Who authored “The Fatal Shore,” a significant work on Australian history?
A) Thomas Keneally
B) Robert Hughes
C) Manning Clark
D) Geoffrey Blainey
Answer: B) Robert Hughes
Which Australian historian is known for the multi-volume series “A History of Australia?
A) Geoffrey Bolton
B) Manning Clark
C) Jill Roe
D) Henry Reynolds
Answer: B) Manning Clark
Who is credited with “The Story of the Kelly Gang,” one of the earliest feature films?
A) Charles Bean
B) Miles Franklin
C) Sidney Nolan
D) John Tregenza
Answer: D) John Tregenza
Which historian explored Indigenous Australian history extensively and wrote “The Other Side of the Frontier?
A) Inga Clendinnen
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Marcia Langton
D) Bill Gammage
Answer: B) Henry Reynolds
Who is known for their extensive work on convict history and authored “The Fatal Shore?
A) Geoffrey Blainey
B) Robert Hughes
C) Thomas Keneally
D) Inga Clendinnen
Answer: B) Robert Hughes
Which historian wrote “The Luck of the Irish” focusing on the Irish in Australia?
A) Richard White
B) Patrick O’Farrell
C) Jill Roe
D) Manning Clark
Answer: B) Patrick O’Farrell
Who is known for their work “The Peopling of Australia” and contributions to immigration history?
A) Geoffrey Blainey
B) Graeme Davison
C) Eric Rolls
D) Ernest Scott
Answer: A) Geoffrey Blainey
Which historian authored “The History Wars,” focusing on debates over Australian history interpretation?
A) Marcia Langton
B) Stuart Macintyre
C) Henry Reynolds
D) Keith Windschuttle
Answer: D) Keith Windschuttle
Who wrote the influential book “Terra Australis Incognita: The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land”?
A) Geoffrey Blainey
B) Gavin Menzies
C) Miriam Estensen
D) John Mulvaney
Answer: C) Miriam Estensen
Which historian is known for “The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia?
A) Bill Gammage
B) Inga Clendinnen
C) Henry Reynolds
D) Richard Broome
Answer: A) Bill Gammage
Who authored “The Making of the Australian Working Class”?
A) Geoffrey Blainey
B) Eric Rolls
C) Graeme Davison
D) Stuart Macintyre
Answer: D) Stuart Macintyre
Which historian wrote “A Short History of Australia,” a concise overview of the nation’s past?
A) Ernest Scott
B) Manning Clark
C) Geoffrey Blainey
D) Stuart Macintyre
Answer: C) Geoffrey Blainey
Who is renowned for their work on the environmental history of Australia and wrote “The Future Eaters?
A) Eric Rolls
B) Tim Flannery
C) Richard White
D) Jill Roe
Answer: B) Tim Flannery
Which historian authored “Australia’s Secret History: The Impact of British Imperialism?
A) Alan Atkinson
B) Henry Reynolds
C) John Hirst
D) James Belich
Answer: C) John Hirst
Who wrote “The Invention of Terra Nullius: Historical and Legal Fictions on the Foundation of Australia?
A) Bain Attwood
B) Richard Broome
C) Ken Inglis
D) Henry Reynolds
Answer: A) Bain Attwood
Which historian authored “Forgotten War,” focusing on conflicts between Indigenous Australians and European settlers?
A) Marcia Langton
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Tom Griffiths
D) John Mulvaney
Answer: B) Henry Reynolds
Who is known for the work “Dark Emu,” challenging preconceptions about Aboriginal Australians’ land use?
A) Bill Gammage
B) Bruce Pascoe
C) Geoffrey Blainey
D) Manning Clark
Answer: B) Bruce Pascoe
Which historian wrote “The Tyranny of Distance,” exploring the impact of geography on Australia’s history?
A) Geoffrey Blainey
B) Eric Rolls
C) Manning Clark
D) Geoffrey Bolton
Answer: A) Geoffrey Blainey
Who authored “Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980,” focusing on the construction of Australian identity?
A) Richard White
B) Stuart Macintyre
C) Richard Broome
D) Bain Attwood
Answer: A) Richard White
Which historian wrote “Australia: A Biography of a Nation,” chronicling Australia’s history from pre-settlement to modern times?
A) Thomas Keneally
B) Geoffrey Blainey
C) Manning Clark
D) Stuart Macintyre
Answer: A) Thomas Keneally
Who authored “The Australian Legend,” discussing the national character and identity?
