Anna Haebich

Anna Elizabeth Haebich, ( ; born 18 December 1949) is an Australian writer, historian and academic.

Early life and education Anna Elizabeth Haebich was born on 18 December 1949 in Toowoomba, Queensland.

She attended Wollongong High School, and went on to earn a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Western Australia in 1972.

she is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University.

Haebich was one of a group of writers involved in unravelling the Moore River Native Settlement history, and the legacy of A.O. Neville on generations of Indigenous Australians. Susan Maushart, Rosemary van den Berg, Jack Davis, and Doris Pilkington.

More recent publications investigate the personal history of individuals that lived in Western Australia including Murdering Stepmothers The Execution of Martha Rendell Dancing in the Shadows – A History of Nyungar Performance (2018), "explores the power of Indigenous performance pitted against the forces of settler colonialism."

Other roles and activities She has also been a member of the AIATSIS Research Advisory Committee.

Recognition and honours Haebich was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) in 2006 and of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) in 2007.

Haebich was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to literature as an author, historian and academic".

Publications Haebich, A. (2018) Dancing in the Shadows – Histories of Nyungar Performance UWA Publishing. Haebich, A. (2013) A Boy's Short Life Warren Braedon/Louis Johnson – co-authored with Steve Mickler: UWA Publishing. Haebich, A. (2010) Murdering Stepmothers The Execution of Martha Rendell, Nedlands: UWA Publishing. Haebich, A. (2008) Spinning the Dream Assimilation in Australia, Fremantle: Fremantle Press. Haebich, A. (2004) Clearing the wheat belt. Erasing the indigenous presence in the southwest of Western Australia, The Genocide Question. Haebich, A. (2003) Many Voices Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation. Canberra: National Library of Australia. Haebich, A. (2000) Broken Circles Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800–2000, Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Haebich, A. (1988) For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the South West of Western Australia 1900 to 1940, Nedlands: UWA Press.