Hugh Tranter Resume Hugh Tranter is an author and historian, with interests in creative writing and the research and examination of Australian history. Classes The Shipwreck of the "Sydney Cove" Patrick O'Brian's Fictional Naval Duo - Aubrey and Maturin From Town to City: Colonial Sydney from 1840 to 1890 Sydney - Seven Decades of Change (1900 to 1969) Looking Back to '58 Staying in Contact - The History of Australian Communication