Elizabeth Louise Alice Connors (born 8 August 1960) is

associate professor Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the ''Commonwealth system''. In the ''North American system'', used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position ...

of history at the

University of Southern Queensland The University of Southern Queensland is a public research university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the sixth largest city in the Australian state of Queensland Founded in 1967 after a successful campaign by the local Darling Down ...

. In 1992, Connors co-wrote ''Australia's Frontline: Remembering the 1939–45 War'' with Lynette Finch,

Kay Saunders Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders (born 1947) is an Australian historian and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland. Earlyl life and education Saunders was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1947. She graduated with a BA (1970) and PhD (1 ...

and Helen Taylor. In 1999, Connors published ''A History of the Australian Environment Movement'' with co-author

Drew Hutton Peter Drew Hutton (born 1947) is an Australian activist, academic, campaigner and past political candidate. Hutton co-founded the Queensland Greens (in 1990) and Australian Greens (in 1991) and ran in elections in Queensland and Australia at ...

. In 2015 Connors received the Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for ''Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier''. The book followed Dalla lawman

Dundalli Dundalli (c. 1820 – 5 January 1855) was an Aboriginal lawman who figured prominently in accounts of conflict between British settlers and indigenous aboriginal peoples in the area of Brisbane in South East Queensland. Traditionally described a ...

from his life in

southeast Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan and statistical region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 4.0 million people out of the state's population of 5.5 million. The area covere ...

to his execution outside

Brisbane gaol Petrie Terrace Police Depot is a heritage-listed former police barracks at 25–61 Petrie Terrace, Petrie Terrace, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1850s to 1960s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 ...

on 5 January 1855.

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