Weston Arthur Bate (24 September 1924 – 31 October 2017) was an Australian historian. Bate served in the

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during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. He studied at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

under

Manning Clark Charles Manning Hope Clark, (3 March 1915 – 23 May 1991) was an Australian historian and the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987. He has been descri ...

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, Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Australian academic), Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O'Brien. He taught at Brighton Grammar School,

Melbourne Grammar School (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denomination ...

Bradfield College Bradfield College, formally St Andrew's College, Bradfield, is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 11–18, located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is note ...

(Berkshire), and (from 1952 to 1976) at the

. From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

, Geelong. Bate was President of the

Royal Historical Society of Victoria The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is a community organisation promoting the history of the state of Victoria, Australia. It functions to promote and research the history of that state after settlement, and as an umbrella organisation for m ...

. He died in October 2017 at the age of 93.

Bibliography

*''A history of Brighton'' (1962) *''Lucky city: the first generation at Ballarat, 1851–1901'' (1978) *''Dilemma at Westernport: a case study in land use conflicts and the growth of the planning imperative'' (1978, with

Fay Marles Fay Surtees Marles (née Pearce; born 3 January 1926) is a former Australian public servant. She served as Victorian Commissioner of Equal Opportunity from 1977 to 1987 and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 2001 to 2004. Early li ...

) *''Private lives – public heritage: family snapshots as history'' (1986, with Euan McGillivray and Matthew Nickson) *''Victorian gold rushes'' (1988) *''Having a go: Bill Boyd’s Mallee'' (1989, with Bill Boyd) *''Light blue down-under: the history of Geelong Grammar School'' (1990) *''Life after gold: twentieth-century Ballarat'' (1993) *''Essential but unplanned: the story of Melbourne’s lanes'' (1994) *''Here’s to grandpa!: the watercolours 1900–1940 of C.A. Wilson'' (1995) *''Sustaining their dream: the Metropolitan Golf Club 1901–2001'' (2001) *''Challenging traditions: a history of Melbourne Grammar'' (2002) *''Heads, you win!: a history of the Barwon Heads Golf Club'' (2007)

References

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