Iain McCalman AO FAHA FASSA FRHS is a Research Professor in History at the University of Sydney, with numerous books and articles in modern British, European and colonial histories, specialising most recently in cultural, scientific and environmental themes. He is a Fellow of three Learned Academies, writes a regular column for Bloomberg View, and has been a historical consultant and narrator for the BBC, ABC, and other television and film documentaries. He was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2007 for services to history and the humanities. He is currently writing a book on Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef – from Cook to climate change.