Dr David Headon is a cultural consultant and historian. Formerly a teacher at ADFA and Director of the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies (1994-2004), he is now Advisor on the Centenary of Canberra in the Chief Minister’s Department of the ACT Government, and Advisor to Senator Kate Lundy. He is a regular commentator on cultural, political and social issues on ABC television and radio (regional and national) and WIN television. He was on the judging panel of the National Biography Award, 2009 and will be talking about the attributes of best biographical practice.

Background reading: Ann Blainey, I Am Melba, winner the 2009 National Biography Award.