Keith Vincent Smith
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Keith Vincent Smith | |
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Born | Keith Vincent Smith |
Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, historian, journalist |
Dr Keith Vincent Smith is an Australian writer, historian and journalist. He has become a notable specialist on early Sydney and indigenous Australians of the Sydney area, including the lives of the Eora peoples, Bungaree, and Bennelong.
Early life
[edit]Keith Vincent Smith was born in Ku-ring-gai territory near the lagoon at Dee Why, north of Sydney. He grew up on Dee Why Headland within sight of the Barranjoey Lighthouse at the edge of Broken Bay.[1]
Journalism
[edit]As a journalist, Keith Smith worked on the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian and was a correspondent for Australian Associated Press in London, Saigon and Sydney. He was a correspondent covering the Vietnam War.[1][2]
Interest in pre-invasion Sydney
[edit]As a mature student, studying progressively for first, masters, and doctorate degrees at Macquarie University, Smith developed a strong interest in early colonial Sydney and the inhabitants of the area before British colonisation.[3]
Publications
[edit]As author
[edit]- Sydney City, Smith's Guides, (1988)
- King Bungaree: A Sydney Aborigine meets the great South Pacific Explorers, 1799–1830, Kangaroo Press, (1992)
- Bennelong: The coming in of the Eora, Sydney Cove 1788–1792, Kangaroo Press/Simon & Schuster, (2001)
- Wallumedegal: An Aboriginal history of Ryde, City of Ryde, (2005)
- MARI NAWI: Aboriginal Odysseys, Rosenberg, (2010)
As contributor
[edit]- Governor Phillip and a man named Bennelong, Australian Heritage, Volume 1, (2005)
- Bennelong, Ambassador of the Eora, Australian Heritage, Volume 2, (2006)
- Bennelong among his people, Aboriginal History, Vol. 33, ANU Press, (2009)
- The many faces of Bungaree, in Bungaree The First Australian, Mosman Art Gallery, (2013)
- 15 biographical entries at The Dictionary of Sydney, including on Bennelong and Pemulwuy
TV series
[edit]As senior researcher:
Episode 1, First Australians, Blackfella Films, dir. Rachel Perkins, originally broadcast on SBS in 2009.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "King Bungaree – The Allan Cunningham Project".
- ^ "Keith Vincent Smith". goodreads.com.
- ^ a b "Author – Eora•People".