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A Short Biography of Geoffrey Blainey

Author Name:

Geoffrey Blainey

Born As:

Geoffrey Blainey

Other Names:

Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC

Born:

11 Mar 1930

Died:





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Writer and historian                          
Selected works:

The Peaks of Lyell, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic - 1954
A Centenary History of the University of Melbourne - 1957
Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa Mines - 1960
The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic - 1963
A History of Camberwell - 1964

Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History - 1966
Winner of the C Weickhardt award for Australian literature

The Rise of Broken Hill - 1968
Across a Red World - 1968
The Steel Master: A Life of Essington Lewis - 1971
The Causes of War - 1973
Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Ancient Australia - 1975
A Land Half Won - 1980
Gold and Paper 1858-1982: A History of the National Bank of Australasia - 1983
Our Side of the Country: The Story of Victoria - 1984
All for Australia - 1984
The Great Seesaw: A New View of the Western World, 1750 - 2000 - 1988
A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football - 1990
Odd Fellows: A History of IOOF Australia - 1991
Blainey, Eye on Australia: Speeches and Essays of Geoffrey Blainey - 1991
Jumping Over the Wheel - 1993
The Golden Mile - 1993
A Shorter History of Australia - 1994
White Gold: The Story of Alcoa of Australia - 1997
In Our Time - 1999
A History of the AMP 1848-1998 - 1999
A Short History of the World - 2000
Black Kettle & Full Moon: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia - 2004
A Short History of the Twentieth Century - 2006
A History of Victoria - 2006.                          
                          
Editor of Farrago, the newspaper of the University of Melbourne Student Union.
Companion of the Order of Australia - 2000
Centenary Medal - 2001                          
Blainey’s opinions opposing High Court decisions in favour of Aboriginal land rights put him in the line of fire and led to accusations of racism.