Carol Liston

{{short description|Australian historian}}

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Carol Ann Liston {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} is an Australian historian and academic researcher who specialises in the history of colonial New South Wales from 1788 to 1860. She is associate professor of history at Western Sydney University, in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/staff_profiles/WSU/associate_professor_carol_liston|title=Profile: Associate Professor Carol Liston|website=www.westernsydney.edu.au|access-date=2019-05-19}}

Liston has a BA (1973),{{Citation|author1=Liston, Carol|title=The early career of William Charles Wentworth, 1810–1828|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31523159|publication-date=1973|access-date=19 May 2019}} and a PhD (1980) from the University of Sydney.{{Citation | author1=Liston, Carol | title=New South Wales under Governor Brisbane, 1821–1825 | publication-date=2007-10-31 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3893148 | access-date=19 May 2019 }}

In addition to her academic commitments Liston has been president of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) on three occasions, from 1988 to 1992, in 2002 and from 2014 to 2018. She was subsequently senior vice president and executive member of the RAHS.{{Cite web |last=Shirley |first=Catherine |date=2018-11-26 |title=RAHS & Create NSW Regional Seminar – Women, Place & Your Community |url=https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/rahs-create-nsw-regional-seminar-women-place-your-community/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=History Council of New South Wales |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |title=Current |url=https://www.rahs.org.au/our-people/current/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Royal Australian Historical Society |language=en-AU}} She has been a councillor of the RAHS since 1983.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rahs.org.au/welcome-royal-australian-historical-society/our-people/previous-councillors/|title=Previous Councillors|website=Royal Australian Historical Society|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-19}} She is also a member of the Professional Historians Association NSW & ACT.{{Cite web|url=http://www.phansw.org.au/author/carolliston/|title=Carol Liston|website=Professional Historians Association NSW & ACT|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-19}}

In her role of president of the RAHS and on behalf of the Hawkesbury Historical Society, Liston gave evidence at the Inquiry into the Windsor Bridge Replacement Project in April 2018.{{Cite web |date=13 April 2018 |title=Inquiry into the Windsor Bridge Replacement Project |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lcdocs/transcripts/286/Transcript%20-%20Windsor%20Bridge%20-%2013%20April%202018%20-%20CORRECTED.PDF |access-date=2019-05-19 |website=Parliament of New South Wales}}

Liston is also president of the board of the Biographical Database of Australia (BDA), a genealogical project which is transcribing, indexing and uploading biographical records of Aboriginal people, convicts and free settlers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bda-online.org.au/about-us/about-bda/#board|title=About BDA|website=www.bda-online.org.au|access-date=2019-05-19}} In July 2018 the online database had nearly 1.6 million records and more are added all the time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bda-online.org.au/|title=BDA Online — Biographical Database of Australia|website=www.bda-online.org.au|access-date=2019-05-19}}