John David Rickard | |
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Awards |
Ernest Scott Prize (1988) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Monash University |
Main interests | Cultural history |
Notable works | Australia: A Cultural History (1988, 2017) Class and Politics (1976) |
Website | https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/john-rickard |
John Rickard FAHA is Emeritus Professor of History at Monash University. [1] Rickard won the prestigious Ernest Scott Prize in 1988 for his book Australia: A Cultural History.
Before becoming an historian Rickard was an actor and singer. [2]
Rickard was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1991. [3]