Scribe Publications
POMPEY ELLIOTT

Previously a solicitor, archivist, and briefly a professional cricketer, Ross McMullin is one of Australia’s finest historians. His books include the widely acclaimed ALP centenary history The Light on the Hill, the outstanding illustrated biography Will Dyson: Australia’s radical genius, and the celebrated So Monstrous a Travesty, a history of the world’s first national labour government.

He has written numerous chapters for multi-authored books on sport, Australian politics and history, and Australia’s participation in the Great War. These publications include Australian Prime Ministers, edited by Michelle Grattan; True Believers, edited by John Faulkner and Stuart Macintyre; and Test Team of the Century, edited by Garrie Hutchinson.

Ross McMullin also writes frequent articles for newspapers and periodicals. He is a senior research fellow with the history department at the University of Melbourne.