Portia Robinson

Portia Robinson AM (née Ferguson; 26 August 1926 – 3 February 2023)^[1] was an Australian historian.^[2] She was an associate professor at Macquarie University,^[3][4] retiring in 1998.^[5] Robinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1993 "[f]or service to education, particularly in the field of Australian colonial history".^[6]

Works

• Robinson, Portia (1985). The Hatch and Brood of Time: A Study of the First Generation of Native-Born White Australians, 1788–1828. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554569-9. OCLC 12707557.^[7]
• Robinson, Portia (1993). The Women of Botany Bay: A Reinterpretation of the Role of Women in the Origins of Australian Society. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-014698-9. OCLC 29359023.^[8]