Part 1 - Works by Geoffrey Blainey

1.Prefaces/forewords/introductions

The Age, 125 Years of Age, G. Hutton and L. Tanner (eds), with an introduction by G. Blainey, 

Thomas Nelson, West Melbourne, Vic., 1979, 214pp.

Barker, H. M. Camels and the Outback, with a preface by G. Blainey, 

Pitman, Melbourne, Vic., 1964, 225pp.

Bedford, R. Naught to Thirty-Three, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1976, 335pp.

The Bible of the Bush, 1869-1994: 125 Years of the Weekly Times, H. Jones (ed.); foreword by G. Blainey, 

Hamlyn Australia, Port Melbourne, Vic., 1994, 338pp.

Boyd, R. Australia's Home : Why Australians Built the Way They Did, with a foreword by G. Blainey, 2nd ed., 

Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, Vic., 1978, 316pp.

Browning, H. O. 1975 Crisis: An Historical View, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, N.S.W., 1985, 340pp.

Cigler, M. Czechs in Australia, foreword by G. Blainey, Australasian Educa Press Pty. Ltd, 

Croydon, Vic., 1983, 150pp.

Chronicle Of The 20^th Century, J. Ross (ed.); foreword by G. Blainey, 

Viking Penguin Books, Ringwood, Vic., 1999, 1456pp.

Clark, M. R. Discover Historic Victoria, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Viking, Ringwood, Vic., 1996, 180pp.

Court, C. Charles Court : The Early Years : An Autobiography, G. Blainey and R. Jamieson (eds); foreword by G. Blainey,

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle, W.A., 1995, 316 pp.

Cozzolino, M. Symbols of Australia, edited and written by M. Cozzolino with G. Fysh Rutherford,

introduced by G. Blainey and P. Adams, Penguin Books, Ringwood, Vic., 1980, 192pp.

Also published by Cozbook, Coburg, Vic., 1980.

Davidson, B. R. The School in the Valley, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Rainy Creek Press, Tooborac, Vic., 1984, 40pp.

Duty Always: History of Ballarat High School 1907-1982, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Ballarat High School Council, Maryborough, Vic., 1982, 160pp.

Finkemeyer, G. It Happened To Us: The Unique Experiences of 20 Members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment,

foreword by G. Blainey, C. E. and D. J.Finkemeyer, Melbourne, Vic., 1994, 352pp.

Fitzpatrick, B. The British Empire in Australia : An Economic History, 1834-1939, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, Vic., 1969, 420pp.

Flower, R. The Business of Writing: The Victoria College Lectures, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Landmark Books, Singapore; Christopher Helm, London, 1987, 134pp.

Gary Ablett, afterword by G. Blainey, Macmillan; Ironbark, Sydney, N.S.W., 1996, 102pp.

Gittins, J. The Diggers from China: The Story of Chinese on the Goldfields, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Quartet Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1981, 148pp.

Gittins, J. A Stranger No More, foreword by G. Blainey, J. Gittins, South Yarra, Vic., 1987, 173pp.

Gold Diggers & Diggings : A Photographic Study of Gold in Australia, 1854-1920, edited by D. I. Stone ; preface by G. Blainey, 

Lansdowne, Melbourne, Vic., 1974, 208pp.

Gunn, J. Taking Risks: QBE 1886-1994: A History of the QBE Insurance Group, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, N.S.W., 1995, 510pp.

Hasluck, P. Shades of Darkness: Aboriginal Affairs, 1925-1965, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1988, 154pp.

Hotham, C. Three Despatches from Sir Charles Hotham, with an introduction by G. Blainey, 

Eureka Documents, vol.1, Public Record Office, Melbourne, Vic., 1978, 32pp.

Jacobs, W., Lewis, N., Vines, E., and Aitken, R. Ballarat : A Guide to Buildings and Areas 1851-1940, foreword by G. Blainey,

Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects and Conservation Planners in association with the City of Ballarat, South Yarra, Vic., 1981, 110pp .

Johnson, J. Laughter and the Love of Friends: A Centenary History of The Melbourne Savage Club 1894-1994 and

A History of  The Yorick 74.Club 1868-1966, foreword by G. Blainey, Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne, Vic., 1994, 349pp.

Kahan, L. Australian Writers - The Face of Literature, introduction by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1981, 85pp.

Sketch no.2 by Louis Kahan is of Geoffrey Blainey.

Kennedy, M. J. Hauling the Loads: A History of Australia's Working Horses and Bullocks, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1992, 222pp.

Kerr, C. Archie : The Biography of Sir Archibald Grenfell Price, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Macmillan , Melbourne, Vic., 1983, 311pp.

Koskie, J. Ships That Shaped Australia, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1987, 132pp.

Lacour-Gayet, R. A Concise History of Australia, translated by J. Grieve; foreword by G. Blainey, 

Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, Melbourne, Vic., 1976, 484pp.

Learmonth, N. F. The Portland Bay Settlement : Being the History of Portland, Victoria, from 1800 to 1851,

with a foreword by A. S. Kenyon, Facsim. ed., New foreword by G. Blainey, Baulch Publications, Hawkesdale, 1983, 286pp.

Lemon, A. and Morgan, M. Buried by the Sea: A History of the Williamstown Cemetery, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Rivka Frank & Associates, Melbourne, Vic., 1990, 277pp.

Lloyd Sommerlad, E. The Migrant Shepherd: Ober-Rosbach to Tenterfield, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Clareville Press, Avalon Beach, N.S.W., 1986, 160pp.

McCulloch, S. C. River King, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Archives Board of Management, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., 1986, 97pp.

McGowan, G. The Core of the Apple : the Memoirs of George McGowan, Cider Maker, 1892-1982,

edited by F. Strahan; preface by G. Blainey, Archives Board of Management, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 110 pp.

McIlwraith, J. and Harris, A. Striking Gold: 100 Years Of The Perth Mint,

foreword by G. Blainey, Gold Corporation, East Perth, W.A., 1999, 192pp.

Marwood, J. Valley People, preface by G. Blainey, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, N.S.W., 1984, 144pp.

Memories of Melbourne University : Undergraduate Life in the Years Since 1917, H. Dow (ed.), foreword by G. Blainey,

 Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Vic., 1983, 221pp.

Milligan, C. and Foley, J. Australian Hospital Ship Centaur: The Myth of Immunity, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Nairana Publications, Hendra, Qld., 1993, 340pp.

Moyal, A. Clear Across Australia: A History of Telecommunications, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, Vic., 1984, 437pp.

Our Home Front 1939-1945,   A. Bolt (ed.); foreword by G. Blainey; afterword by J. Kirner, 

Wilkinson Books, Melbourne, Vic., c1995, 287pp.

Rare and Curious Specimens: An Illustrated History of The Australian Museum 1827-1979 , R. Strahan (ed.), foreword by G. Blainey, 

Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., 1979, 173pp.

Smith, I. and Smith, J. The Die-Hard, foreword by G. Blainey ; images by Albert Tucker, 

Harper & Row, Sydney, N.S.W., 1979, 107pp.

Smyth, R. B. Goldfields and Mineral Districts of Victoria, preface by G. Blainey, 

Queensberry Hill Press, Carlton, Vic., 1979, 644pp.

Sorenson, E. S. Life in the Australian Backblocks, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Currey O'Neil, South Yarra, Vic., distributed by Gordon and Gotch, 1984, 152pp.

Taylor, P. Springfield: The Story of a Sheep Station, foreward by G. Blainey, 

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, N.S.W., 1987, 213pp.

Thompson, L. H. S. I Remember: An Autobiography, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic., 1989, 247pp.

Victoria: History as it Happened , van Oudtshoorn, N. (ed.), foreword by G. Blainey, 

Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Vic., 1986, 208pp.

Wallace, R. Eaglehawk : Sketchbook of a Golden Past, illustrations by K. Vallence; preface by G. Blainey, 

Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival Committee, Bendigo, Vic., 1983, 84pp.

Webber, H. The Greening Of The Hill: Re-Vegetation Around Broken Hill in the 1930s,  foreword by G. Blainey, 

Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic., 1992, 150pp.

Welsh, L. Vermilion and Gold : Vignettes of Chinese Life in Ballarat, with a foreword by G. Blainey, 

Banyan Press, Sandy Bay, Tas., 1985, 74pp.

Zimmer, J. Stained Glass in Australia, foreword by G. Blainey, 

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic., 1984, 178pp.

2. A. Reviews

An Australian Perspective, by R. M. Crawford:

Book review in Dissent : A Radical Quarterly, , vol.1(1), 1961, pp.19-20.

Australia and New Zealand Bank : the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australasia Limited, 1828-1951, by S. J. Butlin:

'Landmarks in Banking History', in Business Archives and History, vol.2(1), 1962, pp.77-81.

Open Account : A History of the Bank of New South Wales in New Zealand 1861-1961, by W. F. Mandle and K. Sinclair:

'Landmarks in Banking History', in Business Archives and History, vol.2(1), 1962, pp.77-81.

A Thousand Miles Away, by G. Bolton:

Book review in Australian Book Review, vol.3(2), 1963, p.46

The Gold Seekers : The Story of the Australian Gold Rush, by N. Bartlett:

'In Search of Gold', in The Age, 9 April 1966, p.16.

Origins of Hydraulic Mining in California, by P. R. May:

Book review in Historical Studies, vol.15, April 1972, pp.322-324.

Gold Town by P. R. May:

Book review in Historical Studies, vol.15, April 1972, pp.322-324.

The Last Frontier : A Study of Cultural Imperatives in the Last Frontiers of America and Australia, by J. Greenway:

Book review in Historical Studies, vol.16, 1974, pp.145-147.

Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series:

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Aborigines of the West : Their Past and Their Present, C. H. and R. M. Berndt (eds):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

The Beginning of European Discovery and Early Settlement of Swan River,

R. T. Appleyard and T. Manford (eds):
'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Education in Western Australia, W. D. Neal (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Environment and Science, B. J. O'Brien (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

A History of Commerce and Industry in Western Australia, P. C. Firkins (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Immigrants in Western Australia, R. Johnston (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

The Literature of Western Australia, B. Bennett (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Western Landscapes, J. Gentilli (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Westralian Portraits, L. Hunt (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

Westralian Voices: Documents in Western Australian Social History, by M. Aveling (ed.):

'Western Australia in Fourteen Volumes', in Historical Studies, vol.19(77), October 1981, pp.592-601.

A History of Australia, vol.5 : The People Make Laws 1885-1915, by M. Clark:

'Towards today', in Hemisphere, vol.27, September/October 1982, pp.98-99.

Surrender Australia? Essays in the Study and Uses of History : Geoffrey Blainey and Asian Immigration, A. Markus and M. C. Ricklefs (eds):

'The Blainey Reply', in The Age, Extra, 30 March 1985, pp.9-10.

The Hatch and Brood of Time, vol.1, by P. Robinson:

Book review in Times Literary Supplement, February 14, 1986, p.157.

'The Last Dream' [Television program]:

'Pilger Fails to Portray a True Historic Picture', in The Australian, 13-14 February 1988, p.20.

The Jews in Australia: A Thematic History, by H. Rubinstein and W. D. Rubinstein:

'The Jews in Australia'. in Independent Monthly, November 1991, pp.31-32.

Sojourners : The Epic Story of China's Centuries Old Relationship with Australia, by E. Rolls:

'A Sojourner's Tales of China and Australia', in The Age, Extra, 5 December 1992, p.10.

Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.13, 1940-1980, J. Ritchie (ed.):

'Lives of the Rich and Famous', in The Age, Agenda, 5 December 1993, p.7.

A Constant Challenge : A History of the John Holland Group, 1949-1986, by Sir John Holland and staff:

'Constructing the Clever Country', in The Age, Extra, 25 March 1995, p.8.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Australia, S. Bambrick (ed.):

Book review in Times Literary Supplement, April 21, 1995, p.12.

Redmond Barry : An Anglo/Irish Australian, by A. Galbally:

'A pre/ eminent Victorian', in Quadrant, vol.39(10), October 1995, pp.78-79.

H. M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History, by R. Parkin:

'Cook's Endeavour is Born Again', in The Age, Extra, 22 November 1997, p.8.

A Measure of Greatness: The Origins of the Australian Iron and Steel Industry, by E. M. Johnston-Liik, G. Liik and R. G. Ward:

'Where's the Big Australian?', in The Age, Extra, 4 April 1998, p.8.

Challenge to Civilization : A History of the Twentieth Century, by M. Gilbert:

'Hearts and Wars: a Brief Time of History', in The Age, Extra, 27 November 1999, p.9.

2. B. Newspapers/journals edited

Wesley College Chronicle, Melbourne, Vic.

Editor for 1947

Farrago, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Sports editor from 13 April 1949-13 September 1949. Joint editor from 14 September 1949-14 June 1950.

Heritage : A Journal of the Methodist Historical Society of Victoria, Methodist Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Editor from vol.1(6), February 1956-vol.1(7), September 1956

3. "The Themes"

Aboriginal Health

'Memo: John Howard - Geoffrey Blainey describes the horrific situation of Aboriginal health - ',

in Independent Monthly, April 1996, pp.40-43.

Aboriginal Land Rights

'Europe's Legacy : Success and Failure Intertwined', in Aboriginal Law Bulletin, no.5, August 1982, p.4.

'Fallacy Weakens Argument for an Aboriginal Treaty', in Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 1988, p.15.

'Australia - Two Peoples, Two Nations?', in The Age, Extra, 12 June 1993, p.2.

'High Court Playing Politics?', in The Age, Extra, 26 June 1993, p.2.

'Mabo - What Aboriginals Lost', in The Age, Extra, 31 July 1993, p.2.

'Land that Bypassed a Revolution', in The Age, Extra, 21 August 1993, p.2.

Blainey, G. N., Coombs, H. C., Henderson, G., and Sykes, T. 'Mabo and the Real World', 

in Australian Business Monthly, August 1993, pp.32-44, 46-47

Collection of four articles.
Geoffrey Blainey's article, 'Sitting in judgment on history', also published in Australian Business Monthly, vol.13(10), August 1993, pp.42-44.

'Pieces of the Mabo Jigsaw', in The Age, Extra, 23 October 1993, p.2.

'Land Rights for All', in The Age, 10 November 1993, p.15.

'National Damage', in The Age, 1 December 1993, p.15.

'Vital Facts Need Explaining in High Court's Mabo Judgement', in News Weekly, 4 December 1993, pp.16-17.

'Mabo and the Senate', in The Age, Extra, 4 December 1993, p.2.

'Mabo Assails Equality', in The Age, Extra, 18 December 1993, p.2.

The Mabo Case - The Good News and the Bad News, Perth, W.A., 1993, 6p.
Text of the address to the Minerals Outlook Seminar, Perth, 1993.

'The Long Siege Begins' in The Age, Extra, 1 January 1994, p.2.

'Mabo in Black and White', in Australian Business Monthly, vol.14(3), January 1994, pp.92-95.

'Native Title Turns Mining Tide Against Us', in Australian Business Monthly, vol.14(7), May 1994, pp.74-75.

'Black Future, - reverse racism, the 'black armband' view of history is intent on dividing the nation forever-', 

in The Bulletin, 8 April 1997, pp.22-23.

'Mabo, Wik : A Victory for Racial Discrimination', in News Weekly, 17 May 1997, pp.12-14

The Arts

'What Price a Really Good Story?', in Herald, 25 June 1973, p.4.

'Providing State Salary for Fiction Writers', in National Times, 9-14 July, 1973, p.58.

'The Hazards of Handing Out a Million', in The Australian, 12 September 1973, p.14.

Blainey, G. N. and Seawood, E. F. 'Literature Board (Australian Council for the Arts) 1973 Awards', 

in Australian Author, vol.5, October 1973, pp.5-9.

'Government Patronage and Literature', in Overland, no.57, Summer 1973-74, pp.37-43.

Museums in Australia 1975, Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Museums and National collections including the Report of the Planning Committee on the Gallery of Aboriginal Australia, 

Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, A.C.T.,1975, 126pp.

Geoffrey Blainey was Vice Chairman of the Committee which submitted the report. Most of the report was drafted by Geoffrey Blainey and Professor John Mulvaney on behalf of the committee.

'The Great Museums : Their Great Weaknesses', in Kalori, no.51, May 1976, pp.5-9.
Paper given at the Museums Association of Australia, Annual Conference, Ballarat, Vic., 23-24 October 1975.

Australia Council, Annual report, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, A.C.T., 1977-1981.
Annual reports of the Australia Council signed by Geoffrey Blainey as Chairman from June 1977 to June 1981.

'Funding the Arts', in The Age, 13 May 1978, p.20.

'Should Australia Take the Arts Seriously?', in Arts on Course: Education and the Arts Conference 17-19 April 1980. vol.1. Conference Papers, 

Arts Council of Australia Education and the Arts Project, Sydney, N.S.W., 1980.
Abridged version in National Times, 27 April-3 May 1980, pp.41-42

'Readers, Writers and Values', in International Booksellers Federation,

25th Anniversary Congress, Papers and Proceedings, Melbourne 23-27 March, 1981, D. W. Thorpe, West Melbourne, Vic., 1981, pp.95-98.

'Gough Whitlam and the Arts', in The Australian, 29 November 1985, p.15.

Australia

'Differing States of Loyalty', in The Australian, 31 October 1986, p.13.
Article about the increase in regional and state differences.

'The Australian Conundrum, - history of Australian relations and attitudes towards Asia and Asians-',  in Airways, March/April 1988, pp.30-32.
Article about the Australian Bicentenary, where Australia is going and its place in the world.

'Waking Up to Harsh Realities After the Dreamtime', in Lloyds' Log, [Bicentennial Issue], 

Lloyds of London, London, 1988, pp.54-57.

Australia-Asia Relations

'A Dangerous Myth', in Prose Writing for Australians : An Anthology of Feature Articles and Short Stories, 

A. Mahar and J. Powers (eds), Nelson Wadsworth, Melbourne, Vic., 1985, p.23-26.

'The Australian Conundrum, - history of Australian relations and attitudes towards Asia and Asians-', 

in Airways, March/April 1988, pp.30-32.

Article about the Australian Bicentenary, where Australia is going and its place in the world.

Australia's Future Role in Asia : Address to the MTIA Victorian Branch Annual Dinner, 11 August 1992,  

MTIA, Melbourne, Vic., 1992, 4pp.

'Powerful Friend', [television program] ABC, 'Lateline' program broadcast 29 September 1992.
Dr.Ian Black (Assistant Director, Asia/Australia Institute) and Professor Geoffrey Blainey interview Professor Bob Fagan (Macquarie University).
Paul Dibb and Greg Sheridan in exploring Australia's trading partnerships with Japan and America, and Australia's cultural and economic choices in the Asian region.

'Look Beyond Asia', in Daily Commercial News, 3 October 1995, p.12.

'Australia and Asia-Espresso Democracy in a Satay Region' in The National Interest, no.42, Winter 1995-1996, pp.72-76.

Australia-Britain Relations

'British to the Core', in The Age, Extra, 27 February 1993, p.2.

'Britain and Australia', in Australia and Britain : The Evolving Relationship, P. Beckingham and M. Kooyman (eds), 

Monash ANZ Centre for International Briefing, Melbourne, Vic., 1993, pp.1-9.

Paper based on material delivered at a conference arranged by Monash ANZ Centre for International Briefing, in association with the Committee for Melbourne.

