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

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  • 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

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  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: