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Geoffrey Blainey

Australian historian
Person Human Q593424

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
March 11, 1930
Place of birth
Melbourne
Country of citizenship
Australia[5]
Occupation
historian, writer
Employer
Harvard University, University of Adelaide Department of History, University of Melbourne[6][7][8]
Educated at
University of Melbourne, Wesley College, Ballarat High School, Queen's College[9][10][11][12]
Award received
Centenary Medal, Companion of the Order of Australia, Australian National Living Treasure, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities[13][14][15][16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Blainey[19]
Given name
Geoffrey[20]
Participant in
Australian Constitutional Convention, 1998[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Geoffrey Blainey en Geoffrey Norman Blainey he ג'פרי בלייני ja ジェフリー・ブレイニー pt Geoffrey Norman Blainey zh 傑弗里·布萊尼 zh 杰弗里·布莱尼 zh-hans 杰弗裡·布萊尼
🔖 Identifiers · 47
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
108475821
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
119489473
BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
90356108
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12811322d
CBDB.cz author ID
21878
CiNii Research ID
1140282266773282560
DDB person (GND) ID
119489473
Databazeknih.cz author ID
4580
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ELNET ID
a12140302
Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
P003376b
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Geoffrey-Blainey
FAST ID
2395
Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
248532
IdRef ID
082049696
J9U entity ID
987007299313105171
Libraries Australia ID
35019157
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0069964X
NDL Authority ID
00433435
NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
458692
NUKAT ID
n96019467
National Library of Brazil ID
000357083
National Library of Chile ID
000136296
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000003108
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200000083
National Library of Latvia ID
000159271
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Portugal ID
1443627
National Virtual Library of India ID
549063, 42749
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073682535
Open Library ID
OL5230318A, OL364725A
Parsifal cluster ID
127453
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
142809
Prabook ID
145430
RERO ID (legacy)
A003011450
SHARE Catalogue author ID
628738
SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
p0084326-Blainey-Geoffrey-1930
UOM ID
86421
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/363502
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/fbc3f2f9-3869-4469-bb71-d83029299eb7

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Centenary Medal, Australian National Living Treasure
Educated at 2
University of Melbourne, Wesley College
Employer 2
Harvard University, University of Melbourne
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Given name 1
Geoffrey
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
Melbourne
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Geoffrey Blainey was born on March 11, 1930[1], in Melbourne[2]. He has worked as a historian[3] and writer[4].

FAQs

Where was Geoffrey Blainey born?

Geoffrey Blainey was born in Melbourne[2].

What did Geoffrey Blainey do for work?

Geoffrey Blainey worked as a historian[3] and writer[4].

Where did Geoffrey Blainey go to school?

Geoffrey Blainey was educated at University of Melbourne[9], Wesley College[10], Ballarat High School[11], and Queen's College[12].

What awards did Geoffrey Blainey receive?

Honors received include Centenary Medal[13], Companion of the Order of Australia[14], Australian National Living Treasure[15], and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia[16].

Related Entities

Australia Melbourne

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . smh.com.au. smh.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . socialsciences.org.au. Retrieved . socialsciences.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . humanities.org.au. Retrieved . humanities.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0084326-Blainey-Geoffrey-1930
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0084326-Blainey-Geoffrey-1930, batch #259496"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → historian, writer
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32118: import P21 and P106 from GND (31)"
  3. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Geoffrey
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Family name → Blainey
    Employer → Harvard University, University of Adelaide Department of History, University of Melbourne
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30468: add P1810 to P5739 2/3"
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