Australia-China Relations

Australia-China Council, Annual report,

Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, A.C.T., 1980-85.

Geoffrey Blainey was Chairman of the Australia-China Council from its inception in 1979 until June 1984.

'Australia's Relations with China : A Backward and Forward Glance'

in Australian Foreign Affairs Record, vol.54(11), November 1983, pp.705-708.

Speech to the National Press Club, Canberra, 22 November 1983.
Also published as 'Our relations with China: a backward and forward glance', in Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, no.11, January 1984, pp.99-104.

Australia-New Zealand Relations

'New Zealand and Australia: Social and Cultural Similarities and Differences', 

in Australia and New Zealand Relations, R. Hayburn (ed.), Department of University Extension, University of Otago, Dunedin, N.Z., 1978, pp.91-100.

'C.E.R. and After', in New Zealand International Review, vol.9(5), 1984, pp.16-19.

'Two Countries : The Same But Very Different', in Tasman Relations: New Zealand and Australia, 1788- 1988,  

K. Sinclair (ed.), Auckland University Press, Auckland, N.Z., 1987, p.315-332.

Australia-United States Relations

'Godzone : The New Australia: A Legend of the Lake', in Meanjin Quarterly, vol.26(4), 1967, pp.365-380.

'How Americans see Australia - and Thus Themselves', in Christian Science Monitor, 4 February 1983, p.22.
Geoffrey Blainey had recently completed a stay at Harvard University as visiting professor of Australian Studies.

'Powerful Friend' [television program] ABC, 'Lateline' program broadcast 29 September 1992.
Dr. Ian Black (Assistant Director, Asia/Australia Institute) and Professor Geoffrey Blainey interview Professor Bob Fagan (Macquarie University).
Paul Dibb and Greg Sheridan in exploring Australia's trading partnerships with Japan and America, and Australia's cultural and economic choices in the Asian region.

'Not as the Song of Other Lands', in Approaching Australia : Papers from the Harvard Australian Studies Symposium , H. Bolitho & C. Wallace-Crabbe (eds.)  Harvard University, Committee on Australian Studies, Cambridge, Mass., 1998, pp.129-137.

Australian Ingenuity

'Tapping Into Aussie Ingenuity', in Australian Business Monthly, April 1994, pp.116-117.

Biography

Wadham, Sir Samuel. Selected Addresses, with a biographical study by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1956. 91pp.

Reprinted by the S. M. Wadham Testimonial Fund Committee in 1957.

'Herbert Hoover's Forgotten Years', in Business Archives and History, vol 3(1), February 1963, pp.53-70.

'Brian Fitzpatrick (1906-1965) and His Works', in Business Archives and History, vol.6, February 1966, pp.77-81.

Robinson, W. S. If I Remember Rightly : The Memoirs of W. S. Robinson, G. Blainey (ed.), 

Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967, 234pp.

Reprinted in 1968.

The Steel Master : A Life of Essington Lewis, Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, Vic.; 1971, 217pp.

Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1981, 217pp.
Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1995, 217pp.

'Johns, Peter (1830-1899)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4 : 1851-1890, 

D-J, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward (eds.), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York ,1972, pp.482-483.

'McArthur, David Charteris (1810-1887)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5 : 1851-1890 

K-Q, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward (eds), Melbourne University Press Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York , 1974, p.22.

Blainey, G. N. and Park, R. 'The Makings of a Good Book', in National Times, 8-13 December 1975, pp.24, 26.
Ruth Park writes about the art of biography and Geoffrey Blainey discusses autobiography.

'Smith, Francis, Grey (1827-1900)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6 : 1851-1890 

R-Z, G. Serle and R. Ward (eds), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York, 1976, pp.143-144.

'A Remarkable Man', in C.R.A. Gazette, vol.12(17), August 12, 1977, p.1.
Text of the eulogy for Sir Maurice Mawby given on 8 August, 1977.

'Patrick Hannan, the Prospector', in Westralian Portraits, L. Hunt (ed.), 

University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, W.A., 1979, pp.73-77.

'Crotty, James (1845?-1898)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 8 : 1891-1939 CL-GIB,  

B. Nairn and G. Serle (eds), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York, 1981, p.160.

'Hannan, Patrick (1843-1925)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9 : 1891-1939 GIL-LAS,  

B. Nairn, G. Serle and C. Cunneen (eds), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York, 1983, p.188-189.

'Judah Waten', in Overland, no.100, September 1985, pp.47-50.
Text of eulogy at Judah Waten's funeral, Melbourne Arts Centre,1985.

'Gough Whitlam and the Arts', in The Australian, 29 November 1985, p.15.

Dilke, Sir Charles W. Great Britain, Charles Dilke Visits Her New Lands, 1866 & 1867, G. Blainey (ed), 

Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1985, 199pp.

Froude, J. A. Oceana, the Tempestuous Voyage of J. A. Froude, 1884 & 1885, edited and abridged by G. Blainey, 

Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1985, 211pp.

'I Should Have Remembered His Birthday',

 in Prose Writing for Australians : An Anthology of Feature Articles and Short Stories, A. Mahar and J. Powers (eds), Nelson Wadsworth, Melbourne, Vic., 1985, pp.20-22.

About Campbell Miles, the prospector, who found the first silver-lead at Mount Isa.

Blainey, G. N. and Smith, A. G. 'Lewis, Essington (1881-1961)', 

in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 : 1891-1939 LAT-NER , B. Nairn, G. Serle and C. Cunneen (eds), Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., Cambridge University Press, London ; New York, 1986, pp.87-92.

'Essington Lewis', in The Greats: The 50 Men and Women Who Most Helped To Shape Modern Australia, Kramer, L. et.al. (eds), 

Angus and Robertson in association with Channel Nine and The Bulletin, North Ryde, Sydney, N.S.W., 1986, pp.248-252.

'The Prince of Liars', in Australians to 1788, D. J. Mulvaney and J. P. White (eds), Australians : a historical library,

Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, Broadway, N.S.W., 1987, pp.426-428.

About the convict, James Daly.

'Honor to a Sculptor of Words', in The Age, 1 September 1990, p.20.
Obituary for Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

'He Gave Us All New Sight', in The Age, Extra, 20 February 1993, p.2.
Article about Fred Hollows.

'Poetry in Motion', in The Age, Extra, 20 March 1993, p.2.
Article about Adam Lindsay Gordon.

'Kalgoorlie Hero Puts Us To Shame', in The Age, Extra, 19 June 1993, p.2.
Article about Paddy Hannan.

'Shilling's Worth of Wisdom', in The Age, Extra, 3 July 1993, p.2.
Article about Mrs Bird the bookseller and about secondhand bookshops.

'Drawing Up a Balance Sheet of Our History',

in Quadrant, vol.37( 7-8), July/August 1993, p.10.

Sir John Latham Memorial Lecture.
The introduction of this article is about Sir John Latham.

'When the Buck Stops Here', in The Age, Extra, 28 August 1993, p.2.
Article about Sir Douglas Haig.

'A Law Unto Himself', in The Age, Extra, 16 October 1993, p.2.
Article about Phillip Law, the explorer.

'Financier Invested in Philanthropy', in The Australian, 31 October 1994, p.13.
Obituary for Sir Ian Potter.

Court, C. Charles Court : The Early Years : An Autobiography, G. Blainey and R. Jamieson (eds); foreword by G. Blainey,

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle, W.A., 1995, 316 pp.

Blainey, G. N. and Blainey, A. 'Philanthropist's Life Dedication', in The Age, Metro,12 July 1996, p.2.
Obituary for Dr Una Porter.

'Men With a Mission', in The Australian's Review of Books, March 1997, pp.26-27.
The role of religion in the lives of former Australian politicians.
Based on entries in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.13 (1993) and vol.14 (1996).

Citizenship

'Too Few True Blue', in The Australian, 27-28 May 1989, p.31.

'Citizenship: Its Meaning, Privileges and Obligations',

in A Stitch in Time: Repairing the Social Fabric: Papers Presented to an IPA Conference, Melbourne, March 1995,   Institute of Public Affairs, West Perth, W.A., 1995, pp.45-50.

Civil Rights

'Danger and Confusion in Bill of Rights', in The Australian, 18 April 1986, p.9.

'This Country is Too Good to Ruin: the 1986 Australia Day address by Professor Geoffrey Blainey',

 in Intelligence Survey, vol.34(4), April 1986, p.6.

'A Bill That May Cost Us Dearly', in The Australian, 14 June 1986, p.29.
Also published in Light, no.47, August/October 1986, p.7.

'A Bill of Contradictions', in IPA Policy Issues, no.4, August 1986, pp.20-22.

'The Bill of Rights: or Bill of Wrongs?', in Australian Director, vol.16(5), October/ November 1986, pp.54-56.

Bill of Rights : Bill of Wrongs? Seminar on the Sociology of Culture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., 1986, 16pp.

'A Bill of Contradictions', in An Australian Bill of Rights: Pro and Contra, K. Baker (ed.), 

Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, Vic., 1986, pp.20-22.

'Eureka Rebellion Sounds Warning on Identity Card', in The Australian, 5-6 September 1987, p 26.

Climate

'Climate and Australia's History', in Melbourne Historical Journal, vol.10, 1971, pp.5-9.

'The Great Drought', in National Times, 31 October-5 November 1977, pp.30-34.

'Influence of Climate on Australian History', in Value of Meteorological Services. 

Royal Meteorological Society (Aust.) and Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1980, pp.110-116.

'Climate' in The Oxford Companion to Australian History, G. Davison, J. Hirst and S. Macintyre (eds), 

with the assistance of H. Doyle and K. Torney, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic., 1998, pp.132-133.

Conservatism

'The Blainey View: on the New Right, Liberty and Australia's Day of Reckoning' in The Australian, Supplement, 11-12 October 1986, pp.3, 20.
An interview with Geoffrey Blainey by Charles DeLisle.

