Pauline Curby is a professional historian who has undertaken consultancies in oral history, environmental history and heritage, as well as writing commissioned histories. Her publications include Seven Miles from Sydney: A history of Manly and Randwick, winner of the NSW Premier’s Award (Regional and Community History), 2010. Pauline Curby was the recipient of the NSW History Fellowship in 2011. She is a member of the Professional Historians Association (NSW and ACT) and a councillor of the Royal Australian Historical Society.