A) A. G. L. Shaw
B) Russel Ward
C) Manning Clark
D) Geoffrey Blainey
Answer: B) Russel Ward
Which historian is known for “A Concise History of Australia” and “The Rush That Never Ended?
A) Geoffrey Bolton
B) Geoffrey Blainey
C) Manning Clark
D) Geoffrey Serle
Answer: B) Geoffrey Blainey
Who is known for their extensive work on the history of Tasmania and authored “The Fatal Impact?
A) Greg Dening
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Keith Windschuttle
D) James Boyce
Answer: D) James Boyce
Which historian authored “The Politics of the Australian Folklore: The Bulletin, 1880-1894”?
A) Russel Ward
B) Eric Rolls
C) Geoffrey Blainey
D) Manning Clark
Answer: A) Russel Ward
Who wrote “The Australian Colonists: An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870?
A) Jill Roe
B) Inga Clendinnen
C) Russel Ward
D) John Hirst
Answer: C) Russel Ward
Which historian is known for “Australia Since 1788,” a comprehensive overview of Australian history?
A) Manning Clark
B) Geoffrey Blainey
C) Stuart Macintyre
D) Robert Hughes
Answer: B) Geoffrey Blainey
Who authored “The Aboriginal Australians,” a seminal work on Indigenous history?
A) W. E. H. Stanner
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Bill Gammage
D) Marcia Langton
Answer: A) W. E. H. Stanner
Which historian wrote “White Australia: Its Birth, Life, and Death” exploring immigration policy?
A) Eric Rolls
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Keith Windschuttle
D) Keith Hancock
Answer: D) Keith Hancock
Who is known for “The Unlucky Australians,” a study of the mistreatment of the Aboriginal people?
A) Donald Horne
B) Manning Clark
C) Frank Crowley
D) Robert Hughes
Answer: C) Frank Crowley
Which historian authored “Possession: Batman’s Treaty and the Matter of History?
A) Henry Reynolds
B) Marcia Langton
C) Bain Attwood
D) John Hirst
Answer: C) Bain Attwood
Who is known for the book “Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime”?
A) Bill Gammage
B) Richard Broome
C) Robert Hughes
D) Robert Lawlor
Answer: D) Robert Lawlor
Which historian authored “The Remote Aborigines” focusing on the impact of European settlement on remote Indigenous communities?
A) Marcia Langton
B) Henry Reynolds
C) Bill Gammage
D) Inga Clendinnen
Answer: A) Marcia Langton
Who is known for “The Convict Stain,” a study of the impact of convict history on Australian society?
A) Henry Reynolds
B) Judith Wright
C) Manning Clark
D) Frank Crowley
Answer: D) Frank Crowley
Which historian wrote “The Secret River,” a novel exploring the early colonization of Australia?
A) Kate Grenville
B) Peter Carey
C) Richard Flanagan
D) David Malouf
Answer: A) Kate Grenville
Who authored “The Luck of the Draw: Horses, Spitfires, and Kittyhawks” focusing on World War II history?
A) Clare Wright
B) Jill Roe
C) Michael McKernan
D) Graeme Davison
Answer: C) Michael McKernan
Which historian is known for “Bury My Heart at Cooper’s Creek: The Outback in Australian Literature”?
A) Richard White
B) Alan Atkinson
C) Geoffrey Blainey
D) Peter Carey
Answer: A) Richard White
Who wrote “Peel Me a Lotus,” an autobiography touching on Australian history and politics?
A) Germaine Greer
B) Jill Ker Conway
C) Helen Garner
D) Mary Gilmore
Answer: B) Jill Ker Conway
Which historian authored “Australia’s Boer War” exploring Australia’s involvement in the Second Boer War?
A) Craig Wilcox
B) Manning Clark
C) Geoffrey Blainey
D) Eric Rolls
Answer: A) Craig Wilcox
Who is known for “A History of Queensland” and extensive research on Queensland’s past?
A) Raymond Evans
B) Frank Crowley
C) Geoffrey Bolton
D) Stuart Macintyre
Answer: A) Raymond Evans
Which historian authored “Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia’s Favourite Song?
A) Manning Clark
B) Dennis O’Keeffe
C) Robert Hughes
D) Geoffrey Blainey
Answer: B) Dennis O’Keeffe