The Constitution

'The Bicentenary: Time for Constitutional Change?', in Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol.20(4), July 1988, pp.267-272.
Paper presented to the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences 123^rd Scientific Plenary Session in 1988.

'What the Constitutional Commission Achieved: A Comment', [being a reply to Sir Maurice Byers], 

in The Constitutional Commission and The 1988 Referendums, B. Galligan and J. R. Nethercote (eds), Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations and Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration (ACT Division), Canberra, A.C.T., 1989, pp.9-16.

Corporate History

The Peaks of Lyell, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1954, 310pp.

'History of Mt. Lyell' [manuscript] (M.A. Thesis), University of Melbourne, 1955, 328 leaves.
The first half of this history was presented as Geoffrey Blainey's Master of Arts thesis.
The Peaks of Lyell, 2nd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1959, 310pp.
3rd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London, 1967, 341pp.
4th ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1978, 341pp.
5th ed., St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart, Tas., 1993, 370pp.

One Hundred Years: Johns and Waygood Ltd., 1856-1956, compiled by G. Blainey, 

Johns and Waygood, Melbourne, Vic., 1956, 72pp.

Gold and Paper: A History of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd., Georgian House, Melbourne, Vic., 1958, 430pp.

Blainey, G. N. and Hutton, G. Gold and Paper 1858-1982: A History of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd, Rev. ed., Macmillan, Melbourne, Vic.; London ; New York, 1983, 354pp.

Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa Mines, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W., 1960, 242pp.

Rev. ed., Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W., 1965, 250pp.
Rev. ed., Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W., 1970, 256pp.
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W., 1978, 256pp.

Odd Fellows : A History of IOOF Australia, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, N.S.W., 1991, 160pp.

'Hills Are Alive With History', in The Age, Extra, 27 March 1993, p.2.
Article written to mark the centenary celebration of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company.

Jumping Over the Wheel, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., 1993, 336pp.

'Constructing the Clever Country', in The Age, Extra, 25 March 1995, p.8.

'Company Prophets', in The Age, Good Weekend, 25 May 1996, pp.31-39.
Also published with the same headline in Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, 25 May 1996, pp.31-39.

White Gold : The Story of Alcoa of Australia, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., 1997, 264pp.

'BHP an Enduring Symbol of Australia's Economic Might', in The Age, 6 March 1998, p.15.
Article about BHP on the resignation of John Prescott. Also published in Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March 1998, p.17, with the headline 'Searching for a New Messiah'.

A History of the AMP 1848-1998, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, N.S.W., 1999, 352 pp.

Distance

'Essay on Distance', in Historical Studies, vol.16(65), October 1975, pp.598-605.

'Education of the Isolated: Geographic and Cultural Aspects', 

in Selected Papers from the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australian College of Education held in Alice Springs and Darwin, 14-20 May 1981, R. F. Broadbent (ed.), Australian College of Education, Melbourne, Vic., 1981, pp.1-4.

'The End of Island Australia', in West Australian, 15 October 1983, pp.151-152.

Ecological impact of mining on Tasmania

'Population Movements in Tasmania, 1870-1901',

 in Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Papers and Proceedings, vol.3, 1954, pp.62-70.

'The Rise and Decline of the West Coast', 

in Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Papers and Proceedings, vol.4, 1955, pp.66-74.

'Through a Historian's Telescope', in Conservation and Exploration,  

Geological Society of Australia, Hobart, Tas., 1974, pp.51-58.

'History of a Pummelled Landscape',

 in Landscape and Man: the Interaction Between Man and Environment in Western Tasmania, M. R. Banks and J. B. Kirkpatrick (eds), Royal Society of Tasmania, Tas., 1977-1978, pp.1-6.

Economic Conditions

'Obstacles to Productivity', in Productivity: The Way Ahead : Human Resources,

Productivity Promotion Council of Australia and Productivity Groups Movement of Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 1972, pp.20-24.

Papers presented at the National Productivity Forum, October, 1972.

'Wechselnde Auffassungen uber Technik und Natur: ein Schlussel fur die Zukunft', 

('Fascination and Fear of New Technologies: a Survey of International and Australian Trends'), in Weltwirtschaftsprobleme Mitte der 80er Jahre: Energie/Technologie/Umwelt, (International Scientific Congress on Economic Problems in the Mid-Eighties: Energy - Mineral Resources - Technology - Environment), Verlag Neue Gesellschaft Bonn, Bonn, 1985, pp.73-86.

Text in German.

'Mining Exports and the Nation's Prosperity', in Mining Review, May/June 1986, pp.35-37.
Paper presented to the 1986 Mining Industry Seminar.

'A Tocsin for the Toxin of Debt Poisoning Australia', in The Australian, 2 March 1990, p.8.
Edited text of an address to the National Business Summit on Debt, 1 March 1990.

'Listen to the Footsteps - the pattern of interstate population movement reflects changing economic conditions, 

particularly in Victoria - ', in IPA Review, vol.44(4), 1991, pp.46-49

Edited version of a speech delivered in February 1991 to a dinner organised by AMROP International.

'The Puzzle of Inflation', in Conference on Inflation: Papers to a Conference held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Sydney, on 28 and 29 October 1991, 

CMBF Paper no.1, Centre for Studies in Money, Banking and Finance, Macquarie University, The Centre, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1992, pp.3-12.

'Blainey Slams Decade of Decadence', in Australian Business Monthly, January 1992, pp.40-43.

'Manufacturing a Recovery - manufacturing industry and economic recovery -', 

in Australian Business Monthly, March 1992, pp.48-50.

Reflections on the Current State of the Nation, Robert Menzies Lecture Trust, 

Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., 1992, 19pp.

The 1991 Sir Robert Menzies Lecture. Reprinted in The Menzies Lectures 1978-1998 , A. Gregory (ed.), Robert Menzies Lecture Trust, Melbourne, Vic., 1999, pp.226-240.
In the same volume on p.323 is the Prime Minister John Howard's first reference in his 1996 lecture to the Black-Armband View of History which Geoffrey Blainey had enunciated three years previously.

'Job Forecast : Some Cloud, Mainly Fine', in The Age, Extra, 15 May 1993, p.2.

'Tidal Wave or Choppy Seas: The Global Implications of The Recession', 

in International Solvency Review, vol.2(2), Autumn 1993, pp.165-172.

'Be a Sport and Get a Job - a dose of sporting culture injected into the workplace would transform our ability to create job -',

 in Australian Business Monthly, November 1993, pp.112-113.

'Suffer Little Children', in The Age, Extra, 11 December 1993, p.2.

'50 Years Back, 20 Years On - how has Australia changed since World War 2, and what difficulties lie ahead? - ', 

in IPA Review, vol.46(3), 1993, pp.41-43.

'Look Beyond Asia', in Daily Commercial News, 3 October 1995, p.12.

'The End of Prosperity', in The Independent Monthly, May 1996, pp.30-35.

'Beware the Global Tide', in The Age, 5 July 1999, p.15.

'Why Globalisation is Far From an Irresistible Force', in The Age, 15 July, 1999, p.17.

Economic History

'The Role of Economic Interests in Australian Federation : a Reply to Professor R. S. Parker',

 in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand, vol.4 (15), November 1950, pp.224-237.

Reprinted in Historical Studies : Selected Articles, First Series, compiled by J. J.Eastwood and F. B. Smith, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1967, pp.179-194.

'Lost Causes of the Jameson Raid', in Economic History Review, vol.18(2), 1965, pp.350-366.

'Economic Sinews', in Australia, C. Pearl (ed.), Kummerly & Frey, Berne (Switzerland), 1965, pp.122-132.

British Commonwealth edition, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, N.S.W., 1965.

Politics of Big Business: A History, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., 1977, 17pp.
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Annual Lecture, 1976. Delivered in the Coombs Lecture Theatre, A.N.U., 2 November, 1976.

'Politics of Big Business', in National Times, 26-31 December 1977, pp.35-38.

'Reverberations of Perpetual Change: Technology's Leads and Lags', in BHP Journal, no. 2, 1981, pp.8-15.

'The Great Depression', in The Blainey View by G. Blainey, Macmillan Australia; Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne, Vic., 1982, pp.80-93.

'The Great Depression' [videorecording], 1982, 30 min.
An episode from 'The Blainey View' television series.

'History of Multinational Factories in Australia', in Overseas Business Activities: Proceedings of the Fuji Conference,  

A. Okochi and T. Inoue (eds.), University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, c1984, pp.183-213.

'Victoria - Will the Last Person ...', in The Age, Extra, 13 February 1993, p.1.

'Job Forecast : Some Cloud, Mainly Fine', in The Age, Extra, 15 May 1993, p.2.

'PM's Snow Job on French Fields', in The Age, Extra, 9 October 1993, p.2.

'50 Years Back, 20 Years On - how has Australia changed since World War 2, and what difficulties lie ahead? - ', 

in IPA Review, vol.46(3), 1993, pp.41-43.

'Baffled by Lessons of the Past' in The Australian, 5 May, 1994, p.11.

'SA's Pipedream Comes True', in Australian Business Monthly, January 1995, pp.106-107.

'The End of Prosperity', in The Independent Monthly, May 1996, pp.30-35.

'Beware the Global Tide', in The Age, 5 July 1999, p.15.

'Why Globalisation is Far From an Irresistible Force', in The Age, 15 July 1999, p.17.

'Have I Got A Deal For You!', in The Age, Good Weekend, 18 September 1999, p.25.
Also published with the same headline in Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, 18 Sept 1999, p.25.

Education

University of Melbourne: A Centenary Portrait, arranged and illustrated by N. H. Olver, narrative by G. Blainey, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London, Cambridge University Press, 1956, 176pp.

