Brian De Garis is a Western Australian historian. He edited a number of important texts about Western Australian history. His Masters thesis was about Sir

Hal Colebatch Sir Harry Pateshall Colebatch (29 March 1872 – 12 February 1953) was a long-serving and occasionally controversial figure in Western Australian politics. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for nearly 20 years, the ...

. His doctoral thesis entitle
''British influence on the federation of the Australian colonies, 1880-1901''
was completed at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

. He taught and was involved in administration at

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

, and

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...

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Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Australian Rhodes Scholars Historians from Western Australia Living people People educated at Perth Modern School University of Western Australia alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{WesternAustralia-stub