Anna Elizabeth Haebich, AM, FAHA, FASSA (/ˈheɪbɪk/ HAY-bik;[1] born 18 December 1949) is an Australian writer, historian and academic.
[2] She attended Wollongong High School, and went on to earn a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Western Australia in 1972.
[3] Haebich is the author of a number of influential and award winning books focusing on Indigenous history and Australia's discriminatory policies, including For Their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the South West of Western Australia 1900 to 1940 (1988) and Broken Circles Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800–2000 (2000).
[4][better source needed] Haebich was one of a group of writers involved in unravelling the Moore River Native Settlement history,[5] and the legacy of A.O.
[citation needed] More recent publications investigate the personal history of individuals that lived in Western Australia including Murdering Stepmothers The Execution of Martha Rendell and A Boy's Short Life Warren Braedon/Louis Johnson.