Education
He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O"Brien.
He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, Kathleen Fitzpatrick and John O"Brien.
Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. He taught at Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School, Bradfield College (Berkshire), and the University of Melbourne. He taught at the University of Melbourne from 1952 to 1976.
From 1978 until 1989 Bate held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong.
Bate was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
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