David William Black, AM (4 July 1936 – 23 November 2024) was an Australian historian.
He was a professor in history and politics in the School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages at Curtin University of Technology until his retirement in 2002, and was then professor emeritus.
He has had numerous publications and considerable media exposure in regard to parliamentary history in Western Australia.
Black was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2010 Australia Day Honours for "service to education and to the social sciences, particularly through the promotion and preservation of the political and parliamentary history of Western Australia".
[1] Black died on 23 November 2024, at the age of 88.