Tom Stannage
| Tom Stannage | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charles Thomas Stannage 14 March 1944 Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Died | 4 October 2012 (aged 68) Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Education | Perth Modern School, UWA, Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Professor of history, Australian Historian |
| Years active | 1971–2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Stannage, née Fillanich |
| Parent(s) | Rev James Eakins-Stannage Helen Eakins-Stannage |
Charles Thomas "Tom" Stannage, AM (14 March 1944 – 4 October 2012) was a prominent Western Australian historian, academic, Australian rules football player and administrator. He edited the major work A New History of Western Australia, which was published in 1981.
Charles Thomas Stannage, better known as Tom Stannage, was born in Subiaco, Western Australia in March 1944. His father was Anglican cleric Rev James Eakins-Stannage and his mother Helen was from Northam. He grew up in the Perth suburbs of Subiaco and Bassendean. Tom went to Perth Modern School, University of Western Australia (UWA), and he gained a doctorate at Cambridge University. He married fellow UWA student Maria Fillanich, who later taught English and literature at St Mary's Anglican Girls School. They went to England in 1967 to delve into museums and vaults of antiquity. During this time, Stannage completed his doctorate at Cambridge.
In 1979, Perth City Council commissioned Stannage to write a book for its 150th year. The People of Perth: A Social History of WA's Capital City told stories of ordinary folk, and found wide favour.
He edited the major work, A New History of Western Australia (1981), an 836-page reference work published by the University of WA Press. He became Professor of History at UWA and later he was a professor and Executive Dean at Curtin University.
His work wove together the strands of Aboriginal experience into white settlement and he formulated ways for WA history to be simplified and taught in schools.
In 2006, Stannage was on a panel of five to select The West Australian's 100 most influential people in WA. In 1997, he became a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the study of history and museum development in Australia. As history professor at UWA in 1997, he won the inaugural Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year.
Professor Stannage died in Perth surrounded by family on 4 October 2012 at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital. He was in a coma after suffering a heart attack eight days earlier. He had two children with his wife. Chris, a lawyer, and Katie, an orthopaedic surgeon.
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