About Richard Broome
Born 1948. Richard Broome is an Australian historian.
Richard Laurence Broome, (born 1 October 1948) is an Australian historian, academic, and emeritus professor of history at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is known as an authority on Aboriginal history in Australia.
In 2007 Broome's book Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 won the Victorian Community History Awards for Best Print / Publication.
Broome was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to education in the field of history, and to historical groups".
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Australian historian
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Richard Broome was born on 1 October 1948 in Sydney.
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