Dr David Lee is an Associate Professor who joined the University of New South Wales in 2019 and before that was based in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for twenty-four years. He has a PhD from the Australian National University. He has published widely on Australian history including Australia during the Cold War. His most recent book is titled The Second Rush: Mining and the Transformation of Australia (Redland Bay: Connor Court, 2016). |
Associate Professor David Lee

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Books
Lee D, 2020, Stanley Melbourne Bruce: Institution Builder, Connor Court, Redland Bay, https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/Stanley-Melbourne-Bruce-Institution-Builder--David-Lee_p_395.html
Lee D, 2016, The Second Rush Mining and the Transformation of Australia, Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited
Lee D, 2010, Stanley Melbourne Bruce Australian Internationalist, Bloomsbury Publishing
Doulman J; Lee D, 2008, Every Assistance and Protection A History of the Australian Passport
Parkin R; Lee D, 2008, Great White Fleet to Coral Sea Naval Strategy and the Development of Australian-United States Relations, 1900-1945
Kenyon D; Lee D, 2006, The Struggle for Trade Liberalisation in Agriculture Australia and the Cairns Group in the Uruguay Round
Lee D, 2005, Australia and the World in the Twentieth Century
Lee D, 1995, Search for Security The Political Economy of Australia's Postwar Foreign and Defence Policy, Allen & Unwin Australia
Book Chapters
Lee D, 2019, 'Ryan, Edward John (Ted) (1916-1995)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ryan-edward-john-ted-27551/text34954
Lee D, 2018, 'The Fraser Government, 1975-1983: Andrew Peacock and Tony Street', in Conley Tyler M; Robbins J (ed.), Ministers for Foreign Affairs 1972-83, Australian Institute of International Affairs, pp. 25 - 48, http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ministers-for-Foreign-Affairs-1972-83.pdf
Lee D, 2018, 'Sir John Latham and the League of Nations', in League of Nations : Histories, Legacies and Impact, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 83 - 99
Lee D, 2017, 'Buying Back the Farm: the Whitlam Government and the Australianisation of mining', in Making Modern Australia: the Whitlam Government's 21st Century Agenda, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne
Lee D, 2016, 'The Career Diplomats: Sir Patrick Shaw, Alan Renouf and Sir Nicholas Parkinson, 1974-82', in Lowe D; Bridge C (ed.), Australia Goes to Washington: 75 Years of Australian Representation in the United States, 1940-2015, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 161 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/AGTW.12.2016
Lee D, 2016, 'Australia's ambassadors in Washington, 1982-1989', in Lee D; Lowe D; Bridge C (ed.), Australia Goes to Washington: 75 Years of Australian Representation in the United States, 1940-2015, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 183 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/AGTW.12.2016
Lee D; Lowe D, 2016, 'Conclusion', in Lee D; Lowe D; Bridge C (ed.), Australia Goes to Washington: 75 Years of Australian Representation in the United States, 1940-2015, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 255 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/AGTW.12.2016
Lee D, 2015, 'Sir John Crawford: Agriculture and Trade', in The Seven Dwarfs in the Age of the Mandarins, ANU Press, Canberra, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/SDAM.07.2015
Lee D, 2013, 'Australia and the Security Council', in Cotton J; Lee D (ed.), Australia and the United Nations, Longueville Books, pp. 66 - 104
Lee D; Kenyon D, 2011, 'Australia and Europe', in Middle Power Dreaming: Australia in World Affairs, 2006-2010, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Lee D, 2011, 'Historical Survey of Southeast Asian Borders', in The Borderlands of Southeast Asia: Geopolitics, Terrorism and Globalization, National Defense University Press, Washington, pp. 59 - 88
Lee D, 2008, 'Dealing with Dragons', in Gare D; Ritter D (ed.), Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past Since 1788, Thomson, South Melbourne
Lee D, 2008, 'Stanley Bruce at the Wartime High Commission in London', in Diplomats at War: British and Commonwealth Diplomacy in Wartime, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 149 - 171
Lee D, 2007, 'The Establishment of Diplomatic Relations', in Reid R; Mongan C; Brownrigg J (ed.), Echoes of Irish Australia: rebellion to republic: a collection of essays, St Clements Retreat and Conference Centre, Galong, pp. 222 - 232
Lee D, 2002, 'Shaw, Sir Patrick (1913-1975)', in Ritchie J; Langmore D (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 16 1940-1980, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 220 - 221
