Alan Walter Powell (7 January 1936 – 25 November 2020) was a historian and author of

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history.

Career

Alan Powell was the Dean of the Arts Faculty at the Northern Territory University, now

Charles Darwin University Charles Darwin University (CDU) is an Australian public university with a main campus in Darwin and eight satellite campuses in some metropolitan and regional areas. It was established in 2003 after the merger of Northern Territory University, ...

, and later Emeritus Professor of History and Political Science at CDU. He was the editor of the ''Journal of Northern Territory History''. He also edited publications for the

Historical Society of the Northern Territory The Historical Society of the Northern Territory is a historical society founded in Darwin, Australia in 1964. Major objectives of the Society include (1) the study of the history of the Northern Territory of Australia; (2) encouraging the pr ...

. In 2013 he was made a fellow of the

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. He was a charter member of the

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of Darwin Sunrise. Powell lived in Darwin, and was married with two daughters and one son.

Publications

* 1977 – ''Patrician Democrat: The Political Life of Charles Cowper, 1843–1870'' * 1978 – ''John Lort Stokes and the crew of the Beagle'' * 1982 – ''Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory'' * 1986 – ''John Stokes and the Men of the Beagle: Discoverers of Port Darwin'' * 1988 – ''The Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War'' * 1995 – ''War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942–1945'' * 2003 – ''The Third Force: Angau's New Guinea War 1942–1946'' * 2010 – ''Northern Voyages: Australia's Monsoon Coast in Maritime History'' * 2015 – ''Desert Country: A History of Newhaven'' * 2016 – ''Blood and Sand: Alyawarra and Cattlemen in the Sandover River Country'' * 2016 – ''World's End: British Military Outposts in the Ring Fence Around Australia 1842–1849'' * 2018 – ''Forgotten Country: A Short History of Central Australia''

References

External links

A celebration of Alan Powell at Northern Territory Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Alan 1936 births 2020 deaths Historians of Australia Academic staff of Charles Darwin University University of New England (Australia) alumni New Zealand emigrants to Australia