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Weston Bate Weston Bate i(A20725 works by) (birth name: Weston Arthur Bate)
Born: Established: 24 Sep 1924 Surrey Hills, Box Hill - Burwood area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 31 Oct 2017 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

'Weston  Bate OAM  was an Australian historian. Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O'Brien. He taught at Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Bradfield College (Berkshire), and (from 1952 to 1976) at the University of Melbourne. From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong. Bate was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. ' (From Wikipedia

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • In addition to the indexed works on AustLit, Weston Bate has written numerous non-fiction publications including several local histories: A History of Brighton (1962); Lucky City: The First Generation at Ballarat, 1851-1901 (1978); Victorian Gold Rushes (1988); Life After Gold: Twentieth-Century Ballarat (1993); Essential but Unplanned: The Story of Melbourne's Lanes (1994).

Personal Awards

1997 recipient Order of Australia — Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

or his contribution to academia. 
1978-1979 winner Ernest Scott Prize for Lucky City: The First Generation at Ballarat 1851‐1951 Melbourne
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