Portia Robinson ( Ferguson; 26 August 1926 – 3 February 2023) was an Australian historian. She was an associate professor at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

, retiring in 1998. Robinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 " r service to education, particularly in the field of Australian colonial history".

Works

* * Reviews of ''The Women of Botany Bay'': * *

References

1926 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Australian historians Academic staff of Macquarie University Australian women historians Members of the Order of Australia 20th-century Australian women {{Australia-historian-stub