A Centenary History of the University of Melbourne, 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London, Cambridge University Press, 1957, 220pp.

Blainey, G. N. and Morrissey, J. and Hulme, S. E. K., Wesley College the First Hundred Years,  

The President and Council Wesley College, Melbourne, in association with Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne, Vic., 1967, 240pp.

'Should Australia Take the Arts Seriously?', 

in Arts on Course: Education and the Arts Conference 17-19 April 1980, Vol.1. Conference Papers, Arts Council of Australia Education and the Arts Project, Sydney, N.S.W., 1980. vol.1, p.2.

Abridged version, in National Times, 27 April-3 May 1980, pp.41-42.

'Let the Tall Poppies Grow', in The Australian, 3 October 1986, p.9.

Australian Universities : Some Fashions and Faults, Seminar on the Sociology of Culture,

La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic., 1989, 14pp.

The Environment

'The Quality of Life in Australia', in Victorian Real Estate Journal, vol.55(1) , March 1991, pp.24- 26, 28-29.

'Blainey Damns the Greens', in Australian Business Monthly, February 1992, pp.120-122.

'Food for Serious Thought', in The Age, Extra, 10 April 1993, p.2.

'Waiting for the Green Light', in The Age, Extra, 18 September 1993, p.2.

The Eucalyptus

'The Road to Marrakesh', in The Age, Extra, 7 August 1993, p.2.

Federation

'Life in the Six Australias, The Miracle of Federation and What Might Have Been', 

in The Bulletin, 10 February 1998, pp.21-23.

'Centenary of a Nation', in The Age, 2 September 1999, p.17.
'A Century Later Australia is as Solid as the Rock', in

Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 2000, p.12.

Edited text of a lecture delivered the previous day in Canberra entitled 'The Centenary of Australia's Federation: What Should We Celebrate?' An edited extract of the lecture was also published in the Canberra Times, 27 October 2000, p.11. with the headline 'Joyful Strains in our Advance' and in The Age, 27 October 2000, p.15, with the headline 'Our Flawed Miracle'.

'Uniting a Nation : The Road to Federation', in The Age, Education Age, 22 November 2000, pp.8-9.

'Federation - a Nation's Journey', in The Age, Forum, 24 December 2000, p.13.

'Restless Natives Find Golden Cause', in The Age, 28 December 2000, p.7.

'Fear of Competition Leaves a Sour Taste', in The Age, 29 December 2000, p.7.

Gambling

'Casino Marks End of Anti-Gambling Crusades', in The Age, Extra, 16 July 1994, p.15.

General

'Conversation with Professor Geoffrey Blainey' [sound recording] - interviewer : Hazel de Berg - , 13 December 1977, 1 cassette, ca. 36 min.
Blainey speaks of his family background, about various publications, and describes his research and writing methods. The recording is part of the Hazel de Berg collection at the National Library of Australia.

'A Whole New Ball Game : Floating the Australian dollar : Technology and Employment' [videorecording], 

narrated by P. Couchman, producer B. Lee, Box Hill College of T.A.F.E., Country Education Project, Box Hill, Vic., 1984, 1 videocassette, 60 min.

In 'Speaking Economically' Peter Couchman interviews Geoffrey Blainey, Simon Crean and Geoff Allen.

'Speaking Economically', [videorecording], studio director, David Zweck ; producer, Bill Longden, 

Melbourne, Vic.; Country Education Project in association with Bank Education Service and Educational Technology Centre [distributor], Adelaide, S.A., 1984. 1 videocassette, 28 min.

Geoffrey Blainey, Geoff Allen and Simon Crean respond to a series of questions from Year 12 students about the effects of technology.

Blainey, Eye on Australia : Speeches and Essays of Geoffrey Blainey, Schwartz Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1991, 272 pp.
Contains the text of some of the addresses of Geoffrey Blainey in the 1980s, some of his commentaries in newspapers, and some of his regular columns in the Melbourne Herald and the Weekend Australian for the same period. Unless they were published in another source, the newspaper articles from the Melbourne Herald and the Weekend Australian and some of the addresses are not listed individually in this bibliography.

'Progress Is A Bucking Horse', in Progress and Its Discontents: The Winter Conversazione for 1993, 

LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Vic., 1993?, pp.7-14.

'Heroes Of The Arena', in Monuments for An Age Without Heroes: The Boston, Melbourne, Oxford Conversazioni on Culture and Society, C. Veliz (ed.), 

Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1996, pp.78-86.

Gold Mining

'Gold and Governers', in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand,  

vol.9(36), May 1961, pp.337-350.

'The Gold Rushes: The Year of Decision', in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand,  

vol.10(38), May 1962, pp.129-140.

Historiography

'Scissors and Paste in Local History', in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand,  

vol.6, 1954, pp.339-344.

'The Future of Australian Business History: A Writer's View',  in Bulletin of the Business Archives Council of Australia, 

vol.1(5), 1958, pp.12-15.

'Technology in Australian History', in Business Archives and History,

 vol.4(2), August 1964, pp.117-137.

'Problems of Interpretation (II)', in Victorian Historical Magazine, 

vol.37(2-3), May-August 1966, pp.123-132.

'The Capsules of History', in Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Papers and Proceedings,

 vol.16, December 1968, pp.82-94.

An expanded version published as 'Antidotes for History' in Historical Disciplines and Culture in Australasia: An Assessment, J. A. Moses (ed.), University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., 1979, pp.82-100.

Blainey, G. N., Clark, M. and Crawford, R. M., Making History, with an introduction by S. Macintyre, 

McPhee Gribble, Fitzroy, Vic.; Penguin, Ringwood, Vic., 1985, 102pp.

'The Manning Clark School of History', in Scripsi, vol.6(2), August 1990, pp.61-65.

'A Methodist Childhood' in Proceedings of the Uniting Church Historical Society Synod of Victoria,  

vol.6(2), December 1999, pp.110-118.

Annual Synod Lecture, Melbourne, 1999.

Immigration

'The Asianisation of Australia - we do have a choice and we should exercise that choice - ', 

in The Age, 20 March 1984, p.11.

Criticism of government policy concerning Asian immigration.
An edited version was published as 'Prisoners of Our Map, as well as our Past', in Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 1984, p.9.

'How Far Do We Go With Asia?', in Herald, 3 April 1984, p.4.

'We Don't Realize How Passionately Asians Feel About Their Dilemma', 

in Sydney Morning Herald, 30 August, 1984, p.3.

All for Australia, Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1984, 176pp.

'A Dangerous Myth', in Prose Writing for Australians : An Anthology of Feature Articles and Short Stories,  

A. Mahar and J. Powers (eds.), Nelson Wadsworth, Melbourne, Vic., 1985, pp.23-26.

'The Sham and Shambles of Our Immigration Policy: Comment', in The Australian, 20 February 1987, p.9.10.0pt;

'Dubious Reaction to Howard', in Weekend Australian, 13 August 1988, p.24.

Blainey, G. N. and Ethnic Communities Council of New South Wales.

 'Immigration: Are Family Migration and Refugee Programs a Potential Economic and Social Threat to Australia?', in For & Against : an Anthology of Public Issues in Australia, R. Giles (ed.), Brooks Waterloo, Milton, Qld., 1989, p155-159.

'The Conflict of Self Interests: Large Numbers of Today's Migrants Contribute Nothing to the Nation',

 in The Australian, 2-3 June 1990, p17.

An article in a special week long series by expert commentators on immigration.

'The Immigration Debate : Blainey vs Business', in Australian Business Monthly, July 1992, pp.28-34.

Indigenous Australians

'The Gunyah Lifestyle: Poor Health and No Books - government's contradictory policies - ',

 in Independent Monthly, June 1991, pp.35-36.

'A Strange, Puzzling Confrontation', in Canberra Times, 23 July 1993, p.11.

Inland Cities

'What Hope Our Mulga Metropolis', in Australian Business Monthly, August 1994, pp.128-129.

The Jews

'The Jews in Australia' in Independent Monthly, November 1991, pp.31-32. (See also 2.A. Reviews)

'Some Thoughts on 200 Years: The Jews in Australia, in The Jews: The Australian Jewish Experience: A Colloquium. Papers presented on 26 August 1997 to Honour Rabbi Dr. John S. Levi, 

Australian Jewish Historic Society, Carnegie, Vic., 1998, pp.10-15.

Leisure

'The History of Leisure in Australia: the Late-Colonial Era', 

in Victorian Historical Journal, vol.49(1), February 1978, pp.7-22.

Local History

A History of Camberwell, Jacaranda in association with the Camberwell City Council, Brisbane, Qld., 1964, 104pp.

Rev. ed., Lothian, Melbourne, Vic., 1980, 134 pp.

'My Town - Victoria: the State We're In', in The Age, Supplement, 18 November 1998, p8.

Mining

'Dynamics of Metal Mining in Australia's Arid Zone', in Arid Zone Newsletter, 1963, pp.59-61.

The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining,  

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London, Cambridge University Press, 1963, 369pp.
Reprinted with corrections, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1964. c1963. 369pp.
2nd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1969, 389pp.
3rd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1978, 393pp.
'The Rush That Never Ended' [motion picture], produced by T. McMahon : sponsored by Australian Mining Industry Council, Melbourne, Vic., 1981, 2 film reels, 63 min.
Adapted by Terence McMahon from the book, and presented by Geoffrey Blainey.
'The Rush That Never Ended' [videorecording], Australia, McMahon Video and Film Pty. Ltd ; distributed by AAV Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 1982. 1 videocassette, 60 min.
4th ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1993, 414pp.

'The Cargo Cult in Mineral Policy', in Economic Record, vol.44, December 1968, pp.470-479.

'Mining and Undermining', in Economic Record, vol.45, December 1969, pp.607-615.
A version of this article was published in Southern Miner, vol.1, 6 July 1970, pp.52-54.

