Frank Broeze

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Frank Broeze
Born18 August 1945
The Netherlands
Died4 April 2001
Perth
, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationAcademic
Years active1960s to 2001
Known forMaritime historian
Notable workIsland nation; a history of Australians and the sea (1998)

Frank Broeze (18 August 1945 – 4 April 2001) was a professor of history at the University of Western Australia.[1] His special area of interest was maritime history.

Life and work

Born Franklin Jan Aart Broeze in Rijswijk, Netherlands, Broeze was a maritime historian, and one of the founders of the Australian Association for Maritime History. He was also one of the founders of the International Maritime History Association[2] which later became the International Maritime Economic History Association. He published widely on maritime history issues[3][4][5] as well as editing The Great Circle, the journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History.[6] He wrote ten books and had more than 100 articles published in academic journals.[7]

Broeze died on 4 April 2001 in Perth.[8] The Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize was created by the Australian National Maritime Museum in his memory.[9] In addition, a memorial lecture was inaugurated and is held each year.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ "Broeze, Frank", Trove, 2008
  2. ^ Founders, International Maritime History Association
  3. ISBN 978-0-522-84574-7
  4. ISBN 978-0-7309-1244-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  5. ISBN 978-1-74269-668-3
  6. ISBN 978-0-86840-203-1
  7. ^ Obituary by Michael Pearson, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Proceedings, 26, 2001
  8. doi:10.1111/1467-8446.00090
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  9. ^ "History Prizes". Australian National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. ^ Beazley, Kim; Australian Labor Party (13 September 2002), Inaugral Frank Broeze Memorial Lecture, retrieved 10 December 2015
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