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Alan Atkinson (historian)

January 01, 1970

Alan Thomas Atkinson, FAHA (born 1946) is an Australian historian, academic and author. He is emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia. Atkinson is the only historian to have won the Ernest Scott Prize more than twice (four in total). He has been described as "one of Australia's greatest ever historians".[1]

Alan Thomas Atkinson
Atkinson at the 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards
Born1946 (age 77–78)
AwardsFellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1993)
Ernest Scott Prize (1989, 2005, 2015, 2023)
Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction (1997, 2015)
Trevor Reese Memorial Prize (1998)
Centenary Medal (2001)
Victorian Prize for Literature (2015)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BA) (MA hons) (Hon DLitt)
Australian National University (PhD)
Trinity College Dublin (M.Ed)
ThesisThe Political Life of James Macarthur (1976)
Doctoral advisorA. W. Martin
Academic work
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Murdoch University
University of New England
Main interestsColonial history
Notable works
Websitehttps://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/alan-atkinson

Education edit

Atkinson grew up on a cattle station in Southern Queensland.[2] He attended Queensland Primary Correspondence School and The Armidale School. Atkinson is married to a lawyer, Catherine Pound, with whom he has three children.

Atkinson began a Bachelor of Arts in 1964 and went on to complete a Master of Arts (with first class honours) thesis at the University of Sydney in 1971, writing a dissertation entitled "The Position of John Macarthur and His Family in New South Wales before 1842" under supervision of John Manning Ward.[3] He also received a Master of Education from Trinity College Dublin, writing a thesis entitled "A Review of Main Principles of History Teaching Applied in British and Irish Schools", in 1973.[4]

Academic career edit

For 27 years, Atkinson was a historian at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales. He was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow from 2003 to 2008 and a tutor at St Paul's College, University of Sydney. He has had visiting fellowships at the University of London, University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne.

Bibliography edit

Author edit

  • — (1997). The Europeans in Australia: A History Volume One: The Beginning. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195507089.
  • — (2005). The Europeans in Australia: A History Volume Two: Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195536423.
  • — (2014). The Europeans in Australia: A History Volume Three: Nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780868409979.
  • — (2022). Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm. Sydney: UNSW Press. ISBN 9781742237565.

References edit

  1. ^ Frank Bongiorno, UNSW Press, 2022, https://unsw.press/books/elizabeth-and-john/
  2. ^ University of Sydney, 2015, https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/honorary-awards/a/mr-alan-atkinson.pdf
  3. ^ Alan Atkinson, The Position of John Macarthur and His Family in New South Wales before 1842, 1971, University if Sydney thesis, https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/12042
  4. ^ University of Sydney, 2015, https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/honorary-awards/a/mr-alan-atkinson.pdf

January 01, 1970
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