Patricia Clarke
Dr Patricia Clarke
- Post Nominals: FAHA, OAM
- Fellow Type: Honorary Fellow
- Elected to the Academy: 2005
Biography
Patricia Clarke is a writer, editor, historian and former journalist whose major focus is on the place of women writers in Australian history and on media history. Several of her thirteen books are biographies of women writers and she has published numerous articles on related subjects.
She is a Fellow of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies, a former president and councillor of the Canberra & District Historical Society and edited its journal for 14 years.
An authority on the history of the media, she was a consultant to the Media Hall of Fame and a contributor to the Companion to the Australian Media. She has contributed to a range of biographical dictionaries including an international literary work and dictionaries of the Australian houses of Parliament. A long-time member of the Australian Dictionary of Biography’s Commonwealth Working Party, she is contributor of many entries. She is a past member of the National Library of Australia’s Fellowship Advisory Committee and was Founding honorary secretary of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia and is a Life Member.