'A Theory of Mineral Discovery: Australia in the Nineteenth Century',  

in Economic History Review, vol.23, August 1970, pp.298-313.

'A Theory of Mineral Discovery: A Rejoinder', in Economic History Review, vol.26, 1973, pp.506-509.

'How to Sterilise the Golden Goose', in The Australian, 30 April 1982, p.16.
Abridged version of speech by Geoffrey Blainey on the mining industry in Australia in Tokyo in 1982.

'Mining Exports and the Nation's Prosperity', in Mining Review, May/June 1986, pp.35-37.
Paper presented to the 1986 Mining Industry Seminar.

'The Economic, Political and Social Impact of Geography and Mining on South Australia's History', 

in History Forum, vol.14(2), December 1992, pp.7-16.

Blainey, G. N., Atkinson, W., and Louthean, R., [Collection of articles on the mining industry], 

in Australian Business Monthly, March 1993, pp.64-72

'Native Title Turns Mining Tide Against Us', in Australian Business Monthly, May 1994, pp.74-75

Mining Towns

The Rise of Broken Hill, Macmillan of Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 1968, 184pp.

'History', in Minerals of Broken Hill, H. K. Worner and R.W. Mitchell (eds.), 

Australian Mining and Smelting Ltd., Melbourne, Vic., 1982, pp.12-22.

Broken Hill's Eventful Century, with contribution by G. Blainey. 

B.H.P., Melbourne, Vic., 1984, 6pp.

The Golden Mile. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., 1993. 184pp.

'The Silver City', in Minerals of Broken Hill, Rev. ed., W. D. Birch (ed.), 

Broken Hill City Council, 1999, pp.1-11.

Multiculturalism

'Minority Groups Steal the Spotlight: the Bicentennial',

in C & N Church and Nation, no.194, 30 October 1985, pp.12-14.

The Annual Mt.Eliza Uniting Church Community Lecture, 4 October 1985. Also published as 'Mr Hawke's Other Bicentennial Scandal', in Institute of Public Affairs Review, vol.39(3), Summer 1985/1986, pp.15-17.

Blainey, G. N., and Kizilos, K. 'Multiculturalism', in The Australian, 5 September 1986, p.11.
Series of two parts - Part 1: Assimilating a Change in Policy. Part 2: Broadcasting Reluctant Bride Looks At the Costs.

'Racist: A Word Hijacking the Immigration Debate', in Weekend Australian, 20 August 1988, p.30.

'Australia: One Nation or a Cluster of Tribes?', in Our Heritage and Australia's Future : A Selection of Insights and Concerns of Some Prominent Australians, J. Ramsay (ed.), 

Schwartz and Wilkinson, Melbourne, Vic., 1991, pp.49-59.

'Melting Pot on the Boil', in The Bulletin, 30 August 1994, pp.22-25.

'Diversity Has An Unknown Price', in The Bulletin, 116(5992), 17 October 1995, p.52. 

Nationalism

'Australia: One Nation or a Cluster of Tribes?', in Our Heritage and Australia's Future : A Selection of Insights and Concerns of Some Prominent Australians, J. Ramsay (ed.), 

Schwartz and Wilkinson, Melbourne, Vic., 1991, pp.49-59.

'Divided Nation - Paul Keating's policies and his outburst against England can only lead to further divisions - ', 

in Australian Business Monthly, April 1992, pp.106-107.

'The Real Enemies of Independence', in The Age, Extra, 8 May 1993, p.2.

'Brief Unity of a Tribal Nation', in The Age, Extra, 2 October 1993, p.2.

'A Land of Sweeping Claims', in Sun Herald, 17 December 1995, p.31.

'Not as the Song of Other Lands', in Approaching Australia : Papers from the Harvard Australian Studies Symposium,  

H. Bolitho & C.Wallace-Crabbe (eds), Harvard University, Committee on Australian Studies, Cambridge, Mass., 1998, pp.129-137.

'The Birth of Nationhood', in Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 1998, p.12.

Northern Australia

'False Maps Could Lure Asians Here, Says Blainey', in Advertiser, 19 March 1991, p.3.

What Should We Do With Our North? : A Question the South No Longer Asks? : An Address,

Amrop International/Brauer Galt, Sydney ; Melbourne ; Auckland, 1992, 8pp.

'Overcoming Southern Apathy Towards Australia's Northern Regions',

 in Mining Review, vol.16(5), November 1992, pp.22-25.

'Northern Exposure - the future of the northern part of Australia - ',

 in Australian Business Monthly, July 1993, pp.96-98.

'The Risks of Keeping Our Tropics Empty', in The Age, 20 April 1999, p.13.

Peace

'Causes of War and Peace', in Defence Force Journal, no.71, July/August 1988, pp.50-52.
The 1987 Thomas Blamey Oration.

'The Place of the Peace Movement', in The Bulletin, 12 February 1991, pp.38-39.

Political Parties

'Year of the Great Labor Somersault -

1986 was a time when the Hawke government abandoned many of its initiatives and changed many of its essential policies - ', in The Australian, 30 January 1987, p.7.

'The Liberals' Fall From Grace', in Australian Business Monthly, July 1994, pp.80-82.

Politicians

'Why the Constant Sniping at Sir Joh?: Criticisms Being Levelled at the Queensland Premier are Somewhat Puzzling',

 in The Australian, 20 March 1987, p.11.

'Tearful PM with a Larrikin Streak" in Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 March 1989.

A profile of Bob Hawke.

'Macphee Is No Martyr', in The Australian, 21 April 1989, p.11.

'When the Axe Fell It Should Have Lopped Keating, Not Cain', in The Age, 8 August 1990, p.3.

'Cyclone Keating', in The Age, Extra, 6 March 1993, p.2.

'A PM with Royal Ambitions', in The Age, Extra, 17 April 1993, p.2.

'The Real Enemies of Independence', in The Age, Extra, 8 May 1993, p.2.

'Keating - Cat or Mouse?', in The Age, Extra, 29 May 1993, p.2.

'Australia - Two Peoples, Two Nations?', in The Age, Extra, 12 June 1993, p.2.

'A Case of Foot in Mouth', in The Age, Extra, 25 September 1993, p.2.

'PM's Snow Job on French Fields', in The Age, Extra, 9 October 1993, p.2.

'In God He Trusted', in The Age, Extra, 20 November 1993, p.2.

'History Calls Howard', in The Age, 4 January 1999, p.13.

Politics and Government

'Essence of Democracy Lies with the Voters', in The Australian, 1 May 1987, p.9.

'The Quaint Custom of Compulsory Voting', in The Australian, 21 February 1990, p.8.

Blainey, G. N., and Milne, G. 'Potentially Our Most Damaging Political Crisis: the Hawke Keating Split',

 in The Australian, 9-10 November 1991, p.29.

'Australia's Dilemma: Too Much Government, and Too Little', in News Weekly, 21 December 1991, pp.15-16, 19.

'It All Began With A Ballot', in The Age, Extra, 13 March 1993, p.2.

'Whipping Up A State of Discontent', in The Age, Extra, 17 July 1993, p.2.

'Giving the Big A', in The Age, 18 January 1998, p.6.
A commentary on the trend in politics to apologise for the acts of previous governments.

'Life in the Six Australias, The Miracle of Federation and What Might Have Been', in The Bulletin, 10 February 1998, pp.21-23.

'Election '98', in The Age, Supplement, 31 August 1998, p.6.

'Why the Left Will Rise Again', in The Age, 2 December 1998, p.17.

Popular History

Smith, R . Birth of Australia, text contributors: G. Blainey et. al.,

Rigby, Adelaide, S.A., 1978, 223pp.

Reprinted as Australia's Historic Heritage : The Birth of a Nation, Currey O'Neil, Melbourne, Vic., 1981, 223pp, and as The Birth of a Nation : Australia's Historic Heritage, from Discovery to Nationhood, Viking O'Neil, Ringwood, Vic., 1987, 223pp.

'The Blainey View' [television program] presented by G. Blainey ; narrated by Graham Kennedy, ABC-TV, Sydney, N.S.W., 1982.

The Blainey View, Macmillan Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 155pp.

The Blainey View [videorecording], Sydney, N.S.W., ABC Australia, c1982, videocassettes, 293 min.

Blainey, G. N. and Crombie, I. Sites of the Imagination : Contemporary Photographers View Melbourne and Its People,

 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., 1992, 72 pp.

'City of the Hansom Cab', in The Age, Extra, 22 May 1993, p.2.
Article about the novel 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'.

'Shilling's Worth of Wisdom', in The Age, Extra, 3 July 1993, p.2.
Article about Mrs Bird the bookseller and secondhand bookshops.

'Ringing in the New Year', in The Age, 24 December 1993, p.14.
Article about the tradition of celebrating New Year's Day.

'From Milk Bar to the Menu', in The Age, Extra, 8 January 1994, p.2.
Article about the rise of the restaurant.

'Fashion Trends in Morality', in The Age, Extra, 15 January 1994, p.2.

Population

'How Empty is Our Land', in The Age, Extra, 27 November 1993, p.2

Racial Discrimination

'Racist: A Word Hijacking the Immigration Debate', in Weekend Australian, 20 August 1988, p.30.

'Fallacy Weakens Argument for an Aboriginal Treaty', in Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 1988, p.15.

'Mabo Assails Equality', in The Age, Extra, 18 December 1993, p.2.

'Race and Debate', in BIPR Bulletin, no.11, April 1994, pp.34-37.
A shorter version of this article appeared in The Age, 17 May 1994, p.17 as 'No One Has Sole Claim on Racism'

'New Racism Threatens Harmony of Diverse Society', in The Australian, 8-9 April 1995, p.33.

