Melbourne, Alexander Clifford Vernon
Person: id 43943
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Family name
Melbourne
Given name(s)
Alexander Clifford Vernon
Initials
A.C.V.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1908
Combined start dates
1908
Education notes
M.A.(QLD) granted Ad Eundum Gradam
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Melbourne A.C.V. : Assistant Lecturer in History 1916 - University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]Melbourne A.C.V. : Lecturer 1919 - 1934 University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]Melbourne A.C.V. : Associate Professor of History 1934 - University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]
Other events
Melbourne A.C.V. : Military and health.Enlisted 1 Aug 1914Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Embarked 24 Sep 1914Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Wounded 25 Apr 1915 - @ Gallipoli [ Turkey ]Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Wounded 3 Jun 1915 - @ Gallipoli [ Turkey ]Melbourne A.C.V. : Military and health.Returned to Australia 20 Nov 1915Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Re-appointed 18 Nov 1916Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Awarded Lara Spelman Rockerfeller Scholarship 1928Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Travelled to Japan and China 1931 - 1932Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Appointed 1 Mar 1935 - @ Senate of the University of Queensland : University of Queensland [ QLD Australia ]Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Travelled to Japan and China 1936Melbourne A.C.V. : Specific terms.Services terminated 4 Mar 1937 - @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]
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On 20 August 1914 he enlisted as captain in the 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, left with the first contingent, shared in the horrors of Gallipoli and was wounded on 25 April and 4 June 1915. Invalided out of active service in October, Melbourne returned to his previous position at the University of Queensland in 1916, but for much of 1916-18 worked in censorship and on troop-ships. From ADB entry
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Publications
Report on Australian Intercourse with Japan and China (Brisbane, 1932).
Two chapters in volume 7, part 1, of the Cambridge History of the British Empire (1933), his John Murtagh Macrossan lecture in 1932 on William Charles Wentworth (Brisbane, 1934) and his classic study, Early Constitutional Development in Australia (Oxford, 1934).
Report on a Visit to the Universities of China and Japan (Brisbane, 1936).ADB
Two chapters in volume 7, part 1, of the Cambridge History of the British Empire (1933), his John Murtagh Macrossan lecture in 1932 on William Charles Wentworth (Brisbane, 1934) and his classic study, Early Constitutional Development in Australia (Oxford, 1934).
Report on a Visit to the Universities of China and Japan (Brisbane, 1936).ADB
Parental occupation
Printer
Visible notes
He was Queensland government representative on the Queensland and Federal advisory committees on Eastern trade (chairman of both in 1933-35). Backed by the government and the university, Melbourne returned to East Asia in 1936 and compiled a Report on a Visit to the Universities of China and Japan (Brisbane, 1936). He also wrote several pamphlets on foreign policy for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. From ADB entry
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IMAGE:SLQ - The Queenslander 22 May 1915
ADB Entry ID
7552
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