Frank Broeze

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.

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

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, Western Australia.[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. Broeze, Frank (1993), Mr Brooks and the Australian trade : imperial business in the nineteenth century, Melbourne University Press, ISBN 978-0-522-84574-7
  4. Broeze, Frank; Henderson, Graeme, 1947-; Western Australian Museum; Broeze, Frank J. A; Henderson, Graeme (1986), Western Australians & the sea : our maritime heritage, Western Australian Museum, ISBN 978-0-7309-1244-6CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Broeze, Frank (1998), Island nation : a history of Australians and the sea, St. Leonards, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74269-668-3
  6. Broeze, Frank (1989), Brides of the sea : port cities of Asia from the 16th-20th centuries, New South Wales University Press, ISBN 978-0-86840-203-1
  7. Obituary by Michael Pearson, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Proceedings, 26, 2001
  8. Tull Malcolm (2001). "Obituary: Franklin (Frank) Jan Aart Broeze, 1945-2001". Australian Economic History Review. 41: 325–326. doi:10.1111/1467-8446.00090.
  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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