'Mabo, Wik: A Victory for Racial Discrimination - the Native Title Act,

and the Mabo and Wik High Court decisions are founded on racially discriminatory principles and historical ignorance - ', in News Weekly, 17 May 1997, pp.12-14

'Reverse Racism in Australia', in The Social Contract, vol.VIII, no.2, Winter 1997-98, pp.106-108.

Refugees

Blainey, G. N. and Ethnic Communities Council of New South Wales. 

'Immigration: Are Family Migration and Refugee Programs a Potential Economic and Social Threat to Australia?', in For & Against : an Anthology of Public Issues in Australia. R. Giles (ed.), Brooks Waterloo, Milton, Qld., 1989, p155-159.

'False Maps Could Lure Asians Here, Says Blainey', in Advertiser, 19 March 1991, p.3.

'Blainey Redraws Our Map', in Staff News (DILGEA), no.533, 22 March 1991, p.1.

Religion

'One God, Many Sects', in The Age, Extra, 1 May 1993, p.2.

'Behind the Catholic Grievance', in The Age, Extra, 10 July 1993, p.2.

'Forgetting the Way to Church', in The Age, Extra, 4 September 1993, p.2.

'In God He Trusted', in The Age, Extra, 20 November 1993, p.2.

The Republic

'A PM with Royal Ambitions', in The Age, Extra, 17 April 1993, p.2.

'The Real Enemies of Independence', in The Age, Extra, 8 May 1993, p.2.

'Keating - Cat or Mouse?', in The Age, Extra, 29 May 1993, p.2.

The Great Republican Debate : Should Australia Become a Republic? : Blainey vs Turnbull.  

St. George's Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia (W.A. Branch), Perth, W.A., 1993, 24pp.

Text of the debate on the issue of Australian republicanism held in Perth on June 24, 1993 between Geoffrey Blainey and Malcolm Turnbull.

'The Great Republican Debate : Should Australia Become a Republic?', [videorecording], Blainey vs Turnbull, Institute of Public Affairs, West Perth, W.A., c1993, 1 videocassette, 72 min.
'The Great Republican Debate, Blainey versus Turnbull', in The Age, 25 June 1993, p.13.
Extract of the text of the debate.

'Addresses Launching Upholding the Australian Constitution, Volume 4', 

in Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Samuel Griffith Society, Stamford Plaza Hotel, Adelaide, 7-9 June, 1996, The Society, East Melbourne, Vic., 1996, Appendix II.

'Uneasy Lies A Nation That Has No Crown', in The Australian, 21 January 1998, p.13.

'Addresses to the Convention', 

in Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention 2-13 February, 1998, Old Parliament House, Canberra.
http://www.suncoast.com.au/republic/convention/del/bla-ge.html

Blainey, G. N., Ruxton, B. and Smith, D. 'Convention Frustrates Attempt to Protect National Flag and Symbols in Preamble',

 in Australian Constitutional News, vol.1(1), March/April 1998, pp.31- 32.

Addresses to Constitutional Convention 1998, in support of constitutional entrenchment of the Australian flag and Commonwealth coat of arms.

'The Preamble's Not So Bad, Mate', in The Age, 25 March 1999, p.17.
Published as 'Howard's Grand Gesture', in Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 1999, p.21.

'Blainey Warns of 1930s' Style Constitutional Instability', in Australian National Review, vol.3(10), April 1999, pp.16-17.

'Why Senate Reform Would Harm the Republic', in The Age, 18 May 1999, p.13.

'Have Blindfold, Will Vote', in The Age, 6 September 1999, p.17.

'Mixing a Cocktail for Chaos', in Australian Financial Review, 7 October 1999, p.22.
An extract from Geoffrey Blainey's speech the previous day at Parliament House, Victoria, to the Australians for Constitutional Monarchy.

'Why the Republic Had to Lose', in The Age, 7 November 1999, p.12.

Rivalries

'The Rivals - Vive la Difference', in Sydney Morning Herald, 14 April 1981, p.24.
Published as 'The Greatest of Rivals' in The Age, 15 April 1981, p.11.

Interstate Rivalries, A Historian's View , Alfred Deakin Lecture Trust, Glen Iris, Vic., 1981, 24pp.
15^th Alfred Deakin Memorial Lecture, University of Melbourne, 1981.
A version also published as 'Interstate Rivalries' in Quadrant, vol.25, December 1981, pp.19-27.

Rural Australia

'Waltzing the Outback', in The Age, Extra, 23 May 1998, p.9.

'A Radical Harvest to be Reaped - tough times in rural areas is not new but there could be a heavy political price to pay - ',

 in Sydney Morning Herald, Herald of the Century, 31 December 1999, p.8.

Sport

'Football the Way It Was', in The Greatest Game, R. Fitzgerald and K. Spillman (eds), 

William Heinemann Australia, Richmond, Vic., 1988, pp.37-40.

'Victory for the American Way - Australian Rules Football today and yesterday - ', 

in The Bulletin, 16 October 1990, pp.32-33.

A Game of Our Own : The Origins of Australian Football, Information Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 1990, 111pp.

'Standing Tradition On Its Head', in The Age, Extra, 3 April 1993, p.2.

'Footy's Changing Colors', in The Age, Extra, 24 July 1993, p.2.

'A High Mark in Bad Taste' in The Age, Extra, 11 September 1993, p.2.

'Brief Unity of a Tribal Nation', in The Age, Extra, 2 October 1993, p.2.

'Be a Sport and Get a Job - a dose of sporting culture injected into the workplace would transform our ability to create job - ',

 in Australian Business Monthly, November 1993, pp.112-113.

'The Rise of the Sporting Hero', in Quadrant, vol.39(1-2), January/February 1995, pp.9-12.
Extract from the chapter with the same title in A shorter history of Australia, William Heinemann Australia, Port Melbourne, Vic., 1994, pp.109-119.

'The Origins Of Our Game', in 100 Years of Australian Football, Viking, Ringwood, Vic., 1996, pp.10-12.

'Chameleon Cats Have Made a Blue', in Herald Sun, 11 May 1998, p.19.

Transport

'Concorde. Aviation's Albatross of the 70s Shouldn't Be Killed', in National Times, 23-28 February 1976, pp.11-12.

'Are We On The Right Track?', in Quarry, vol.8(11), December 1989, pp.22-23.
Excerpt from a speech made at the Institute of Quarrying, Queensland Branch Conference.

'Steel Horseman or Apocalypse?: A Historian's View of the VFT: After Dinner Speech',

 in National Conference on the Very Fast Train (VFT) Project: Canberra, 21-22 March 1990, preprints of papers, (National Conference Publication (IEAust) no 90/2), 1990, 7pp.

'The Long Distance Blues - Australia needs a better long distance transport system - ', 

in Australian Business Monthly, December 1992, pp.154-156

Travel

Across a Red World, Macmillan, Melbourne, Vic., 1968, 215pp.

Geoffrey Blainey's Across a Red World, Macmillan, Melbourne, Vic., 1971, 215pp.

'The Road to Marrakesh', in The Age, Extra, 7 August 1993, p.2.

'Entering the Shrine of Wagner', in The Age, Extra, 14 August 1993, p.2.

Tourism

'Tropical Medicine - tourism boom in Cairns, Qld - ', in Australian Business Monthly, November 1992, pp.78-80.

'State Needs Tourist Triumphs to Beat Tyranny of Distance', in The Age, Industry in Victoria, 23 August 1993, p.4.

'Australians Outward Bound', in The Age, Extra, 22 January 1994, p.2.

Victorian History

'History of Victoria', in Introducing Victoria, G. W. Leeper (ed.), 

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1955, pp.1-18.

Victoria the Golden, G. Blainey (ed.), Govt. Pr., Melbourne, Vic., 1980, 83pp.

Our Side of the Country: The Story of Victoria, Metheun Haynes, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1984, 250pp.

Sun Books, South Melbourne, Vic., 1992, 266p.

The Heyday of the Churches in Victoria, Uniting Church Historical Society, Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., 1985, 13pp.

'Victoria - Will the Last Person...', in The Age, Extra, 13 February 1993, p.1.

A View of Australian History

Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History, Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1966, 365pp.

1st. hardcover ed., Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic.; St. Martin's Press, London; New York, 1968.
Illustrated. ed. Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1974, c1966,
Kyori no bogyaku : Osutoraria wa ikani rekishi o tsukutta ka, (Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History), Saimuru Shuppankai, Tokyo, 1974. 291pp.
Reprinted in 1980 by Simul Press, Tokyo.
Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., c1974.
New ed. Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1975.
Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1968 (1977 printing), 365pp.
History Book. Club, London, 1968, 365pp.
Rev. ed., Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 366pp.
Rev. ed., Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1983, 366pp.
Rev. ed. Sun Books, Sydney, N.S.W., 1986, 366pp.
Translated into Czech language by Zora Wolfova, Lidove Noviny, Prague, 1999, 251pp.

'A Reply: "I Came, I Shaw"',

 in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand, vol.13(50), April 1968, pp.204-206.

'Botany Bay of Gotham City?', 

in Australian Economic History Review, vol.8, September 1968, pp.154-163.

Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Ancient Australia, Macmillan, 

South Melbourne, Vic., 1975, 285pp.
Sun Books, South Melbourne, Vic., 1976. 285pp.
Triumph of the Nomads : A History of Aboriginal Australia, 
Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y., 1976, 285pp.
Macmillan, London, 1976, 285pp.
2nd ed. Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 285 pp.
Rev. ed. Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 285pp.
Rev. ed. Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1983, 285 pp.
'Triumph of the Nomads : A History of Ancient Australia' [videorecording] : presented by G. Blainey and Burnam Burnam ; produced and directed by D. Morgan ; television adaptation by D. Morgan and D. Stanley, Nomad Films International, Perth, W.A., c1984, 1 videocassette, 135 min.
Aborijinaru: Osutoraria ni ikita senjuminzoku no chie (Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Ancient Australia), Saimuru Shuppankai, Tokyo, 1984, 292pp.
Rev. 3rd ed. Sun Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., 1997, 290pp.

