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Historian

Occupation - Historian
Ashton, Paul
Barkley-Jack, Jan
Barton, George Burnett
Bennett, Samuel
Bertie, Charles Henry
Blackmore, Kate
Broadbent, James
Brodsky, Isadore
Broomham, Rosemary
Campion, Edmund
Carey, Hilary M
Carter, Paul
Cato, Jack
Clark, Manning
Clendinne, Inga
Collingridge, George
Cousins, Arthur
Curby, Pauline
Currey, Charles Herbert
De Berg, Hazel
Doak, Frank
Dutton, Geoffrey
Fitzpatrick, Brian Charles
Foster, Arthur George
Foster, Ethel
Gledhill, Percy Walter
Goodall, Heather
Grahame, Emma
Greaves, William Albert Braylesford
Green, Henry Mackenzie
Griffiths, Tom
Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)
Hughes, Joy
Inglis, Ken
Irish, Paul
Jalland, Pat
Jervis, James
Johnson, Keith
Jones, Gil
Jose, Arthur Wilberforce
Jupp, James
Karskens, Grace
Kent, David
Kingston, Beverley
Konishi, Shino
Langford Ginibi, Ruby
Lea-Scarlett, EJ
Maynard, John
McCarthy, Louella
Nakata, Martin
Nichols, Michelle
Nugent, Maria
Proudfoot, Helen
Quartly, Marian
Read, Peter
Sargeant, Doris
Scates, Bruce
Scott, Geoffrey
Shaw, Mary
Solling, Max
Stanner, William Edward Hanley
Tatz, Colin
Taylor, Rebe
Thomas, Martin
Townsend, Norma
Tyler, Peter John
Van Straten, Frank
Walker, Frank 1861-1948
Waterhouse, Richard
Watson, James Henry
West, Peter
Wilkinson, Honora
Yong, CF
Position - Historian of Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project
Karskens, Grace

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Historian

Ashton, Paul

Historian and author.

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Barkley-Jack, Jan

Historian and author.

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Barton, George Burnett

Lawyer, journalist and academic whose writing on Federation, Asian immigration and Australian history often aroused strong opposition.

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Bennett, Samuel

Journalist, historian and newspaper owner who published Sydney's first evening newspaper and The Australian Town and Country Journal.

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Bertie, Charles Henry

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Librarian, historian, Australiana collector and author who was appointed as the first librarian of the Sydney Municipal Library in 1909. In 1918 he established within the Municipal Library the first public lending library for children in Australia. An active member of the Royal Australian Historical Society he wrote and spoke on many aspects of Sydney's history and amassed an impressive collection of Australian material.

Blackmore, Kate

Historian and writer.

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Broadbent, James

Architectural historian and cartoonist who does satirical drawings about the heritage 'business'.

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Brodsky, Isadore

Historian and writer.

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Broomham, Rosemary

Historian and author.

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Campion, Edmund

Catholic priest, teacher and writer whose work has recorded Catholic life in Sydney.

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Carey, Hilary M

Religious and cultural historian.

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Carter, Paul

Academic and artist who works with the poetics of place making and public space design.

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Cato, Jack

Photographer and historian of Australian photography.

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Clark, Manning

Eminent historian of Australia whose work revitalised the study of Australia's history.

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Clendinne, Inga

Australian author, historian, anthropologist and academic.

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Collingridge, George

Artist and engraver who settled at Berowra, and later Hornsby, and devoted his life to researching the earliest European discovery of Australia.

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Cousins, Arthur

Local historian who appreciated the broader implications of regional development.

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Curby, Pauline

Author and historian.

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Currey, Charles Herbert

 Australian and legal historian. The CH Currey Memorial Fellowship 'to promote the writing of Australian history from the original sources' has been awarded annually by the State Library of New South Wales since 1974.

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De Berg, Hazel

Oral history pioneer whose recordings provide a unique record of the voices and memories of hundreds of Australians born between 1865 and 1956.

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Doak, Frank

Writer and military historian.

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Dutton, Geoffrey

Prolific and versatile author and historian.

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Fitzpatrick, Brian Charles

Journalist, historian, socialist and defender of civil liberties whose historical writings for the first time provided a left-wing interpretation which deeply influenced the postwar generation of young academic historians.

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Foster, Arthur George

Theodore Arthur George Foster, better known as AG Foster, was a historian. He and his wife Ethel Foster were founding members of the Royal Australian Historical Society and documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

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Foster, Ethel

Josephine Ethel Foster, better known as Ethel Foster or Mrs AG Foster, was a historian and photographer, who was one of the first members of the Royal Australian Historical Society. She and her husband, fellow historian Arthur George Foster, documented the Devonshire Street Cemetery in the early 1900s before its removal for the construction of the Central Railway station.

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Gledhill, Percy Walter

Historian and writer with a special interest in Anglican church history.

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Goodall, Heather

Historian and academic who has researched and published in the areas of Indigenous history and relationships, environmental history and intercolonial networks.

