Alison Alexander

Alison Ann Alexander (née Pillinger, born 23 September 1949) is an Australian biographer and public historian. She is the editor of The Companion to Tasmanian History, published in 2005.

Alison Ann Pillinger was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 23 September 1949. was published by Angus & Robertson as Billabong's Author. She received a Master of Arts and PhD, both from UTAS, the latter for her thesis, The Public Role of Women in Tasmania, 1803–1914.

She has written a number of commissioned histories of places and organisations in Tasmania. She is president of Convict Women's Press and edits the journal of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association. She won the 2022 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History for The Waking Dream of Art.

Alexander was named an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2023. She was inducted onto the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women for her contribution to cultural heritage and literature in the same year.

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