David William Black (born 1936) is a

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

. He has lectured and written extensively on Australian and Western Australian history, especially

political history Political history is the narrative and survey of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders. It is closely related to other fields of history, including diplomatic history, constitutional history, socia ...

. He was Professor in

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and

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in the School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages at

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, P ...

until his retirement in 2002, and is now

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. He is currently Chairperson of the Parliamentary History Advisory Committee, and a Parliamentary Fellow (History). He has had numerous publications and considerable media exposure in regard to parliamentary history in Western Australia. Black was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2010 Australia Day Honours for "service to education and to the social sciences, particularly through the promotion and preservation of the political and parliamentary history of Western Australia".

Publications

* Cohen, Barry and Black, David (1966). ''Australia: A Topical History''. Carroll's, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David and Wood, Michael (1979). ''Western Australian Elections and Politics, 1965-1978: A Handbook and Guide''. WAIT Press, Bentley, Western Australia. * Black, David and Peachment, A. (1982). ''Values and Votes: The 1980 Western Australian Election''. Western Australian Institute of Technology, Bentley, Western Australia. * Black, David (1989). ''An index to Parliamentary Candidates in Western Australian Elections, 1890–1989''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (1989). ''Legislative Council of Western Australia: Membership Register, Electoral Law and Statistics 1890-1989''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Mandy, John and Black, David (eds) (1990). ''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (ed) (1991). ''The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832-1990''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (ed) (1995). ''In His Own Words: John Curtin's Speeches and Writings''. Paradigm Books, Curtin University of Technology. * Black, David (1996). ''Women Parliamentarians in Australia 1921-1996: A Register of Women Members of Commonwealth, State and Territory Parliaments in Australia''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (1997). ''Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (2000). ''Making a Difference: Women in the Western Australian Parliament 1921-1999''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). ''Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). ''Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume Two, 1930–1990''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Black, David (2001). Friendship is a Sheltering Tree': John Curtin's Letters 1907 to 1945''. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, Western Australia. * Black, David (2001). ''Reflections on Foundation Day Western Australia: Past, Present and Future''. in '' Early Days'' 12(1). * Black, David and Mandy, John (eds) (2002). ''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia. * Pendal, Phillips and Black, David (2004) ''House to House: The Story of Western Australia's Government and Parliament Houses over 175 years''. Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia.

References

* Dyson, Noel.(2001) ''David never in the dark politically''. Business news (Perth, W.A.), 18 Jan. 2001, p. 10, {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, David 1936 births Living people Historians from Western Australia People educated at Perth Modern School Writers from Perth, Western Australia Members of the Order of Australia