Mark McKenna (historian)
{{short description|Australian historian specialising in Australian republicanism and Aboriginal history}}
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Mark McKenna {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|FAHA}} (born 1959) is a professor of history at the University of Sydney, noted for his work on Aboriginal history, a biography of Manning Clark and the history of republicanism in Australia.{{cite web|date=|title=Professor Mark McKenna|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/mark-mckenna.html |work=Staff Directory|publisher=University of Sydney|department=Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. People}}
Biography
= Early life and education =
McKenna was born in 1959 and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Toongabbie.{{cite web |title=Q&A with Mark McKenna |work=Early Career Researchers |publisher=Australian Historical Association |date=11 April 2018 |url=https://ahaecr.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/qa-with-professor-mark-mckenna/ }} After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney, he lived in Europe for a period and then taught in high schools in Sydney before completing his PhD at the University of New South Wales in 1996.
= Awards and recognition =
McKenna was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Fellow Profile: Mark McKenna |url=https://humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=468 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}
His book Return to Uluru about the shooting death of Yokununna by William (Bill) McKinnon was shortlisted for the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-07 |title=Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/11/07/222913/prime-ministers-literary-awards-2022-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}
Bibliography
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Books
- {{cite book |last=McKenna |first=Mark |year=1996 |title=The Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788–1996 |location=Melbourne |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
- {{cite book |last=McKenna|first=Mark |year=2002 |title=Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place |location=Sydney |publisher=UNSW Press |author-mask=2}} {{Citation | author1=McKenna, Mark | author2=Brissenden collection | title=Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place | publication-date=2002 | publisher=UNSW Press | isbn=978-0-86840-644-2}}{{Citation | author1=McKenna, Mark | title=A preference for forgetting: some reflections on publishing: Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place | publication-date=2021-05-05 | publisher=ANU Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/247131804 | access-date=16 February 2024}}{{Citation | author1=Foster, R | title=Mark McKenna, Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place | publication-date=2003 | publisher=Curtin University of Technology, Australia Research Institute | issn=1833-0932}}
- {{cite book |last=McKenna |first=Mark |year=2002 |title=Building a Closet of Prayer in the New World: The Story of the Australian Ballot |location=London |publisher=Menzies Centre for Australian Studies |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last1=McKenna |first1=Mark |year=2003 |title=Australian Republicanism: A Reader |last2=Hudson |first2=Wayne |location=Carlton |publisher=Melbourne University Press |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last=McKenna |first=Mark |year=2004 |title=This Country: A Reconciled Republic? |location=Sydney |publisher=UNSW Press |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last=McKenna |first=Mark |year=2011 |title=An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark |location=Carlton |publisher=The Miegunyah Press |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last=McKenna |first=Mark |year=2016 |title=From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories |location=Melbourne |publisher=The Miegunyah Press |author-mask=2}}{{Citation | author1=McKenna, Mark | title=From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories | publication-date=1900 | publisher=Melbourne University Press Digital | isbn=978-0-522-86260-7}}{{Citation | author1=Nugent, Maria | title=Review - From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories; Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future | publication-date=2020-02-25 | publisher=ANU Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238745586 | access-date=16 February 2024}}
- {{cite book|last=McKenna|first=M.|title=Return to Uluru|publication-date=2021|publisher=Black Inc|edition=1st|author-mask=2}}{{Citation | author1=McKenna, Mark | title=Return to Uluru | publication-date=2021 | publisher=Black Inc | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/243741560 | access-date=16 February 2024}}
Essays
- {{cite journal |author=McKenna, Mark |date=Mar 2018 |title=Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future |journal=Quarterly Essay |volume=69 |pages=1–86}}
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