People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

20 July, 1942
Christchurch, New Zealand

Death

15 May, 2013 (aged 70)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (skin)

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• New Zealander

Education

• Australian National University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• linguist

Awards

• Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur (France)

Legacies

• Professor Darrell Tryon Research Scholarship (ANU)

Workplaces

• Australian National University (Society and Environment)
• Australian National University (linguistics)
• Australian National University (Research School of Pacific Studies)