Chapters by Ross McMullin have been published in the following books:
- “Writing the ALP History: Reflections”, J. Sipka (ed), A Century of Social Change (Sydney, 1992)
- “Supporting Carlton”, P. Burke & L. Grogan (eds), This Game of Ours (Melb, 1993)
- “Heyday of the Larrikin Spectator”, J. Ross (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football (Melb, 1996)
- “Pompey Elliott and Racing in World War I”, G. Hutchinson (ed), They’re Racing: The Complete Story of Australian Racing (Melb, 1999)
- “John Christian Watson”, M. Grattan (ed), Australian Prime Ministers (Sydney, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016)
- “Joseph Benedict Chifley”, M. Grattan (ed), Australian Prime Ministers (Sydney, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016)
- “Victor Trumper”, G. Hutchinson (ed), Test Team of the Century (Sydney, 2000)
- “Leading the World”, J. Faulkner & S. Macintyre (eds), True Believers (Sydney, 2001)
- “Fred ‘Pompey’ Elliott: The Champion Who Gave His Name to a Hero”, S. Holt & G. Hutchinson (eds), Footy’s Greatest Players (Melb, 2003)
- “Tactics and Trends”, G. Slattery (ed), The Australian Game of Football (Melb, 2008)
- “The AIF in 1918”, P. Cochrane (ed), Australian Greats (Melb, 2008) – Read this chapter here
- “‘Dangers and Problems Unprecedented and Unpredictable’: The Curtin Government’s Response to the Threat”, P. Dean (ed), Australia 1942 (Melb, 2013)
- “1975: Whitlam Crashes Through”, P. Stanley (ed), Victory on Gallipoli and Other What-ifs of Australian History (Canberra, 2018)
- “The Inkstand Incident: Managing Returned Soldiers in Melbourne”, J. Lack (ed), 1919: The Year Things Fell Apart? (Melb, 2019)
- “Pompey Elliott, Australia’s Emotional General”, J. Damousi, D. Tout-Smith & B. Ziino (eds), Museums, History and the Intimate Experience of the Great War: Love and Sorrow (London, 2021)
Ross has provided introductions for the following books:
- M. Kenny and L. Frost (eds), Trooping to the Middle East, 1916 (Melb, 2005)
- G. Hutchinson, Remember Them: A Guide to Victoria’s Wartime Heritage (Melb, 2009)
- J. Osborne (ed), Memoirs of an Anzac (Melb, 2015) [Ross also provided around 150 explanatory and elaborative footnotes for this book]
- A.J. McAleer, Scurry: The Man Who Got Them Safely off Gallipoli (Melb, 2017)
- P. Ayton, Hell of a Time (Melb, 2019)