Alan Atkinson Alan Atkinson i(A41412 works by) (a.k.a. Alan Thomas Atkinson)
Born: Established: 1946 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

'Professor Alan Atkinson teaches in the areas of colonial Australia, methods of history writing and public history. His research interests are centred on Australia up to the period of World War I, especially habits of thought and communication, family life, and law and order. His three volume work, The Europeans in Australia (Oxford University Press Australia) is a landmark work in Australian historiography, and won the Victorian Prize for Literature in 2015.' (Source: The Australian Academy of the Humanities website)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2016 inaugural winner ABR Patrons' Fellow RAFT Fellowship for 'How Do We Live With Ourselves?'
1993 recipient Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellowships and Medals Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
1988-1989 winner Ernest Scott Prize for Camden: Farm and Village Life in Early New South Wales

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Elizabeth and John : The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2022 24489829 2022 single work biography

'A landmark and revealing joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.

'Arriving in 1790, Elizabeth and John Macarthur, both aged 23, were the first married couple to travel voluntarily from Europe to Australia, within three years of the initial invasion. John Macarthur soon became famous in New South Wales and beyond as a wool pioneer, a politician, and a builder of farms at Parramatta and Camden. For a long time, Elizabeth’s life was regarded as contingent on John’s and, more recently, John’s on Elizabeth’s.

'In Elizabeth and John, Alan Atkinson, prizewinning author of Europeans in Australia, draws on his work on the Macarthur family over 50 years to explore the dynamics of a strong and sinewy marriage, and family life over two generations. With the truth of John and Elizabeth Macarthur’s relationship much more complicated and more deeply human than other writers have suggested, Atkinson provides a finely drawn portrait of a powerful partnership.'  (Publication summary)

2023 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
2023 winner New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize Australian History Prize
2023 joint winner Ernest Scott Prize
y separately published work icon The Europeans in Australia : A History Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1997 Z1178966 1997 reference non-fiction

'In the first volume of his history of Australia, Alan Atkinson covers the first impact of European power on Australia. He argues that the Europeans were not simply conquerors, that their own cultures were infinitely complex, thickly-woven with ideas about spirituality, authority, self and land, all of which influenced the development of Australia.' (Publication summary)

2016 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-Fiction For volume three.
2015 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For volume three (Nation)
2015 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award For volume three (Nation)
2015 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction For volume three (Nation).
1997 winner NBC Banjo Awards NBC Banjo Award for Non-Fiction For volume 1 (The Beginning).
1997 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction for volume one.
2014 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Award for Non-Fiction for volume three: Nation.
2005 winner Ernest Scott Prize Democracy
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