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Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), usually identified as C. E. W. Bean, was a historian and one of Australia's official war correspondents. He was editor and principal author of the 12-volume Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 , and a primary advocate for establishing the Australian War ...
- Australian military history, First World War
- Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918
Learn about Charles Bean, the man who wrote the official history of Australia in the First World War and founded the Australian War Memorial. Explore his life, career, achievements and legacy as a war correspondent, collector, author and visionary.
Australian War Memorial, A05381. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968), historian and journalist, was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales, eldest of three sons of Edwin Bean and his wife Lucy Madeline, née Butler, of Hobart Town. The Beans were an Imperial family.
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A biography of Charles Bean, the Australian war correspondent and historian who shaped the Anzac legend and the national identity. Learn how he recorded the battles, interviewed the soldiers, and wrote the Official History of Australia in the Great War.
Allen & Unwin, $32.99. Charles Edwin Woodrow, aka "C.E.W." Bean. The name of Australia's most famous war correspondent, war historian and driving force of the establishment of the Australian War ...
Apr 9, 2015 · Learn how Australia's official historian at Gallipoli, Charles Bean, shaped the image of the Anzac soldier and the Gallipoli campaign in his first publication. Discover how he selected, edited and distributed the stories, poems and illustrations from the trenches.
Charles Bean, best known as C. E. W. Bean, was endorsed by the Australian Journalists’ Association, and assigned after narrowly beating another journalist Keith Murdoch (father of the future News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch). Bean had worked in London as a correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, and published several books.
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