Robin "Bob" Gollan (8 December 1917 – 15 October 2007) was an Australian historian noted for having written the first history of a trade union.
[4] He graduated in 1939, jointly winning the prize that year with John Manning Ward.
At University, Gollan joined the Communist Party of New South Wales.
Gollan's academic career began as a lecturer at the Sydney Teachers' College, before he moved to the Australian National University, having survived the vetting process undertaken by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation because of the university's support.
[6] Humphrey McQueen, The arch-critic of the Old Left, regarded his work as superficial in depth, based on personal preoccupations and scant primary source research.