Creating a Nation: 1834-2008 (print and digital)

Richard Broome AM, FAHA, FRHSV is an Emeritus Professor in History at La Trobe University and President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He has authored fifteen books, including the awardwinning Aboriginal Victorians. A History since 1800 (2005); and the bestselling Aboriginal Australians: A History since 1788 (2019, 5th edition). Richard, Patron of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria, Richard has lectured to Year 10+ teachers and students since 1974, also writing the VCE text Colonial Experience, published in four editions (1998-2016). He served on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s revision of the Study Design in 2013 and advised on the 2016 Study Design.

Jess Chamoff has taught History, Sociology and Politics in public and independent schools for the past 17 years. Jess has designed and implemented a variety of history courses throughout Years 7-12, including VCE Australian History and VCE Revolutions. Jess has been an assessor for the VCAA and is passionate about getting students engaged in our nation’s history. In her positions of curriculum leadership, she has sought to increase the visibility of Australian History and the complex issues surrounding this nation’s past.

Graeme Davison AO is Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History at Monash University. He has been a teacher and writer of Australian History for over 40 years. His books include The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne, The Use and Abuse of Australian History, Car Wars, Lost Relations, City Dreamers and, as co-editor, The Oxford Companion to Australian History. He is a former President of the Australian Historical Association and Chair of the Heritage Council of Victoria.

Marian Quartly has taught and researched Australian history for the last 50 years. Her most cited works are The Feminist History of Australia, Creating a Nation (2006), and The Bicentennial History Australians 1838 (1987). She has recently completed a history of her own family that contributes to both family history and South Australian history.