BA (hons) (ANU), DipEd (Sydney Teachers' College), MA (Toronto), Certificate in Radio, Film & Television (Bristol), PhD (ANU)
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History, Heritage And Archaeology
2003
Professor Peter Read is a Professorial Research Fellow Dept of History, University of Sydney. He began his career in Australian Indigenous History, while taking a special interest in oral testimony. After working for some years with Aboriginal adults separated from their families, his interests have widened to include the history and meaning of Australians' attachments to sites and land.
He has additional interests and publications in museum studies, oral history, biography, and the history of Latin America, especially Cuba and Chile.