Elizabeth Louise Alice Connors (born 8 August 1960) is

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of History at the

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. In 1992, Connors co-wrote Australia's frontline : remembering the 1939-45 war with Lynette Finch,

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and Helen Taylor. In 1999, Connors published ''A history of the Australian environment movement'' with co-author

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. 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

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from his life in southeast Queensland to his execution outside

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on 5 January 1855.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connors, Libby 1960 births Australian women historians Living people People from Brisbane University of Queensland alumni Academic staff of the University of Southern Queensland