Anna Elizabeth Haebich, ( ; born 18 December 1949) is an Australian writer, historian and academic.

Career

Haebich is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities at

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

. She was formerly a Research Intensive Professor at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asia ...

and prior to that was the foundation Director of the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at

. She also led the Griffith Research Program "Creative for Life" that addressed creativity across cultures and generations and was the Griffith University Orbicom UNESCO Chair. Haebich was elected a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Austra ...

(FAHA) in 2006 and of the

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(FASSA) in 2007. She has also been a member of the AIATSIS Research Advisory Committee. Haebich is the author of a number of influential and award winning books focusing on Indigenous history and Australia's discriminatory policies, including ''For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the South West of Western Australia 1900 to 1940'' (1988) and ''Broken Circles Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800–2000'' (2000). ''For Their Own Good'' won the 1989 Western Australian Premier's Literature Award for Non-Fiction and ''Broken Circles'' received a number of awards including ' NSW Premiers Book of the Year 2001 and 2001 Stanner Award from AIATSIS. Haebich was one of a group of writers involved in unraveling the

Moore River Native Settlement The Moore River Native Settlement was the name of the now defunct Aboriginal settlement and internment camp located north of Perth and west of Mogumber in Western Australia, near the headwaters of the Moore River. History The settlement ...

history, and the legacy of A.O. Neville on generations of indigenous Australians.

Susan Maushart Susan Maushart (born 1958) is an American author, journalist and feminist. She lived in Perth, Western Australia, for over 20 years and now lives in New York City. Maushart's journalistic career in Australia varied between working for the Austral ...

, Rosemary van den Berg, Jack Davis, and Doris Pilkington. More recent publications investigate the personal history of individuals that lived in Western Australia including ''Murdering Stepmothers The Execution of Martha Rendell'' and ''A Boy's Short Life Warren Braedon/Louis Johnson''. The latest publication ''Dancing in the Shadows – A History of Nyungar Performance'' (2018), "explores the power of Indigenous performance pitted against the forces of settler colonialism."

Publications

* Haebich, A. (2018) Dancing in the Shadows – Histories of Nyungar Performance UWA Publishing. * Haebich, A. (2013) A Boy's Short Life Warren Braedon/Louis Johnson – co-authored with Steve Mickler: UWA Publishing. * Haebich, A. (2010) Murdering Stepmothers The Execution of Martha Rendell, Nedlands: UWA Publishing. * Haebich, A. (2008) Spinning the Dream Assimilation in Australia, Fremantle: Fremantle Press. * Haebich, A. (2004) Clearing the wheat belt. Erasing the indigenous presence in the southwest of Western Australia, The Genocide Question. * Haebich, A. (2003) Many Voices Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation. Canberra: National Library of Australia. * Haebich, A. (2000) Broken Circles Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800–2000, Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press. * Haebich, A. (1988) For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the South West of Western Australia 1900 to 1940, Nedlands: UWA Press.

References

External links

* ''Becoming Queensland'' by Anna Haebich, a 4 min 27 sec video, published by

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as part of Storylines:Q150 digital stories: available as MP4

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transcript. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haebich, Anna 1949 births Living people Australian women historians Australian women writers Curtin University alumni Academic staff of Curtin University Academic staff of Edith Cowan University Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Academic staff of Griffith University Historians from Western Australia Murdoch University alumni Academic staff of Murdoch University People from Toowoomba University of Western Australia alumni