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Bruce Scates

Bruce Scates is professor of History and Australian Studies at Monash University and Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies. His books include Return to Gallipoli (2006), A New Australia (1997), The Cambridge History of the Shrine of Remembrance (2009) and Women and the Great War (co authored with Raelene Frances) which won the NSW Premier’s History Award. He is the lead author of Anzac Journeys (short listed in the Ernest Scott Prize 2014), World War One: A History in 100 Stories (2015) and The Last Battle: A History of Soldier Settlement in Australia (2016). He is currently leading an international team investigating the history of Anzac Day. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and chaired the Military and Cultural History panel advising the Australian Anzac Centenary Board.

 

Bruce Scates

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  • Beyond Gallipoli

    Raelene Frances and Bruce Scates

Events

  • Eat Drink Think: Lucy Ridge at SEQ Food Summit 2026

    Food Connect Shed Corner of Commerce St &, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury, QLD, Australia

    Grab a drink and gather fuel for your next dinner party conversation (and menu) - we're bringing together 5 insiders with unique stories on culture, celebration and what makes our...

    $20
  • Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)

    Ashfield Library - Civic Centre Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSW

    Saskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...

  • An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)

    Books@Stones 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLD

    Join us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...