David is a university teacher, historian and researcher at Monash University, Australia.
David’s areas of interest include Australian cities and culture, biography, industrial and regional communities, wine, publishing, newspapers and media, consumer behaviour and Australian communities abroad.
David has degrees in History from Monash University and the University of Melbourne. He has taught in Victorian secondary schools. He completed the Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing at RMIT University and has taught History and Australian Studies at the University of Melbourne, at Monash University and at Deakin and RMIT universities.