Frost FRHistS, FAHA (29 March 1943 – 12 April 2023)[1] was an Australian historian and professor emeritus at La Trobe University.
Frost was born in 1943 in Cairns and, as the son of teachers, spent his childhood in rural Queensland including time in Gayndah, Beaudesert, East Barron and Cardwell.
For over 35 years Frost collected primary documents relating to the decision to colonise Australia, the mounting of the First Fleet and the early settlement of Sydney.
Give the scope and range of sources and subject matter, they offer a greater overview of these historical events than any single participant could have had at the time.
The Frost Archive has vastly expanded the historical record readily available to historians, allowing a more sophisticated base from which to make analyses.