Weston Bate

Weston Bate
Born
Weston Arthur Bate

(1924-09-24)24 September 1924
Melbourne, Victoria
Died31 October 2017(2017-10-31) (aged 93)
AwardsErnest Scott Prize (1979)
Medal of the Order of Australia (1997)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (MA)
Academic work
InstitutionsDeakin University (1978–89)
University of Melbourne (1952–74)
Main interestsAustralian cultural history
Local history

Weston Arthur Bate OAM (24 September 1924[1] – 31 October 2017) was an Australian historian.

Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.[2] He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O'Brien. He taught at Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Bradfield College (Berkshire), and (from 1952 to 1976) at the University of Melbourne. From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong.

Bate was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He died in October 2017 at the age of 93.[3]

  1. ^ Pearce, Suzannah (2007). Who's who in Australia. Herald and Weekly Times. p. 211. ISBN 978-1740951302.
  2. ^ "Great Scot".
  3. ^ Weston BATE Death Notice