Brad Underhill is a Research Fellow at Deakin University where he teaches, lectures and is a research assistant on a number of projects. His forthcoming book (Preparing a Nation; The 'New Deal' in the villages, 1945-1964) will be published in 2024 by ANU Press. His doctoral thesis jointly received the Hank Nelson Memorial award for best PhD, internationally, on any aspect of Papua New Guinea's history. His research has most recently appeared in the Australian Journal of Politics and History, Journal of Pacific History, the Victorian Historical Journal and a 2024 special issue of Australian Historical Studies on 'Wan Solwara: Australia and Papua New Guinea'. In 2017 he was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for academic excellence at Deakin. In 2016 he was awarded the Bowater Trust medal, for best all-round undergraduate student.
Experience
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–presentPhD candidate and tutor, History, Deakin University
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2022–presentResearch fellow, Deakin University
Education
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2021Deakin University, PhD
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2017Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
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2016Deakin University, Bachelor of Commerce
Publications
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2024Wan Solwara: New Histories of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Australian Historical Studies
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2024‘The Moat of Oblivion’: Australia and the Forgetting of Papua New Guinea, Australian Historical Studies
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2024The Seventh State and the Barnes Dance: Deciding the future for the Territory Papua and New Guinea, Australian Historical Studies
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2023Protected Industries Protected Men, Victorian Historical Journal
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2022The Post-War Australian Objective in Papua New Guinea: Liberal ambition or Colonial Control?, Australian Journal of Politics & History
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2019Co-operatives and Political Development in PNG: Colonial Failure or Unrecognized Success?, Journal of Pacific History
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