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Keith Windschuttle

Keith Windschuttle (born 1942) is an Australian historian and journalist who is the author of several books including The Killing of History (1994) and The Fabrication of Aboriginal History (2002) which disputes current historical views on Australian history.

After receiving his formal education at Canterbury Boys High School, Windschuttle completed a BA with honours in journalism at the University of Sydney in 1969. In 1973, he started his tenure as lecturer in Australian history at the University of NSW . Between 1977 and 1981, Windschuttle taught both history and journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. He then returned to the University of NSW in 1983 to lecture on history and social policy. Windschuttle frequent contributes to socio-political magazines Quadrant and The New Criterion. His recent research disputes whether the colonial settlers of Australia committed widespread genocide against the Australian Aborigines.

Major publications

  • Unemployment: a Social and Political Analysis of the Economic Crisis in Australia (1979)
  • The Media: a New Analysis of the Press, Television, Radio and Advertising in Australia (1984)
  • Youth Wages, Employment and Unemployment: a Critique of a Study by the Bureau of Labour Market Research (1985)
  • Working in the Arts: a Guide for Enterprise, Employment and Assistance (1986)
  • Local Employment Initiatives Integrating Social Labour Market and Economic Objectives for Innovative Job Creation (1987)
  • The Killing of History: How a Discipline is being Murdered by Literary Critics and Social Theorists (1994)
  • The Fabrication of Aboriginal History (2002)