Portia Robinson
Portia Robinson AM is an Australian historian.[1] She was an associate professor at Macquarie University,[2][3] retiring in 1998.[4] 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".[5]
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.[6]
- 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.[7]
References[]
- ^ 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).
- ^ Miller, Gretchen (9 April 1998). "Most convicts made good, says historian". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2. ISSN 0312-6315. ProQuest 363506427.
- ^ Maslen, Geoffrey (11 June 1989). "In praise of convict women". The Canberra Times. p. 19.
- ^ "Newsletter 27". International Federation for Research in Women's History.
- ^ "Australia Day Honours". The Canberra Times. 67 (21, 105). 26 January 1993. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Reviews of The Hatch and Brood of Time:
- Burroughs, Peter (June 1987). The American Historical Review. 92 (3): 728–729. doi:10.1086/ahr/92.3.728. ISSN 1937-5239.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Fauve-Chamoux, Antoinette (1989). "Review of The Hatch and Brood of Time". Annales de démographie historique. 1988 (1): 421–422.
- Australian Journal of Politics & History. 32 (1): 119–164. April 1986. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8497.1986.tb00345.x.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- ^ Reviews of The Women of Botany Bay:
- Smith, Bonnie G. (April 1997). "The Struggle for Australian History". Gender & History. 9 (1): 139–143. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00049. ISSN 0953-5233.
- Naidis, Mark (April 1991). The American Historical Review. 96 (2): 588–589. doi:10.1086/ahr/96.2.588. ISSN 1937-5239.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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