David Dunstan (born 1950) is an Australian writer, journalist and historian. Dunstan was born in

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of Australian parents, journalist Keith Dunstan and his wife Marie. He was educated at Monash,

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and

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universities. He is currently senior research associate with the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University.

Publications

His books include ''Governing the Metropolis: Melbourne 1850-1891'' (1984), ''Better Than Pommard! A History of Wine in Victoria'' (1994), ''Victorian Icon: The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne'' (1996), ''Owen Suffolk's Days of Crime and Years of Suffering'' (2001). His most recent book is ''A Vision for Wine: a History of the Viticultural Society of Victoria'' (2013). Together with Tom Heenan he wrote the chapter 'Don Bradman: Just a Boy From Bowral' for the ''Cambridge Companion to Cricket''. He was a founding editor and contributor to th
Encyclopedia of Melbourne

Activities

Dunstan taught Public History and Australian Studies at Monash University from 1994 until 2014. He was Senior Historian with the Historic Buildings Council (now the Victorian Heritage Council) from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently Senior Exhibitions Developer with

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. In 2010 he was the Menzies Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies,

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. He lives in

. He has worked as a freelance journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines such as ''

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'', '' Business Review Weekly'', and ''The Sun-Herald'', and extensively in scholarly journals. He has research interests in the history of Melbourne, the social history of wine and viticulture, the history of newspapers, international sport, international exhibitions, and Australian national identity.

External links

Dr David Dunstan
Dunstan's Monash University profile page {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunstan, David 1950 births Living people Monash University alumni University of Melbourne alumni RMIT University alumni Australian historians Academic staff of Monash University