Shannon Lovelady is a Perth-born research historian and writer. She is also an archivist, fine art and small museum curator experienced in handling and exhibiting myriad items, from old to new and fragile to robust.

She is also an experienced WWI researcher, having founded the Gallipoli (2013) and Western Front Dead from Western Australia (2016) projects, which have determined the number of West Australians killed in those theatres of war.

In 2014-2015 Shannon wrote a popular weekly newspaper column 'Gallipoli Remembered', for which she was a WA Media Award finalist for Best Columnist (the Matt Price Award). This was followed in 2018 by a second weekly newspaper column, ‘Western Front Remembered’. Both are in the WA curriculum.

Shannon is currently establishing the Newman College Archives as part of a partnership between the School and Museum of Perth, and Project Leader for our partnership with RAC in management of their Archives/Heritage Centre.