Latest News About Clare Wright OAM profile reveals Australian historian and writer

Updated 2026-06-18 02:51

Clare Wright was seen at historians’ forums, as an Australian historian, recognized for The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka (2013), portraying Eureka Rebellion through women’s perspectives. Her work includes ABC history programs, like Utopia Girls and The War That Changed Us. Wright holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, heading public history projects at La Trobe and has served on the National Museum of Australia Council since 2022. 2020 saw Wright awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. for services to literature and historical research.

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Clare Wright, OAM

p>Professor Clare Wright OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster, podcaster and public commentator …

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Clare Wright

Clare is the co-founder and co-convenor of *A Monument of One’s Own*, a NFP advocacy group campaigning for statue equality and commemorative justice for women. In 2020, Clare was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours list for “services to literature and to historical research”.

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