Lee D, 2001, 'Indonesia's Independence', in Goldsworthy D (ed.), Facing North. A Century of Australian Engagement with Asia Volume 1 1901 to the 1970s, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 134 - 170
Lee D; Dee M, 2001, 'Southeast Asian Conflicts', in Goldsworthy D (ed.), Facing North: 1901 to the 1970s, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 262 - 309
Lee D, 2000, 'Lawson, John Norman (1897-1956)', in Ritchie J (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 15 1940-1980, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 66 - 67
Lee D, 2000, 'McCall, William Victor ((1908-1968)', in Ritchie J (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 15 1940-1980, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 162 - 163
Lee D, 1997, 'Defence Policy, 1945-1994: An Historical Perspective', in Malik M (ed.), Australia's Security in the 21st Century, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp. 8 - 31
Lee D, 1997, 'The Origins of the Menzies Government's Policy on Indonesia's Confrontation of Malaysia', in Cain F (ed.), Menzies in War and Peace, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp. 72 - 99
Lee D, 1996, 'Australia, the Great Powers and the Decolonisation of Laos', in Australia and the end of empires : the impact of decolonisation in Australia's near north, 1945-65, Deakin University Press, Geelong, pp. 173 - 187
Lee D, 1995, 'The Cabinet', in Warhurst J; Prasser S; Nethercote J (ed.), The Menzies Era: A Reappraisal of Government Politics and Policy, Halw & Iremonger, Sydney, pp. 123 - 137
Lee D, 1993, 'Ashley, William Patrick ((1881-1958)', in Ritchie J (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 13 1940-1980, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp. 79 - 80
Lee D, 1993, 'Cotton, Thomas Richard Worgan (1907-1970)', in Ritchie J (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980, A-De, Melbourne University
Edited Books
Lowe D; Lee D; Bridge C, 2016, Australia goes to Washington 75 years of Australian representation in the United States, 1940–2015, ANU Press
Lee D; Reynolds W, (ed.), 2013, Australia and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1945-1974, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, ttps://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-28/volume-28-australia-and-the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-1945-1974.aspx
Cotton J; Lee D, (ed.), 2012, Australia and the United Nations, Longueville Books & Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Sydney
Lee D; Bongiorno F; Bridge C, (eds.), 2010, The High Commissioners Australia's Representatives in the United Kingdom 1910-2010, Department of Foreign Affairs, Barton
Lee D; Doran S, (ed.), 2002, Australia and Recognition of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1972, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/volume-22/Pages/default.aspx
Lee D, (ed.), 1998, Australia and indonesia's Independence: the Transfer of Sovereignty, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-15/1949-indonesia-volume-15.aspx
Lee D; Waters C, (ed.), 1997, Evatt to Evans: the Labor Tradition in Australian Foreign Policy, Allen & Unwin, Canberra
Lee D; Dorling P, (ed.), 1996, Australia & Indonesia's Independence: the Renville Agreement Documents 1948, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-13/1948-indonesia-volume-13.aspx
Journal articles
Lee D, 2020, 'The Australian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference: A Biography', Australian Journal of Biography and History
Lee D, 2020, 'Australia's Embargo of the Export of Iron Ore: A Reconsideration', Journal of Australian Mining History, vol. 18, pp. 96 - 112
Lee D, 2016, 'Jackson, Sir Ronald Gordon (1924-1991)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jackson-sir-ronald-gordon-23122
Lee D, 2016, 'States rights and Australia’s adoption of the statute of Westminster, 1931–1942', History Australia, vol. 13, pp. 258 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2016.1186001
Lee D, 2016, 'Comalco's Development of Queensland Bauxite, 1955-1957', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 62, pp. 44 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.12207
Lee D, 2014, 'The development of bauxite at Gove, 1955-1975', Journal of Australasian Mining History, vol. 12, pp. 131 - 147
Lee D, 2013, 'Reluctant relaxation', History Australia, vol. 10, pp. 149 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2013.11668485
Lee D, 2012, 'Stanley Melbourne Bruce in London, 1938-41', JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, vol. 40, pp. 45 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2012.656489
Lee D; Kennedy M, 2007, 'The Credentials Controversy: Australia, Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1950-65', Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 6, pp. 57 - 82, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=226857406682605;res=IELAPA