Tony Matthews

{{short description|Australian author and historian (born 1949)}}

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Tony Matthews is an Australian author and historian.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-factsheet/jimbour--places-to-see-20081121-6d8q.html|title=Jimbour - Places to See|date=2 June 2010|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=7 September 2010}} His first book, This Dawning Land was completed in 1986.{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Tony |title=This dawning land |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/460355 |publisher=Boolarong |access-date=6 June 2022 |date=1986}}

He has written over thirty published books.{{cite web |title=Tony Matthews |url=https://www.bigskypublishing.com.au/tony-matthews/ |website=Big Sky Publishing |access-date=6 June 2022 |quote=He is the author of more than thirty books including several historical novels.}}