BLAINEY, Geoffrey Norman

BLAINEY, Geoffrey Norman. Australian, b. 1930. Genres: History, Biography. Career: University of Melbourne, Professor of Economic History, 1968-77, Ernest Scott Professor of History, 1977-88; Harvard University, Professor, 1982-83; University of Ballarat, Chancellor, 1994-98. Chairman: Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1971-73; Australia Council, 1977-81; Australia-China Council, 1979-84; National Council for the Centenary of Federation, 2001. Publications: The Peaks of Lyell, 1954; A Centenary History of the University of Melbourne, 1957; Gold and Paper, 1958; Mines in the Spinifex, 1960; The Rush That Never Ended, 1963; A History of Camberwell, 1964; (ed.) If I Remember Rightly: The Memoirs of W. S. Robinson, 1966; (co-author and ed.) Wesley College: The First Hundred Years, 1967; The Tyranny of Distance, 1966; Across a Red World, 1968; The Rise of Broken Hill, 1968; The Steel Master, 1971; The Causes of War. 1973; Triumph of the Nomads, 1975; Land Half Won, 1980; The Blainey View, 1982; Our Side of the Country, 1984; All for Australia, 1984; The Great Seesaw, 1988; A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football, 1990; Eye on Australia, 1991; Odd Fellows, 1992; The Golden Mile, 1993; Jumping over the Wheel, 1993; A Shorter History of Australia, 1994; White Gold, 1997; In Our Time, 1999; A Short History of the World, 2000; This Land Is All Horizons, 2001. Address: PO Box 257, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia.