Graeme Davison | |
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| Born | Melbourne |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia (2011) Ernest Scott Prize (1979) Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) University of Oxford Australian National University (Ph.D) |
| Thesis | 'The Rise and Fall of "Marvellous Melbourne" 1880–1895' (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Andrew La Nauze |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Monash University University of Melbourne |
| Main interests | social history, cultural history |
| Notable works | The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne (1979) The Use and Abuse of Australian History (2000) |
Graeme John Davison, AO, FASSA, FAHA (born 1940) is an Australian historian who is the Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor in the School of Historical Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is best known for his work on Australian urban history. Davison won the prestigious Ernest Scott Prize in 1979 for The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne.