Hugh McDonald Anderson

Historian, poet and journalist. He established an enviable reputation as an authority on convict broadsides and colonial ballads, on Victorian gold rush history, and on Australian literature. Hugh deserves to be considered a pioneering Australian social and cultural historian, alongside his better recognised achievements as a major folklorist. For mor information see http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/anderson-hugh-mcdonald-27184 and https://labourhistorymelbourne.org/2017/04/13/hugh-anderson/