Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first Prime Minister), which was awarded the NSW History Award, Centenary of Federation Prize in 2001. He is still engaged in preparation of further works and has been a frequent contributor to radio in Western Australia and has done much to bring Western Australian history and socio-political development to life. He currently acts as Chairperson of the Western Australian Maritime Museum's Archaeology Advisory Committee.

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  • Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first Prime Minister), which was awarded the NSW History Award, Centenary of Federation Prize in 2001. He is still engaged in preparation of further works and has been a frequent contributor to radio in Western Australia and has done much to bring Western Australian history and socio-political development to life. He currently acts as Chairperson of the Western Australian Maritime Museum's Archaeology Advisory Committee. Professor Bolton is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy, and Fellow of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society. In 2005, Bolton was named Western Australia's 2006 Australian of the Year. He is married to Carol Grattan and has two sons and three grandchildren. (en)
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  • Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first Prime Minister), which was awarded the NSW History Award, Centenary of Federation Prize in 2001. He is still engaged in preparation of further works and has been a frequent contributor to radio in Western Australia and has done much to bring Western Australian history and socio-political development to life. He currently acts as Chairperson of the Western Australian Maritime Museum's Archaeology Advisory Committee. (en)
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  • Geoffrey Bolton (en)
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