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(1996). The People's Party: Victorian Labor and the Radical Tradition, 1875–1914. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. ISBN   0522847382.
  • ; Dyrenfurth, Nick (2011). A Little History of the Australian Labor Party. Kensington, New South Wales: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN   9781742232843.
  • (2012). The Sex Lives of Australians: A History. Collingwood, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN   9781863955676.
    • (2015). The Sex Lives of Australians: A History (2nd ed.). Collingwood, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN   9781863957076.
  • (2015). The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN   9781863957762.
  • (2022). Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN   9781760640095.
  • Editor

    • ; Bridge, Carl; Lee, David, eds. (2010). The High Commissioners: Australia's Representatives in the United Kingdom, 1910–2010. Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. ISBN   9781921612107.
    • ; Jones, Benjamin T.; Uhr, John, eds. (2018). Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections That Shaped Australia. Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing. ISBN   9781925523157.
    • ; MacCallum, Mungo, eds. (2023). The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Albanese. Clayton, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN   9781760644789.

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    Frank Bongiorno
    Born1969 (age 5455)
    Awards Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2010)
    ACT Book of the Year (2013, 2016)
    Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2017)
    Member of the Order of Australia (2019)
    Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2019)
    Academic background
    Alma mater University of Melbourne (BA [Hons])
    Australian National University (PhD)
    Thesis Labour and Politics in Victoria, 1885–1914  (1994)
    Doctoral advisor Ken Inglis