Ann McGrath

Ann Margaret McGrath AM FASSA FAHA is the WK Hancock Chair of History at the Australian National University. She is Director of the Research Centre for Deep History and Kathleen Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellow 2017-22.

Ann McGrath

OccupationHistorian
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Queensland BA (Hons) 1976
Alma materLaTrobe University PhD 1984
ThesisWe grew up the stations: Europeans, aborigines and cattle in the Northern Territory
Academic work
InstitutionsAustralian 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

  1. 1994 Human Rights Medal and Awards Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Australian Human Rights Commission accessed 19 August 2011
  2. "Academy Fellow: Professor Ann McGrath AM, FASSA, FAHA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. "Professor Ann Margaret McGrath". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. "Professor Ann Margaret McGrath OAM". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. "ANU wins three Australian Laureate Fellowships". Australian National University. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. "Fellows: Ann McGrath". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. "NSW Premier's History Awards 2016 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. "ACT Book of the Year shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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