Marian Quartly (born 1942) is an Australian social historian. [1] She is professor emeritus in history at Monash University.
Marian Quartly is the daughter of Valma Jean (née Tyler) and metalworker Gordon Henry Quartly. She was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia. She attended Blair Athol State School and then Wilderness School. In 1964 she completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Adelaide. She moved to Melbourne, where she graduated with a PhD at Monash University in 1970. [2]
Quartly's teaching career began at Universiti Sains Malaysia where she lectured in historical method and Malay history. In 1975 she was appointed an Australian history tutor at the University of Western Australia. From there she moved to Monash University as a lecturer in 1980 and remained there until she retired in 2006, being appointed professor emeritus. During her time at Monash she was Dean of Arts from 1994 to 1999. [2]
In 1978 Quartly was co-founder, with Alan Atkinson, of The Push from the Bush, subtitled "A Bulletin of Social History".
In 1994, she was awarded the Human Rights Non-Fiction Award for Creating a Nation jointly with co-authors Patricia Grimshaw, Marilyn Lake and Ann McGrath. [3]
In 2018 the Australian Historical Association (AHA) renamed its Taylor and Francis Prize the Marian Quartly Prize in recognition of Quartly's contribution to its journal, History Australia. The prize is awarded for the best journal article published each calendar year. [4]
Winners include: [5]
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