Dr Quentin Beresford
#About
Dr Quentin Beresford has had a diverse career in teaching, the public service and journalism. He is the author of several books including Rites of Passage: Aboriginal Youth Crime and Justice (1996); Our State of Mind: Racial Planning and the Stolen Generations (1998), which won the Western Australian Premier’s non-fiction prize; the multi-award winning biography of Aboriginal leader Rob Riley, Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader’s Quest for Justice (2006); The Godfather: The Life of Brian Burke(2008); and The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd (2015), which won the Tasmanian Premier’s non-fiction prize.
He is a former journalist and now a professor of politics at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. He has published many books including The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd, which won the Tasmanian non-fiction prize and was shortlisted for the Ashurst Business Award, and most recently, Adani and the War Over Coal.
