Ernest Scott Prize (1979) Medal of the Order of Australia (1997)
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Melbourne (MA)
Academic work
Institutions
Deakin University (1978–89) University of Melbourne (1952–74)
Main interests
Australian cultural history Local history
Weston Arthur BateOAM (24 September 1924[1] – 31 October 2017) was an Australian historian.
Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.[2] He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O'Brien. He taught at Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Bradfield College (Berkshire), and (from 1952 to 1976) at the University of Melbourne. From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong.
Bate was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He died in October 2017 at the age of 93.[3]
^Pearce, Suzannah (2007). Who's who in Australia. Herald and Weekly Times. p. 211. ISBN 978-1740951302.
Weston Arthur Bate OAM (24 September 1924 – 31 October 2017) was an Australian historian. Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second...
short distance away from the present one [i.e. the monument]." Professor WestonBate attended the 1974 Ballaarat Historical Society forum on the location...
government, then I have been, I am still, and will ever remain a democrat." WestonBate wrote that the role of landowner and company director seemed to suit...
Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2008. WestonBate (1994). Essential but unplanned: the story of Melbourne's lanes. City...
they move to their main boarding houses for the remaining four years. WestonBate, Australian historian Anthony Chenevix-Trench, headmaster 1955–1963,...
Commissioner, considered by some historians, such as Michael Cannon and WestonBate, as preludes to the Eureka Rebellion. There is oral history that local...
C.B.D. Study Area 4) InfraLib 720.99451 p.89 Sharon Lane (1995) p.1 WestonBate (1994) Essential but Unplanned; The Story of Melbourne's Lanes. p.111...
Sporting Traditions. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2016. Challenging Traditions, WestonBate and Helen Penrose (2002) Kiddle, J Beacham, (ed), Liber Melburniensis...
taught were Manning Clark, W. K. Hancock and Geoffrey Serle; Clark taught WestonBate, Ken Inglis, Geoffrey Blainey and Graeme Davison; Blainey taught Janet...
former vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party WestonBate – member of staff Robin Batterham AO – chemical engineer; Chief Scientist...
France) Sir Ninian Stephen, 94, Governor-General of Australia 31 October – WestonBate, 93, historian 4 November – Dudley Simpson, 95, composer (Doctor Who)...
saying: "The Chinese ... were conspicuous by their absence at Eureka". WestonBate has stated that: Of all foreigners on the Victorian goldfields, none...
to Australian Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019553381 X. WestonBate (1990). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Spielvogel, Nathan Frederick...
during World War I. He was awarded the DCM for conspicuous bravery. WestonBate, 'Rede, Robert William (1815–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography...
that comes from a lifetime of acute observation — Historian, Professor WestonBate https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/eri...
champion (1954). Wolfgang Achtner, 60, German theologian, heart attack. WestonBate, 93, Australian historian. William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, 89, American...
Cornwell (2005). "King Ted's" (PDF). p. 72. Retrieved 13 November 2014. WestonBate (1979). "Brown, Francis Ernest (1869–1939)". Australian Dictionary of...
suggests that aborigines called the river "Nambrook". She cites historian WestonBate who claimed that the Aboriginal word was "Yar-ar-way" and Arthur Jenkins...
Balwyn in 1935 survived by his second wife, two daughters and a son. Weston, Bate (1983). "Kirton, Joseph William (1861–1935)". Australian Dictionary of...
prominent location near Bay Street and its landmark status has been lost. WestonBate (1969). "Bent, Sir Thomas (1838–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography...
Professor Alan Shaw (1998), Professor Michael Roe (2000), Emeritus Professor WestonBate (2001), and Lionel Gilbert (2007). Looking to the future: the collection...
September 2010. Bate, Weston (1982), A History of Brighton (2nd ed.), Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ISBN 0-522-84270-4 Bate, Weston, "Dendy, Henry...
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria include Marnie Bassett WestonBate Geoffrey Blainey Richard Broome Noel Fulford Learmonth Ian McLaren Joyce...
1 January 1970, It's an Honour. Hone, Sir Brian William (1907–1978), WestonBate, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University...
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