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1 Alan Atkinson Writes about Two of the Best-known and Consequential Figures of Early Colonial Australia Ian Hoskins , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 20 no. 3 2023; (p. 456-457)
— Review of Elizabeth and John : The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm Alan Atkinson , 2022 single work biography

'John Macarthur has been a polarising figure in Australian history since HV Evatt’s rehabilitation of his adversary, William Bligh first appeared in 1937. Evatt cast Macarthur as a defender of landed wealth; brilliant but without ‘scruple or ‘pity’ (1944, Rum Rebellion, 197). MH Ellis countered this revisionism in his sympathetic 1955 biography of Macarthur. John’s longstanding place as nation-builder was reinforced with Gordon Andrews’ 1966 design of the new colourful two-dollar note featuring a handsome Macarthur and an equally impressive merino ram; a brilliantly distilled history lesson for Australians for 20 years. Decades later he was a ‘colonial bully’.' (Introduction)   
1 Photographies' Recuperative Lens Ian Hoskins , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , August vol. 12 no. 2 2015; (p. 256)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism
1 Finding Henry Lawson Ian Hoskins , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Inside History , May-June no. 16 2013; (p. 56-59) 'He was the 'city bushman' whose stories are still loved the country over. North Sydney historian, Ian Hoskins, was surprised by how much his own neighbourhood was reflected in Lawson's writings and consequently, his life.'
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