State/Territory
VIC
Country
Australia
Work phone
0448 196 004
Mobile phone
0448 196 004
Email
belinda@belindanemec.com.au
Background
I have a professional and academic background in museums, music, Australian studies and history. My interests include architectural history and art history.
Qualifications
• Accredited Editor (AE), Institute of Professional Editors, Australia (since 2012)
• Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, RMIT University – awarded editing prize 2012–13
• PhD, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
• Master of Art Administration, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Music, University of Melbourne
• Licentiate of Trinity College, London (Music)
• Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, RMIT University – awarded editing prize 2012–13
• PhD, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
• Master of Art Administration, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Music, University of Melbourne
• Licentiate of Trinity College, London (Music)
Specific skills
I am an experienced indexer, editor, proofreader, researcher and writer. I specialise in non-fiction books, particularly Australian history, art history, architecture and built heritage, museums and collections, biography and memoir, music, and medical history.
Accredited?
No
Broad subject categories
Arts and crafts and design, Humanities, Medicine and health sciences
Materials and formats
Annual reports, Embedded indexing or Linked indexing, Journals and magazines and newspapers, Letters and diaries and personal papers, Non-fiction books
Publishing categories
Trade, Scholarly and professional, Government, Educational
Languages other than English
Some French.
Additional services
Abstracting, Bibliography, Cataloguing, Consulting, Editing, Proofreading, Research, Objects and artefacts
Recent publications indexed
Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska, Alexandra Dellios, Andrew Saniga and David Beynon, 'Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia' (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, forthcoming).
Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley, 'Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne’s Most Notorious Woman' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2024).
Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, 'Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2024).
Christopher R. Marshall, 'Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art' (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Jaynie Anderson, Bernardino Branca and Fabio Tononi, 'Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment' (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2024).
Jane Eckett with Lisa Byrne, 'On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston' (Frankston, Vic.: McClelland, 2023)
Quentin Sprague, 'Ken Whisson: Painting & Drawing' (Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2023).
Andrew Charlton, 'Australia’s Pivot to India' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2023).
Margaret Simons, 'Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2023).
Ryan Cropp, 'Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country' (Melbourne: Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Angus Trumble, 'Helena Rubinstein: The Australian Years' (Melbourne: Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Joëlle Gergis, 'Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2022).
Matt Matsuda, 'Genealogies, Genomes, and Histories in the Pacific: Genetic Drift' (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
Alice Palmer, 'Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law' (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Alistair Paton, 'Of Marsupials and Men' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2022).
Rebecca Clode, 'Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage: An Exploration of Metatheatrical Techniques' (UK: Routledge, 2022).
ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council), 'Tell Us: What Are You Doing? Improving How You Communicate Your Academic Research, Relevance and Expertise' (Australian Business Deans Council, 2022).
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, indexing of register content, 2021.
Aim Sinpeng, 'Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021).
Fleur Watson, 'The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture & Design' (UK: Routledge, 2021).
Miles Lewis, 'Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia' (Melbourne Books, 2021).
Jaynie Anderson, 'The Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy' (English version) (Milan: Libraria Officina, 2019).
Philippe Max Rouja, 'Fishing for Culture' (Bermuda: Ocean Human Health Publishing, 2019).
Dorothy Scott and Jane Miller, 'A Love of Truth and a Love of Service: The Social Work Legacy of Leonard Tierney' (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2019).
Kerry J. Breen, 'The Man We Never Knew: Carl de Gruchy, Medical Pioneer' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2019).
Denise Varney and Sandra D’Urso, 'Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White: Governing Culture' (London: Anthem Press, 2018).
Joan McMeeken, 'Science in Our Hands: Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, 1895–2010' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2018).
Donald W. Hossack, 'The Weaver’s Son: Odyssey of an Australian Surgeon' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2017).
Jaynie Anderson, Christopher R. Marshall and Andew Yip (eds), 'The Legacies of Bernard Smith: Essays on Australian Art, History and Cultural Politics' (Sydney: Power Publications with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2016).
Heather Sheard, 'A Heart Undivided: The Life of Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2016).
John Dwyer, 'Weeds, Plants and People' (Melbourne: Penfolk Publishing, 2016).
Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley, 'Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne’s Most Notorious Woman' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2024).
Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, 'Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2024).
Christopher R. Marshall, 'Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art' (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Jaynie Anderson, Bernardino Branca and Fabio Tononi, 'Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment' (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2024).
Jane Eckett with Lisa Byrne, 'On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston' (Frankston, Vic.: McClelland, 2023)
Quentin Sprague, 'Ken Whisson: Painting & Drawing' (Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2023).
Andrew Charlton, 'Australia’s Pivot to India' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2023).
Margaret Simons, 'Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2023).
Ryan Cropp, 'Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country' (Melbourne: Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Angus Trumble, 'Helena Rubinstein: The Australian Years' (Melbourne: Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Joëlle Gergis, 'Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2022).
Matt Matsuda, 'Genealogies, Genomes, and Histories in the Pacific: Genetic Drift' (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
Alice Palmer, 'Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law' (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Alistair Paton, 'Of Marsupials and Men' (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2022).
Rebecca Clode, 'Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage: An Exploration of Metatheatrical Techniques' (UK: Routledge, 2022).
ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council), 'Tell Us: What Are You Doing? Improving How You Communicate Your Academic Research, Relevance and Expertise' (Australian Business Deans Council, 2022).
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, indexing of register content, 2021.
Aim Sinpeng, 'Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021).
Fleur Watson, 'The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture & Design' (UK: Routledge, 2021).
Miles Lewis, 'Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia' (Melbourne Books, 2021).
Jaynie Anderson, 'The Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy' (English version) (Milan: Libraria Officina, 2019).
Philippe Max Rouja, 'Fishing for Culture' (Bermuda: Ocean Human Health Publishing, 2019).
Dorothy Scott and Jane Miller, 'A Love of Truth and a Love of Service: The Social Work Legacy of Leonard Tierney' (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2019).
Kerry J. Breen, 'The Man We Never Knew: Carl de Gruchy, Medical Pioneer' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2019).
Denise Varney and Sandra D’Urso, 'Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White: Governing Culture' (London: Anthem Press, 2018).
Joan McMeeken, 'Science in Our Hands: Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, 1895–2010' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2018).
Donald W. Hossack, 'The Weaver’s Son: Odyssey of an Australian Surgeon' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2017).
Jaynie Anderson, Christopher R. Marshall and Andew Yip (eds), 'The Legacies of Bernard Smith: Essays on Australian Art, History and Cultural Politics' (Sydney: Power Publications with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2016).
Heather Sheard, 'A Heart Undivided: The Life of Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown' (Melbourne: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 2016).
John Dwyer, 'Weeds, Plants and People' (Melbourne: Penfolk Publishing, 2016).
Status
ACTIVE
