Patrick Morgan has published and edited a number of books on topics where history, literature and politics converge. His most recent book is The Vandemonian Trail – Convicts and Bushrangers in Early Victoria. Patrick Morgan has written for the magazine Quadrant over the last half century, and was formerly a council member of the National…

 Patrick Morgan is an Australian academic who has written a number of books and articles on the connections between literature, history and politics, and has edited two volumes of the writings of B.A. Santamaria. Morgan’s book Melbourne Before Mannix: Catholics in Public Life 1880-1920 was published by Connor Court Publications in October 2012. On Wednesday 17 October 2012, Patrick…