Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Academy Fellows

Year elected: 1970
Panel: C
Discipline: History

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AC

Blainey, Geoffrey Norman. MA (Melbourne)

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey formerly of the University of Melbourne.

Key appointments

  • Chancellor of University of Ballarat 1994-8
  • Council of Australian War Memorial since 1997
  • Council of National Council for the Centenary of Federation since 1997, Chair since 2000
  • Governor of the Ian Potter Foundation since 1991
  • Council of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia since 1997

Key publications

  • G Blainey (2000) A Short History of the World. Melbourne: Penguin Books.


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