Australian historian (1936–2020)
Emeritus Professor Alan Powell speaking at Northern Territory Library Alan Walter Powell (7 January 1936 – 25 November 2020)[ 1] Northern Territory history.
Career
Alan Powell was the Dean of the Arts Faculty at the Northern Territory University, now Charles Darwin University , and later Emeritus Professor of History and Political Science at CDU.
He was the editor of the Journal of Northern Territory History . He also edited publications for the Historical Society of the Northern Territory .[ 2]
In 2013 he was made a fellow of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies .
He was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise.[ 3] Darwin , and was married with two daughters and one son.
Publications
1977 – Patrician Democrat: The Political Life of Charles Cowper, 1843–1870
1978 – John Lort Stokes and the crew of the Beagle
1982 – Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory [ 4]
1986 – John Stokes and the Men of the Beagle: Discoverers of Port Darwin
1988 – The Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War
1995 – War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942–1945
2003 – The Third Force: ANGAU's New Guinea War 1942–1946
2010 – Northern Voyages: Australia's Monsoon Coast in Maritime History
2015 – Desert Country: A History of Newhaven
2016 – Blood and Sand: Alyawarra and Cattlemen in the Sandover River Country
2016 – World's End: British Military Outposts in the Ring Fence Around Australia 1842–1849 [ 5]
2018 – Forgotten Country: A Short History of Central Australia
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