Lines of historians in Australia can be traced to Scott at the University of Melbourne. Among his undergraduate students were future historians Manning Clark and W. K. Hancock. Unlike Hancock, Clark spent his career in Australia and went on to teach a third generation of historians which included Geoffrey Blainey, Geoffrey Serle, Ken Inglis, and Michael Roe.
The academic lineage of Australian historians can be linked back to Scott at the University of Melbourne. Among his students were future historians Manning Clark and W. K. Hancock, who differed from Hancock in their commitment to Australia, going on to mentor a new generation of historians that included Geoffrey Blainey, Geoffrey Serle, Ken Inglis, and Michael Roe.