of Australia, the Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands and Heritage Victoria.  She is the author of Hands-on-History (2006), a fun and practical guide to making history fun for students that is linked to the ACT curriculum, and worked for four years in the ACT on the ‘Heritage in Schools’ project.

Sue’s work at SHP has encompassed all aspects of heritage projects, from concept planning to implementation. She has overseen many projects including interpretation plans, installations, exhibitions, signage, public artwork and heritage trails. Sue also plays an active role in the professions of history and interpretation. She was President of Interpretation Australia from 2010 to 2013 and is an Associate of the Faculty, School of Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she is currently devising national and international courses in heritage interpretation. On behalf of SHP, Sue has led work on World Heritage site interpretation in Malaysia and India and conducted training workshops in Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, Germany and Pisa.