Geoffrey Bolton

Auteur van The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 5: 1942-1995. The Middle Way

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Geoffrey Bolton was born in North Perth, Australia on November 5, 1931. He was educated at Wesley College, the University of Western Australia, and Oxford University. He was a professor at the Australian National University, Monash University, and the University of Queensland. He retired from toon meer academia in 1996, before serving as the Chancellor of Murdoch University from 2002 to 2006. He wrote 15 books during his lifetime including Alexander Forrest: His Life and Times, Daphne Street, and Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia since 1826. He was named an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1984 and West Australian of the Year in 2006. He died on September 4, 2015 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

Bevat de namen: G. C. Bolton, Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton

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The Oxford History of Australia: Volume 5: 1942-1995. The Middle Way (1990) — Auteur — 31 exemplaren

Thousand Miles Away: History of North Queeensland to 1920 (1963) 21 exemplaren

Spoils and spoilers : Australians make their environment 1788-1980 (1981) 17 exemplaren

Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia Since 1826 (2008) 16 exemplaren

Edmund Barton (2000) 15 exemplaren

Richard Daintree : a photographic memoir (1965) 13 exemplaren

A Fine Country to Starve in (1972) 13 exemplaren

Claremont : a history (1999) 5 exemplaren

Daphne Street (1997) 5 exemplaren

The passing of the Irish Act of Union: a study in parliamentary politics / by G.C. Bolton. (1966) 5 exemplaren

Paul Hasluck : a life (2014) 4 exemplaren

Farewell Cinderella: Creating Arts and Identity in Western Australia (2003) 3 exemplaren

Alexander Forrest,: His life and times (1958) 3 exemplaren

May it please Your Honour : a history of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1861-2005 (2005) 3 exemplaren

History of Royal Perth Hospital (1982) 3 exemplaren

History of the O.U.C.C. [With portraits.] 2 exemplaren

Britain's legacy overseas (1973) 2 exemplaren

Everyman in Australia (1972) 2 exemplaren

Murdoch Voices: the first 40 years at Murdoch University 1 exemplaar

It had better be a good one : the first ten years of Murdoch University (1985) 1 exemplaar

Richard Daintree : a photographic memoir 1 exemplaar

Paul Hasluck - A life 1 exemplaar

History of the O.U.C.C 1 exemplaar

The campus that never stood still : Edith Cowan University 1902-2002 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam: Bolton, Geoffrey Curgenven
Geboortedatum: 1931-11-5
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Australia
Land (voor op de kaart): Australia
Opleiding: University of Western Australia
Oxford University
Wesley College, Perth, Western Australia
Beroepen: historian
academic
Organisaties: Murdoch University
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Royal Historical Society (London, Fellow)
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (Fellow)
Australian of the Year (WA, 2006)
Order of Australia (Officer)
Australian Humanities Academy (Fellow)
Royal Western Australian Historical Society (Fellow)

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Land of vision and mirage : Western Australia since… door G. C. Bolton

A highly readable general history of Western Australia from first white settlement in 1826 until the end of the 20th century. Bolton identified that there was no up-to-date history for the general reader, and has achieved this to a high degree of satisfaction.

This is a "short history" that doesn't compete in terms of depth or comprehensiveness with the more traditional volumes. It personifies the late 20th century social historian, seeking evidence of life in the state from the experiences of individuals, which were neither prioritised nor often easily available to those historians in the generations before Bolton.

Overall, a sensible read that captures the key points of the state's growth. Like most history books, it is stronger on the items hat have passed long ago, rather than the contemporary moment where the historian must make a choice as to what is the most relevant. Enjoyable, with a good bibliography to direct readers further. The last full history of the state was published in the late 1970s, so I'd say it's time for a 1,000 page gorilla!… (meer)

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