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Life Summary

Name	Peter Loveday
Born	28 December, 1925 Renmark, South Australia, Australia
Died	20 August, 2011 (aged 85) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mills, William George (grandfather) Martin, Allan William (friend) Troy, Patrick Nicol (colleague)
Education *	North Shields Primary School (SA) (student, 1930-1937) Port Lincoln High School (SA) (student, 1938-1940) Sydney Technical College (student, 1941-1942) University of Sydney (student, 1952-1962)
Occupation or Descriptor *	metallurgist (1942-1952) New South Wales, Australia academic (1957-1965) New South Wales, Australia political historian (1957-1965) New South Wales, Australia political scientist (1957-1965) New South Wales, Australia academic (1966-1967) South Australia, Australia political historian (1966-1967) South Australia, Australia political scientist (1966-1967) South Australia, Australia academic (1968-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political historian (1968-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political scientist (1968-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1981-1990) Northern Territory, Australia political historian (1981-1990) Northern Territory, Australia political scientist (1981-1990) Northern Territory, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1992)
Key Organisations *	Northern Territory History Awards Committee (committee member, ?-1990) Northern Territory University Planning Authority (committee member, ?-1990) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (fellow, 1977-2011) Australian Political Science Association (president, 1980-1981) Historical Society of the Northern Territory (member, 1980-2011)
Workplaces *	BHP (metallurgist, 1942-1952) University of Sydney (politics) (academic, 1957-1965) University of Adelaide (politics) (academic, 1966-1967) Australian National University (politics) (academic, 1968-1980) North Australia Research Unit (ANU) (field director, 1980-1990)

* Dates are approximate