Henry Reynolds | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
| Awards | Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Literary Work Advancing Public Debate (2000) Queensland Premier's History Book Award (2008) Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction (2009) Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction (2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania (BA [Hons], MA) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Tasmania (2000–) James Cook University (1965–98) |
| Main interests | Australian colonial history Aboriginal–white relations in Australia |
| Notable works | The Other Side of the Frontier (1981) |
Henry Reynolds FAHA FASSA (born 1938) is an Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlers in Australia and Indigenous Australians. He was the first academic historian to advocate for Indigenous land rights, becoming known with his first major work, The Other Side of the Frontier (1981).