Melanie Oppenheimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 November 1957 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Title | Professor |
| Awards | Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2017) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of New England (BA, DipEd, MLitt) Macquarie University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Volunteers in Action: Voluntary Work in Australia, 1939–1945 (1997) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Volunteering Gender and war Biography |
| Institutions | Flinders University University of New England University of Western Sydney |
Melanie Nivison Oppenheimer, FASSA (born 9 November 1957) is an Australian historian, who specialises in the history of volunteering, and a former actress.