Ann Margaret McGrath AM FASSA FAHA is an Australian historian.
Ann McGrath | |
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Occupation | Historian |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Queensland BA (Hons) 1976 |
Alma mater | LaTrobe University PhD 1984 |
Thesis | We grew up the stations: Europeans, aborigines and cattle in the Northern Territory |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Australian National University |
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.[1]
McGrath was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2004.[2] She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2007[3] 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".[4] 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.[5] Also in 2017, she was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.[6]
In 2016 her book, Illicit Love, won the General History Prize at the New South Wales Premier's History Awards.[7] It was shortlisted for the 2016 ACT Book of the Year.[8]
Selected works
- McGrath, Ann (1987), Born in the Cattle: Aborigines in cattle country, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-0-04-150084-4
- Grimshaw, Patricia; Lake, Marilyn; McGrath, Ann; Quartly, Marian (1994). Creating a Nation. Ringwood, Vic., Australia: McPhee Gribble Publishers. ISBN 0-86914-095-7.
- McGrath, Ann (1995), Contested Ground: Australian Aborigines under the British Crown, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74176-490-1
- McGrath, Ann; Saunders, Kay; Huggins, Jackie (1995), Aboriginal Workers, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, ISBN 978-0-909944-04-9
- Curthoys, Ann; McGrath, Ann (2000). Writing histories: Imagination and narration. Clayton, Vic.: School of Historical Studies, Monash University. ISBN 0-7326-1768-5.
- Curthoys, Ann; McGrath, Ann (2009), How to write history that people want to read, University of New South Wales Press, ISBN 978-1-74223-086-3
- McGrath, Ann (2015), Illicit love: Interracial sex and marriage in the United States and Australia, Lincoln University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 978-0-8032-8541-5
References
- ^ 1994 Human Rights Medal and Awards Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Australian Human Rights Commission accessed 19 August 2011
- ^ "Academy Fellow: Professor Ann McGrath AM, FASSA, FAHA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Professor Ann Margaret McGrath". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Professor Ann Margaret McGrath OAM". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "ANU wins three Australian Laureate Fellowships". Australian National University. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Fellows: Ann McGrath". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "NSW Premier's History Awards 2016 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ACT Book of the Year shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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