Australian historian
Anne Philomena O'Brien |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70)
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Nationality | Australian |
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Occupation | Historian |
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Notable work | God's Willing Workers |
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Anne Philomena O'Brien (born 1954) is an Australian historian and author who is a professor at the University of New South Wales.
Early life
Anne Philomena O'Brien was born in 1954[1] in Glenelg, South Australia, Australia.[2] Her parents were Paul and Mary (Mollie) O'Brien. Anne was their fifth and youngest daughter.[2]
Education
In 1975, O'Brien earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Adelaide, graduating with honours. She taught part-time for a year at Flinders University in South Australia, before enrolling in a PhD program at the University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in 1982.[2]
Career
From 1982 to 1985, she taught at Santa Sabina College.[2]
In 1987, O'Brien began lecturing in history at the University of New South Wales.[2] She became an associate professor in 2007,[2] and later became a full professor in the School of Humanities and Languages.[3]
Books
In 1988, O'Brien published her first book, Poverty's Prison. The Poor in New South Wales 1880–1918,[4] which was based on her PhD research. Her second book, God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia, was published in 2005.[5] She published Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism in 2014.[6]
O'Brien is married and has two children.[2]
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