Portia Robinson AM (née Ferguson; 26 August 1926 – 3 February 2023)[1] was an Australian historian.[2] She was an associate professor at Macquarie University,[3][4] retiring in 1998.[5] Robinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 "[f]or service to education, particularly in the field of Australian colonial history".[6]

Works

  • Robinson, Portia (1985). The Hatch and Brood of Time: A Study of the First Generation of Native-Born White Australians, 1788–1828. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554569-9. OCLC 12707557.[7]
  • Robinson, Portia (1993). The Women of Botany Bay: A Reinterpretation of the Role of Women in the Origins of Australian Society. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-014698-9. OCLC 29359023.[8]

References

  1. "Portia Robinson AM PhD death notice". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. Hocking, Jenny; Donati, Laura (2016). "Obscured but not Obscure: How History Ignored the Remarkable Story of Sarah Wills Howe" (PDF). The Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia. 7 (2).
  3. Miller, Gretchen (9 April 1998). "Most convicts made good, says historian". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2. ISSN 0312-6315. ProQuest 363506427.
  4. Maslen, Geoffrey (11 June 1989). "In praise of convict women". The Canberra Times. p. 19.
  5. "Newsletter 27". International Federation for Research in Women's History.
  6. "Australia Day Honours". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 105. 26 January 1993. p. 4 via National Library of Australia.
  7. Reviews of The Hatch and Brood of Time:
  8. Reviews of The Women of Botany Bay:


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