Honorary Professor Tony Dingle

Organisation:

Department of Economics

Title:

Honorary Professor

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts, Nottingham University, UK, Doctor of Philosophy, Diploma of Education

Professor Tony Dingle is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Economics. He was formerly Associate Dean, Education, in the Faculty of Business and Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at Monash University and also taught economic history. He has written or edited 10 books including Settling, Vol 2 of the three volume 150th anniversary history of Victoria, (1984); Vital connections: Melbourne and its Board of Works, 1891-1991, (1991) (with Carolyn Rasmussen); as well as The Cream Brick Frontier: Histories Of Australian Suburbia, (1995) (with Graeme Davison and Seamus O'Hanlon). He was Associate Editor on the recently published Encyclopaedia of Melbourne (2005). In 2005 he received an ARC Discovery Grant, jointly with the Faculty of Arts, for $211,000 for research into the de-industrialisation and reinvention of inner Melbourne, 1970 - 2000.

Office:

Caulfield Campus
Room 4.46, Building H
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield Vic 3145

Telephone:

+61 3 9903 4518

Fax:

+61 3 9903 1128

E-mail:

tony.dingle@buseco.monash.edu.au

Research Interests:

Professor Dingle's research interests include the general areas of urban, environmental and economic history, especially of Australia. His current research projects include consumerism and domesticity in 20th Century Australia, a history of miners' cottages, Melbourne and the Yarra River, the Encyclopedia of Melbourne, a history of the olive industry in Australia, and de-industrialisation and re-development of Melbourne. His most recent monograph was: Yan Yean: A History of Melbourne's early water supply system (Public Record Office of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003).