Hirst, J. B. (John Bradley)

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Dates:
Birth 1942
Australians,
English,

Biographical notes:

Historian, academic and social commentator. John Bradley Hirst is a former reader in the Department of History, La Trobe University. He has written several books including The sentimental nation: the making of the Australian Commonwealth (2000), Sense & nonsense in Australian history (2005 and 2009), The Australians: insiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770 (2007), and, Freedom on the fatal shore: Australia's first colony (2008). Hirst is a member of the Film Australia Board and the Council of the National Museum of Australia.

From the description of Papers of John Hirst, 1959-2006 [manuscript]. [1959-2006] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 458275111

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Subjects:

  • College teachers
  • Historians
  • Social historians

Occupations:

  • Academics
  • Historians

Places:

  • Australia (as recorded)