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Alan Atkinson

Alan Atkinson is an Australian historian who first graduated in 1970. He has written a number of books, including The Europeans in Australia, in three volumes, the third of which won the Victorian Prize for Literature. He is an honorary professor and Doctor of Letters with The University of Sydney, and an emeritus professor with The University of New England.

Books from this author

Hearts and Minds

Alan Atkinson

Founded in 1856, St Paul's College is the original college of Sydney University and the oldest institution of its kind in Australia. Hearts and Minds

The Europeans in Australia

Alan Atkinson

It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative - using moral imagination above all - and even-handed.

The Europeans in Australia

Alan Atkinson

'It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative - using moral imagination above all – and even-handed.' - Alan Atkinson

The Europeans in Australia

Alan Atkinson

This is the third and final volume of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia that gives an account of settlement by Britain. It tells of the various ways in which that experience shaped imagination and belief among the settler people from the eighteenth century to the end of World War I.

9781742237565

Elizabeth and John

A landmark and revealing joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.

9781761170317

Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm New edition

An award-winning and landmark joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.