2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Stephen Murray-Smith. In this lecture, Stephen's friend and colleague Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC speaks about the challenges and changes he has experienced over more than 50 years of writing Australian history.
The 2008 Stephen Murray-Smith Lecture was held at the State Library of Victoria on 5 November 2008.
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Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC is one of Australia's most significant, popular and sometimes controversial historians, highly regarded for the originality and breadth of his historical writing. He pioneered the field of business history in 1954 with The Peaks of Lyell, the story of the Mount Lyell mining field in western Tasmania. It has appeared in six editions, the most recent in 2000.
In all he has written some 37 books, including such influential works as The Tyranny of Distance, Triumph of the Nomads, The Causes of War, A Short History of the 20th Century and A Short History of the World. Several titles have been translated and appear in many foreign-language editions.
Where possible, a transcript or speaker's notes can be provided upon request.
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