Robin Allenby Gollan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1917 |
| Died | 15 October 2007 (aged 89) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
| Thesis | "Radical and working class politics in Australia, 1850-1910" |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Laski |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Old Left |
| Institutions | Australian National University Sydney Teachers' College |
| Main interests | labour history, banking history |
Robin "Bob" Gollan (8 December 1917 – 15 October 2007) was an Australian historian noted for having written the first history of a trade union. According to Stuart Macintyre, this began studies in labour history in Australia.[1] Others have argued that Gollan began the "second generation" of labour history.[2] Along with his former student and colleague, Eric Fry (1921–2007), Gollan established the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and its journal, Labour History, in 1961.[3]
- ^ Stuart Macintyre, Obituary of Bob Gollan, 2007, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/gollan-robin-allenby-bob-32367
- ^ Verity Burgmann, "A Greater Concentration of Power: The Intellectual Legacy of Eric Fry and Robin Gollan" Labour History (2008), pg. 25.
- ^ Peter Love, Obituary of Eric Fry, 2021, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fry-eric-charles-32609