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Grahame, Emma

Academic, researcher and digital marketing consultant.

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Greaves, William Albert Braylesford

Surveyor, free settler, historian and keen race horse breeder.

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Green, Henry Mackenzie

Journalist, librarian and literary historian, Green moved from journalism into the University of Sydney where he served as Librarian and also lectured in literature, particularly Australian literature. In 1961 he published 'A History of Australian Literature'.

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Griffiths, Tom

Historian and author. Professor of History at the Australian National University in Canberra.

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Herman, Morton Earle (Mick)

Architect, historian and author who, after working with the Allied Works Council during World War II, established his own architectural practice and taught at Sydney Technical College.

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Hughes, Joy

Author and historian.

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Inglis, Ken

Historian who has written extensively on the ANZAC tradition, war memorials and the ABC.

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Irish, Paul

Archaeologist specialising in Aboriginal heritage.

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Jalland, Pat

Professor of history and social history writer on death and old age.

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Jervis, James

Historian of early Sydney.

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Johnson, Keith

Historian and author.

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Jones, Gil

Historian, geologist and author.

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Jose, Arthur Wilberforce

Journalist and historian who became a war correspondent and sometime lecturer though increasingly turned to historical scholarship from the 1920s.

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Jupp, James

Academic and social researcher.

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Karskens, Grace

Author and historian whose books include the 'The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney' and 'The Colony: A History of Early Sydney' and 'People of the River'.

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Kent, David

Author and historian.

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Kingston, Beverley

Author and historian.

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Konishi, Shino

Yawuru woman who is a historian at the University of Western Australia. In 2020 she led an ARC Discovery Indigenous project with Dr Malcolm Allbrook and Professor Tom Griffiths from ANU to double the number of Indigenous biographies in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

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Langford Ginibi, Ruby

Writer whose best known work is an autobiography, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1988).

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Lea-Scarlett, EJ

Historian.

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Maynard, John

John Maynard is the a Worimi man and Professor of Indigenous Education and Research(Indigenous History) at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

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McCarthy, Louella

Australian historian specialising in the histories of medicine, women and gender.

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Nakata, Martin

Professor Nakata Martin has worked in the area of Indigenous education for several decades, and is a leading Indigenous academic in Australiat. He is the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Education & Strategy) at James Cook University.

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Nichols, Michelle

Local historian and librarian in the Hawkesbury area.

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Nugent, Maria

Academic and historian with expertise in oral, Aboriginal and cross cultural history

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Proudfoot, Helen

Historian and author.

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Quartly, Marian

Historian and academic.

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Read, Peter

Academic and pioneering historian of Aboriginal Australia who coined the phrase 'Stolen Generation'.

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Sargeant, Doris

Local historian and author.

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Scates, Bruce

Historian and academic who has written several books on Gallipoli.

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Scott, Geoffrey

Historian.

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Shaw, Mary

Historian of the Mark Foy story and that of the Hydro Majestic Hotel.

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Solling, Max

Urban and sports historian and long term resident of Glebe.

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Stanner, William Edward Hanley

Australian anthropologist, author, journalist, soldier and political adviser.

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Tatz, Colin

Historian and teacher.

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Taylor, Rebe

Historian and writer whose books include 'Unearthed: The Tasmanian Aborigines of Kangaroo Island ' and 'Into the Heart of Tasmania'. She was the inaugural Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales for her project 'The Wedge Collection: moments of encounter on the Tasmanian and Victorian frontiers'.

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Thomas, Martin

Historian and academic in the field of Australian and transnational cultural history.

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Townsend, Norma

Historian and author.

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Tyler, Peter John

Administrator and historian who published in the areas of public administration, medical history, and the construction industry.

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Van Straten, Frank

Arts historian, author and theatre director.

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Walker, Frank 1861-1948

Historian and passionate supporter of local history who cycled over 22,000 miles taking glass plate negatives he later used as lantern slides for his lectures.

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Waterhouse, Richard

Academic who specialises in United States colonial history, the history of Australian popular culture, and the social and cultural history of rural Australia.

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Watson, James Henry

Draper, soldier and historian who pursued his passion for historical research after resigning from business life and the militia in 1902.

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West, Peter

Historian.

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Wilkinson, Honora

Local historian and activist who belonged to several residents groups which fought for open space and against over development in Woolloomooloo .

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Yong, CF

Malayan author of the history of Chinese people in Australia.

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Real Secret River: Dyarubbin project

Collaborative research project led by Professor Grace Karskens as the Coral Thomas Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales 2018-2019. Once every place on Dyarubbin and its tributaries had an Aboriginal name, reflecting ways in which this Country was understood, used and experienced. Now only a handful survive on maps and in common usage. Using a list made by Reverend John McGarvie in 1829 that records the place names used by the Aboriginal people along the Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin), a team of Darug people, historians, archaeologists and linguists identified the original locations, allowing for the recovery, recognition and revitalisation of the river's Aboriginal history, culture and Language.

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