Max Charles Solling (

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; b. 1942) is an Australian urban and sports historian.

Biography

Max Solling was born the second child and only son of Jessie (née Webb) (1917-2017) and Rex Erie Solling (1909-1980). His father was an accountant, and then later a bank manager, with the

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from 1926 until retirement in 1972. Solling’s early life was spent in

Bathurst Bathurst may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Australia * Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and the following things associated with the city ** Bathurst Region, the local government area for the Bathurst urban area and rural surrounds ** ...

and

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

. For his senior education Solling was educated at

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(1955-1959) and then at the

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where he was awarded a

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boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

and was Australian Universities boxing champion. In 1972 he completed his MA on the development of nineteenth-century Glebe and he was a founding editor of the ''

Leichhardt Leichhardt may refer to: * Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives * Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia * Leichhardt Way, an Australian road route * Leichhardt, New South Wales, in ...

Historical Journal''. He is also a qualified and practicing solicitor. Solling has been a resident of

Glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...

since 1960.

Publications

* ''Town and Country: A History of the Manning Valley'' (2014), Halstead Press, * ''An Act of Bastardry: Rugby league axes its first club: Glebe District Rugby League Football Club 1908 to 1929'' (2014), Walla Walla Press, * ''Grandeur and Grit: A History of Glebe'' (2007), Halstead Press, * ''The Boatshed on Blackwattle Bay'' (1993), Glebe Rowing Club, * ''Leichhardt: On the Margins of the City'' (1997) with Peter Reynolds, Allen & Unwin, (A social history of Leichhardt and the former municipalities of

Annandale Annandale is a name for several places around the world: United Kingdom *Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway, a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Australia *Annandale, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *Annandale, Queensland, a suburb of ...

Balmain Balmain may refer to: Places * Balmain, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Electoral district of Balmain, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia * Balmain East, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Balmain Hou ...

and

. * Contributor, ''

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to Australian Sport'' * Contributor, ''Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket''

Awards

Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ...

as a local sporting historian (2000) *

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...

for service to the community, particularly through researching, recording and publishing the history of Glebe (2005)Medal of the Order of Australia website
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References

Living people 1942 births Australian historians People educated at Newington College Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia {{australia-historian-stub