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{{short description|Australian historian}}
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'''Ann Margaret McGrath''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|FASSA|FAHA}} is an Australian historian and academic. {{as of|2023}} she is the WK Hancock Chair of History at the [[Australian National University]].▼
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==Early life and education==
▲'''Ann Margaret McGrath''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|FASSA|FAHA}} is an Australian historian.
McGrath graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the [[University of Queensland]] in 1976.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
 
In 1984 she was awarded a PhD from [[La Trobe University]] for her thesis "We grew up the stations: Europeans, aborigines and cattle in the Northern Territory".<ref>{{Cite thesis |last1=McGrath |first1=Ann |title=We grew up the stations : Europeans, Aborigines and cattle in the Northern Territory |publication-date=1983 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18065154 |access-date=22 September 2024 |publisher=1983 |author2=La Trobe University. Theses. History Dept}}</ref>
 
==Career==
McGrath won the[[Australian History Awards|John Barrett Award]] for an article in 1994. McGrath was founding director of the [[Australian Centre for Indigenous History]], established within the ANU School of History on 28 March 2003. She resigned this position in 2019 to create the Research Centre for Deep History within the School,<ref>{{cite web | title=About | website=School of History | date=25 February 2010 | url=https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/acih/about | access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> a position she continues to hold {{as of|lc=y|2023}}.
 
{{as of|2023}} she is the WK Hancock Chair of History at ANU. She is also director of the Research Centre for Deep History, and was Kathleen Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellow 2017–2022.<ref name=prof>{{Cite web|date=5 July 2016|title=Professor Ann McGrath| url=https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/acih/people/professor-ann-mcgrath|access-date=24 November 2023 |website=ANU School of History|language=en-AU}}</ref>
 
==Recognition==
In 1994, she was awarded the Human Rights Non-Fiction Award for ''Creating a Nation'' jointly with co-authors [[Patricia Grimshaw]], [[Marilyn Lake]] and [[Marian Quartly]].<ref>[http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/hr_awards/1994.html 1994 Human Rights Medal and Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607005421/http://www.humanrights.gov.au///about/hr_awards/1994.html|date=7 June 2011}} Australian Human Rights Commission accessed 19 August 2011</ref>
 
McGrath was elected Fellow of the [[Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Academy Fellow: Professor Ann McGrath AM, FASSA, FAHA|url=https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/?sId=0032v000033l9NGAAY|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
She was awarded the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] in 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Ann Margaret McGrath|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1135013|accessdateaccess-date=2020-11-01|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref> and appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in 2017 for "significant service to the social sciences as an academic and researcher in the field of Indigenous history, and to tertiary education".<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Ann Margaret McGrath OAM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1769819|accessdateaccess-date=2020-11-01|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref> Also in 2017 she was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fellows: Ann McGrath|url=https://www.humanities.org.au/fellows/fellows/?find_contact_id=3787|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Australian Academy of the Humanities|language=en-AU}}</ref>
 
In 2016 her book, ''Illicit Love'', won the General History Prize at the [[New South Wales Premier's History Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-05|title=NSW Premier's History Awards 2016 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/09/05/68252/nsw-premiers-history-awards-2016-winners-announced/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2016 [[ACT Book of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-30|title=ACT Book of the Year shortlist announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/08/30/65101/act-book-of-the-year-shortlist-announced/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Selected works ==▼
 
She was awarded the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship for her project on the history of Australia, combining Indigenous stories with scientific data in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-05 |title=ANU wins three Australian Laureate Fellowships|url=https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/anu-wins-three-australian-laureate-fellowships|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Australian National University|language=en}}</ref> Also in 2017, she was elected Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of the Humanities]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellow Profile: Ann McGrath |url=https://humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=966 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* {{Citation|author1=McGrath, Ann|first=|title=Born in the Cattle: Aborigines in cattle country|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1987|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=978-0-04-150084-4}}▼
 
