Shurlee Swain is a Professor at the Australian Catholic University. She has published widely in the history of women and children, with a particular interest in the impact of welfare on individual lives. Her publications in this area include Single Mothers and Their Children: Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia (1996), Confronting Cruelty (2002), Child, Nation, Race and Empire (2010), and Born in Hope: A History of the Early Years of the Family Court of Australia (2012). Currently Professor Swain is the historian chief investigator on the National Find & Connect Web Resource project.