Pharmacy 40,000 Years Ago: An Ancient Australian Profession : Occasional Address to Graduates on May 10 1977,

  Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., 1977, 9pp.

'The Early Australian Pharmacists', in Australian Journal of Pharmacy, vol.58, July 1977, pp.416-7.

'Speaking at Prahran Public Library, 12 December 1978' [sound recording]
Geoffrey Blainey speaking at the launch of Alan Marshall's People of the Dreamtime.

'The Right Clock' [videorecording], ABC, Sydney, N.S.W., 1980, 28 min.
An episode of 'A Big Country'. An archaeological portrayal of the Kakadu/Alligator Rivers area.

A Land Half Won, Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1980, 388pp.

Rev. ed., Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic., 1982, 388pp.
Rev. ed., Sun Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., 1995, 388pp.

'British Twilight' [videorecording]. 1982, 30 min.
Geoffrey Blainey discusses the weakening links between Australia and Britain, highlighted by the Whitlam Affair. An episode from 'The Blainey View' television series.

'Australia: A Backward Glimpse', in Introduction to Australian Literature, C. D. Narasimhaiah (ed.), Australian edn, 

John Wiley and Sons, Brisbane, Qld., 1982, pp.195-201.

Also published in Literary Criterion, vol.15 (3-4), 1980, pp.195-201.

'Footprints - Aboriginal History - ', in The Blainey View by G. Blainey, 

Macmillan Australia: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne, Vic., 1982. pp. 8-21.

'Yellow Dragon - Chinese in Australia - ', in The Blainey View by G. Blainey, 

Macmillan Australia: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne, Vic., 1982, pp.50-65.

'Australia: A Bird's-Eye View', in Australia: the Daedalus Symposium, S. R. Graubard (ed.), 

Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, N.S.W., 1985, pp.1-27.

Also published in Daedalus : Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol.114(1), Winter 1985, pp.1-27.

'Punishment' in Australians to 1788, D. J. Mulvaney and J. P. White (eds), Australians : A Historical Library, 

Fairfax, Syme & Weldon, Broadway, N.S.W., 1987, pp.424-426.

'Sydney 1788', in Australians to 1788, D. J. Mulvaney and J. P. White (eds), Australians : A Historical Library, 

Fairfax, Syme & Weldon, Broadway, N.S.W., 1987, pp.412-443, pp.466-467.

'Drawing up a Balance Sheet of Our History', in Quadrant, vol.37(7-8), July/August 1993, pp.10-15.

Sir John Latham Memorial Lecture. Geoffrey Blainey's first reference to the "Black Armband View" of history.

'Land That Bypassed a Revolution', in The Age, Extra, 21 August 1993, p.2.

'No Puppets of the Past,' in The Age, Extra, 13 November 1993, p.2.

'50 Years Back, 20 Years On - how has Australia changed since World War 2, and what difficulties lie ahead? - ',

 in IPA Review, vol.46(3), 1993, pp.41-43.

'Is It All Black and White?', in The Churches - Native to Australia or Alien Intruders? : The Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Galatians Group, Clunies Ross Convention Centre, Melbourne, 15^th & 16^th August, 1994, Galatians Group, Armadale, Vic., 1994, pp.1-7.

A Shorter History of Australia, William Heinemann Australia, Port Melbourne, Vic., 1994, 251pp.

New ed., Mandarin, Port Melbourne, Vic., 1995, 259pp.
New ed., Random House Australia, Milsons Point, N.S.W., 1997, 259 pp.
New ed., Vintage, Milsons Point, N.S.W., 2000, 263pp.
Osutoraria rekishi monogatari= A Shorter History of Australia, Akashi Shoten, Tokyo, 2000, 325pp.

'A Christian Australia: Did it Exist? Will it Persist?', in Church Scene, vol.5(8), 1 December 1995, pp.11-12

'A Land of Sweeping Claims', in Sun Herald, 17 December 1995, p.31.

'Have We Lost our Courage? - in Australia's transition from a frontier to an urban industrial society, we have diminished a value once highly prized - ', 

in The Australian, 25-26 May 1996, p.23.

'Turning Point: How the Forties Changed Us Forever', 

in The Australian, Magazine, 12-13 October 1996, pp.12, 15-18, 20-21

'Uniting Nation' [videorecording],

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 1996, 1 videocassette, 47 min.

A 'Four Corners' program in which Geoffrey Blainey provides commentary on the past 35 years in Australia.

'The Birth of Nationhood', in Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 1998, p.12.

'Australia's Day?', in The Age, 26 January 1999, p.13.

'Bearing Witness to History's Black Moments', in The Age, 25 July 1999, p.6.

'The Journey from Divided States to a United Nation', in The Age, 23 September 1999, p.15.

'Melba, the Wireless and a Capital in Long Grass', in The Age, 13 October 1999, p.15.

'Oppy, the Don, the Pyjama Girl', in The Age, 23 October 1999, p.6.

'Australia in the '40s: War and Peace, Holdens and Icecream', in The Age, 2 November 1999, p.13.

'TV, Ming and the Car Becomes King: Those Fabulous '50s' in The Age, 12 November 1999, p.13.

'The Decade Australia Turned Turtle and Came Out Of Its Shell', in The Age, 23 November 1999, p.15.

'The '70s: Aunty Swore, Tracy Tore and TV and Cricket Went Color', in The Age, 2 December 1999, p.17.

'The '80s: Hawke Soared, Fires Roared, Wall St and Bond Crashed', in The Age, 13 December 1999, p.13.

'The '90s: The Decade That Turned Tradition on its Head', in The Age, 24 December 1999, p.9.

In Our Time, Information Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 1999, 194pp.

'A Century Later Australia Is As Solid As The Rock',

in Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 2000, p.12.

This is an edited text of a lecture delivered the previous day in Canberra entitled 'The Centenary of Australia's Federation: What Should We Celebrate?' An edited extract of the lecture was also published in the Canberra Times, 27 October 2000, p.11. with the headline 'Joyful Strains in our Advance' and in The Age, 27 October 2000, p.15, with the headline 'Our Flawed Miracle'.

War

'Godzone: the New Australia: A Legend of the Lake', in Meanjin Quarterly, vol.26(4), 1967, pp.365-380.

'Scapegoat Theory of International War', in Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand  

vol.15(57), October 1971, pp.72-87.

The Causes of War, Macmillan, London, 1973, 278pp.

Free Press, New York, 1973, 278pp.
Senso to heiwa no joken= The Causes of War, Shinkokaku Shoten, Tokyo, 1975, pp.300, [39].
2nd ed., Sun Books, South Melbourne, Vic., 1977, 302pp.
3rd ed., Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic.; Basingstoke, 1988, 25pp. 
3rd ed., Free Press, New York, 1988, 325pp.

'Origins of the Pacific War', in National Times, 26 July-31 July 1976, pp.26-31.

'War' [videorecording] directed by D. Zweck ; produced by D. Wayland,

Box Hill College of T.A.F.E., Box Hill, Vic., 2 videocassettes, 60 min.

Peter Couchman with John Hindle, Jim Bryant, Lloyd Robson, and Geoffrey Blainey. Peter Couchman leads a discussion into some of the broader issues of war.

'Is There a Future? A Word About War',

in Options for Humanity : Five Papers presented at the Sir Douglas Wright Symposium, Queen's College, University of Melbourne, 1987, Queen's College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., 1988, pp.1-4.

A longer version published as 'Past and Future Wars' in International Conflict Resolution, R. Thakur (ed.), Westview Press Boulder, Colo. ; University of Otago Press, Dunedin, N.Z. 1988, pp.91-104.

'Causes of War and Peace', in Defence Force Journal, no.71, July/August 1988, pp.50-52.

The 1987 Thomas Blamey Oration.

Blainey, G. N., Coster, P. and Rees, P. 'Gallipoli: The Campaign That Forged a Nation',

 in The Australian, Special Edition, 24 April 1990, pp.1-16.

'Miracle of Gallipoli Retreat', in The Age, Extra, 24 April 1993, p.2.

'When the Buck Stops Here', in The Age, Extra, 28 August 1993, p.2.
Article about Sir Douglas Haig

'Canberra's Unknown Warrior', in The Age, Extra, 6 November 1993, p.2.

'In God He Trusted', in The Age, Extra, 20 November 1993, p.2.

Blainey, G. N. et. al. '1945: Home, Sweet (and Sour) Home', in The Australian, Magazine, 19-20 August 1995, pp.12-42.
Collection of three articles on Australia's servicemen and women returning home after the end of the war.

Blainey, G. N. et. al. 'Lest We Forget : A Special Feature to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War 1', in The Age, Supplement, 10 November 1998, pp.1-8

'His Best Shot', in The Age, Extra, 24 April 1999, p.7.
A commentary on Anzac and the First World War experience and a review of a number of books on the topic.

'In Memoriam - Anzac Day-A Special Tribute - ', in The Age, 25 April 1999, p.16.

Water Resources

'The Thirsty Country - Australia cannot continue to ignore its water supplies - ', 

in Australian Business Monthly, June 1992, pp.84-87.

World History

The Great Seesaw : A New View of the Western World, 1750-2000, Macmillan, South Melbourne Vic.; Basingstoke, 1988, 355pp.

'Thoughts On Our Marvellous, Calamitous Century', in The Age, 26 October 1998, p.13.

'Poll of the Century', in The Age, Extra, 10 July 1999, p.4.
Geoffrey Blainey guides a special debate on the most influential people of the century.

'100 Years of Vicissitude', in The Age, Extra, 17 July 1999, p.5.

'Bearing Witness to History's Black Moments', in The Age, 25 July 1999, p.6.

A Short History of the World, Viking, Ringwood, Vic., 2000, 669pp.

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