* {{Cite book|last=Grimshaw|first=Patricia|title=Creating a Nation|last2=Lake|first2=Marilyn|last3=McGrath|first3=Ann|last4=Quartly|first4=Marian|date=|publisher=McPhee Gribble Publishers|year=1994|isbn=0-86914-095-7|location=Ringwood, Vic., Australia|pages=}}▼
McGrath was elected an International Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Members |url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2023 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> In 2024 she was appointed to the Council of the [[National Museum of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Appointments To National Museum Of Australia Council |url=https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/appointments-to-national-museum-of-australia-council/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=The National Tribune |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* {{Citation|author1=McGrath|first=Ann|title=Contested Ground: Australian Aborigines under the British Crown|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1995|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=978-1-74176-490-1}}▼
 
* {{Citation|author1=McGrath|first=Ann|title=Aboriginal Workers|volume=|pages=|publication-date=1995|publisher=Australian Society for the Study of Labour History|isbn=978-0-909944-04-9|author2=Saunders|first2=Kay|author3=Huggins|first3=Jackie}}
▲== Selected works ==
* {{Cite book|last=Curthoys|first=Ann|url=|title=Writing histories: Imagination and narration|last2=McGrath|first2=Ann|date=|publisher=School of Historical Studies, Monash University|year=2000|isbn=0-7326-1768-5|location=Clayton, Vic.|pages=}}▼
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* {{Citation|author1=Curthoys|first=Ann|title=How to write history that people want to read|volume=|pages=|publication-date=2009|publisher=University of New South Wales Press|isbn=978-1-74223-086-3|author2=McGrath|first2=Ann}}▼
* {{Citation|author1=McGrath|first=, Ann|title=IllicitBorn love:in Interracialthe sexCattle: and marriageAborigines in thecattle United States and Australiacountry|volume=|pagesdate=January 1987|publication-date=20151987|publisher=Lincoln University ofAllen Nebraska& PressUnwin|isbn=978-0-803204-8541150084-54}}
▲* {{Cite book|lastlast1=Grimshaw|firstfirst1=Patricia|title=Creating a Nation|last2=Lake|first2=Marilyn|last3=McGrath|first3=Ann|last4=Quartly|first4=Marian|date=|publisher=McPhee Gribble Publishers|year=1994|isbn=0-86914-095-7|location=Ringwood, Vic., Australia|pages=}}
▲* {{Citation|author1=McGrath, Ann|first=Ann|title=BornContested inGround: the Cattle:Australian Aborigines inunder cattlethe countryBritish Crown|volume=|pagesdate=October 1995|publication-date=19871995|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=978-01-0474176-150084490-41}}
* {{Citation|last1=McGrath|first1=Ann|title=Aboriginal Workers|publication-date=1995|publisher=Australian Society for the Study of Labour History|isbn=978-0-909944-04-9|last2=Saunders|first2=Kay|authorlink2=Kay Saunders |last3=Huggins|first3=Jackie |author3-link =Jackie Huggins|year=1995}} ([https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/history-of-indigenous-work-sheds-light-on-australian-slavery Reissued in 2020].<ref>{{cite web | title=Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History | website=Liverpool University Press | date=30 November 2020 | url=http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/54770/ | access-date=6 January 2022 | archive-date=23 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123010045/https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/54770/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>)
▲* {{Cite book|lastlast1=Curthoys|firstfirst1=Ann|url=|title=Writing histories: Imagination and narration|last2=McGrath|first2=Ann|date=|publisher=School of Historical Studies, Monash University|year=2000|isbn=0-7326-1768-5|location=Clayton, Vic.|pages=}}
▲* {{Citation|author1last1=Curthoys|firstfirst1=Ann|title=How to write history that people want to read|volume=|pages=|publication-date=2009|publisher=University of New South Wales Press|isbn=978-1-74223-086-3|author2last2=McGrath|first2=Ann|year=2009}}
▲* {{Citation|author1=McGrath|first=Ann|title=ContestedIllicit Groundlove: AustralianInterracial Aboriginessex underand marriage in the BritishUnited CrownStates and Australia|volume=|pagesdate=December 2015|publication-date=19952015|publisher=AllenLincoln University of &Nebraska UnwinPress|isbn=978-10-741768032-4908541-15}}
 
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== External links ==
 
* {{Official website|https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/mcgrath-a}}
 
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