Broeze, Franklin Jan Aart (Frank) (1945 - 2001)

Summary

Frank Broeze was a highly respected maritime and economic historian who for over 40 years taught at the University of Western Australia. He published on a wide range of subjects besides Australian maritime history, including global shipping, the Indian Ocean, and ports. Among the many organisations in which he was involved were the Maritime Archaeology Advisory Committee on shipwreck legislation and the Research Council of the Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology. He was a founding Member of the Australian Association for Maritime History, being President 1983 - 1985), and President of the International Commission of Maritime History 1990 - 1995. For some years he was Deputy Chairman of the Western Australian Maritime Museum. The Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize, usually presented in alternate years and co-sponsored by the Australian Association for Maritime History with the Australian Maritime Museum, is awarded to books which address any aspect of maritime history relating to or impacting on Australia and the Australian Community.

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Chronology

1970

Life event - Migrated to Australia

1970 - 2001

Career position - Lecturer (later Professor) in history, University of Western Australia

1978 - 1986

Career position - Editor, The great circle

1978 - 2001

Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Association for Maritime History

1983 - 1985

Career position - President, Australian Association for Maritime History

1990 - 1995

Career position - President, International Commission of Maritime History

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Published resources

Books

• Broeze, Frank, Island nation: a history of Australians and the sea (St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1998), 291 pp. Details
• Broeze, Frank and Henderson, Graeme, Western Australians and the sea: our maritime heritage (Perth: Western Australian Museum, ), 74 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Broeze, Frank, 'John Septimus Roe, 1797-1878' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details

Journal Articles

• Broeze, F., 'Distance Tamed: Steam Navigation to Australia and New Zealand from its Beginnings to the Outbreak of the Great War', Journal of Transport History, 10 (1) (1989), 1-21. Details
• Broeze, F.; Reeves, P.; McPherson, K., 'Imperial Ports and the Modern World Economy: the Case of the Indian Ocean', Journal of Transport History, 7 (2) (1986), 1-20. Details
• Broeze, Frank, 'From the periphery to the mainstream: the challenge of Australia's maritime history', Great circle, 11 (1) (1989), 1-14. Details
• Ondaatje, Michael [and others], 'Reflections and recollections: Professor Frank Broeze', Limnia, 8 (2002), 12-31. Details
• Tull, Malcolm, 'Obituary: Franklin (Frank) Jan Aart Broeze, 1945 - 2001', Australian economic history review, 41 (3) (2001), 325-6. Details