Graeme Davison

Graeme Davison
Born
Melbourne
AwardsOfficer 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 materUniversity of Melbourne (BA [Hons])
University of Oxford
Australian National University (Ph.D)
Thesis'The Rise and Fall of "Marvellous Melbourne" 1880–1895' (1969)
Doctoral advisorJohn Andrew La Nauze
Academic work
InstitutionsMonash University
University of Melbourne
Main interestssocial history, cultural history
Notable worksThe 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.