David William Black, AM (4 July 1936 – 23 November 2024) was an Australian historian. He lectured and wrote extensively on Australian and Western Australian history, especially political history. He was a professor in history and politics in the School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages at Curtin University of Technology until his retirement in 2002, and was then professor emeritus. He was Chairperson of the Parliamentary History Advisory Committee, and a Parliamentary Fellow (History). He has had numerous publications and considerable media exposure in regard to parliamentary history in Western Australia.
Black was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2010 Australia Day Honours for "service to education and to the social sciences, particularly through the promotion and preservation of the political and parliamentary history of Western Australia".[1]
Black died on 23 November 2024, at the age of 88.[2]
- ^ "Member (AM) of the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Black, David". The West Australian. Retrieved 24 December 2024.