Henry Reynolds (historian)

Henry Reynolds
Born1938 (age 85–86)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania (BA [Hons], MA)
AwardsQueensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Literary Work Advancing Public Debate (2000)
Queensland Premier's History Book Award (2008)
Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction (2009)
Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction (2014)
Academic career
InstitutionsUniversity of Tasmania (2000–)
James Cook University (1965–98)
Main interestsAustralian colonial history
Aboriginal–white relations in Australia
Notable worksThe Other Side of the Frontier (1981)

Henry Reynolds FAHA FASSA (born 1938) is an Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlers in Australia and Indigenous Australians. He was the first academic historian to advocate for Indigenous land rights, becoming known with his first major work, The Other Side of the Frontier (1981).


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