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Carolyn Holbrook

Carolyn Holbrook is a historian at Deakin University. Her latest books are Challenging Anzac: Stories that Don’t Fit the Legend, co-edited with Mia Martin Hobbs and Joan Beaumont (2026), Australia Fair? Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Making of Modern Australia, co-authored with James Walter (2026), and Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke Government, co-edited with Frank Bongiorno and Joshua Black (2026). She is the director of the Australian Policy and History network and the Australian Health and History digital archive.

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Edited by Carolyn Holbrook, Keir Reeves

' The Great War: Aftermath and commemoration is a tour de force

Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography

Carolyn Holbrook

Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story?

9781742237473

Lessons from History

Edited by Carolyn Holbrook, Lyndon Megarrity, David Lowe

Leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.

9781761170706

Challenging Anzac: Stories that don’t fit the legend

Edited by Mia Martin Hobbs, Carolyn Holbrook, Joan Beaumont

The Anzac legend has shaped Australia’s national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit comfortably within this.

9781761170522

Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke government

Edited by Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook, Joshua Black

A stellar lineup of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists sheds valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the Hawke Government.