Weston Bate

Who is Weston Bate?

Professor Weston Arthur Bate OAM is an Australian historian specialising in the history of Ballarat, Victoria.

Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O'Brien. He taught at Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Bradfield College, Monash and Melbourne universities. He taught at the University of Melbourne from 1953 to 1976. From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong.

Bate was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and chair of the Museums Advisory Board of Victoria. He was president of the latter from 1991 to 1997. He was a historical consultant and Gold Museum committee member at Sovereign Hill interactive museum, in Ballarat.