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Matthew Higgins has been working professionally as an historian for the past 25 years.
He has worked as a Senior Curator at the National Museum of Australia since 2004.
Matthew joined the staff of the Centre for Historical Research to write a book on the history of the Australian Capital Territory's high country,
Mountain Days, Mountain Ways.
Matthew moved from Sydney to Canberra to begin his career at the Australian War Memorial in 1982. At the Memorial he worked on various exhibition projects, publications, the research grants scheme and annual conferences.
In 1989 Matthew launched a freelance historical consultancy during which he completed a broad range of projects for a variety of government, professional and community clients, and he published very widely.
From 2001 to 2004 Matthew was a conservation officer at the Australian Heritage Commission, subsequently the Heritage Division of the Department of Environment and Heritage. During this period he worked on the Register of the National Estate and the introduction of the new National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists.
In his time at the National Museum Matthew has worked on a number of exhibitions and collection development projects, including the authentification of the
Leichhardt nameplate.
Matthew follows RH Tawney's dictum that historians need 'a good pair of boots'.
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