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BLAINEY'S CAREER He has published 32 books, including his highly acclaimed, 'A Short History Of The World'. Blainey has had an exceptionally long and distinguished career in Australian academia. He was a Professor of Economic History and later the Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. He held a Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University . He is listed as one of the Australian Living Treasures . Geoffrey Blainey was Chairman of the Australia Council for four years and Chairman of the Australia-China Council from its inception in 1979 until June 1984. In 2001 he was the Chairman of the National Council for the Centenary of Federation. From 1994 to 1998 he was the Chancellor of the University Of Ballarat . Among many other posts, Blainey has served on the Council of Australian War Memorial since 1997, the Council of National Council for the Centenary of Federation since 1997, and the Council of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia since 1997. Research Keywords: BLAINEY AND ASIAN IMMIGRATION In March 1984 Blainey made some comments to some Rotarians in the Southern Victorian town of Warrnambool on likelihood that public opinion would support the then rate of Asian immigration to Australia. These comments caused a great deal of public controversy and the entire staff body of his then Department at the University of Melbourne signed a public letter distancing themselves from his views. In 1988 Blainey resigned from the University of Melbourne to which he had given most of his working life. In 2005 the University of Melbourne attempted to make restitution for their treatment of Blainey by naming a Chair in Australian history in his honor. BLAINEY AND THE HISTORY WARS Blainey has been an important but low-key contributor to the debate over Australian history and settlement often referred to as the History Wars . Blainey coined the term "the Black Armband view of history" to refer to those historians, usually of leftist political orientation, who accused Australians of genocide against Aboriginees. AWARDS
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