Curriculum Vitae
Life Events, Films, Books, Promotions & Media Work 

YEAR 2013

Turkish Bankasi (Publisher,) Ahmet Salcan:
Supervising the translation of my book “Gallipoli Diaries” into Turkish, for the Centenary
University of Istanbul
Lecturer, Military History: WW1 The British Gallipoli campaign (October – )
Scribe Publishers:
Author
Trilogy of books for WW1 Centenary:
Gallipoli Diaries, Western Front Diaries, and Light Horse Diaries.
Documentary Film Production: Dynamic Learning Online
“Last Ten Anzacs”
Part sponsored by Department of Veterans Affairs
Boronia Travel (Anzac Tour Specialists) & Fairfax
Developing series of commemorative Tours for WW1 Centenary
Allen & Unwin,
Author“Great Disasters in Australian History” to be published in October
Channel 7
Producer, Writer, Presenter.
Special 150th Anniversary Tribute: “Burke & Wills Tragic Comedy of Errors”

YEAR 2012

Britain Australia Society, Portsmouth, and Launceston UK
Guest speaker for 25th Anniversary of the Royal First Fleet Farewell
Screentime Television Series
Historical Consultant, First Fleeters Today
University of Istanbul
Visiting Scholar & Co-author 100th anniversary book on Gallipoli with Professor Haluk Oral
“Gallipoli Through Turkish & Australian Eyes”. WIP
Australian Conservation Foundation
Board Director and Councillor
AMP 2012 Current Affairs Seminar
Guest Speaker, “Great Moments in Australian History”

YEAR 2011

Allen & Unwin, Author
“Great Battles in Australian History”
Australian Conservation Foundation,
Board Director and Councillor
NSW Government’s Australia Day Council, Australia Day Ambassador to Hawkesbury Shire 

YEAR 2010

Jack Thompson’s Burke & Wills 150th anniversary Environmental Expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Director.
“Beneath Hill 60”, Feature Film, Historical Consultant.
NSW Government’s Australia Day Council, Australia Day Ambassador to Brewarrina 

YEAR 2009

Allen & Unwin, Author,
“Great Moments in Australian History”
NSW Government’s Australia Day Council, Australia Day Ambassador to Lachlan Shire

YEAR 2008

Fairfax Enterprises/Boronia Travel (Melbourne)
Tour Leader, 90th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Western Front (France & Belgium)
(44 member tourist group at first official government Anzac Day Dawn Service in France) & Sydney Morning Herald
Special Projects Editor (Education & Marketing)
Simon & Schuster
Author : “Western Front Diaries: Anzacs own stories battle by battle”.
(Book published to commemorate 90th Anniversary of end of WW1 Remembrance Day 2008)
NSW Government’s Australia Day Council, Australia Day Ambassador to Albury/Wodonga “All’s Fair in Love & War”: Playwright, Actor, Producer
Commemorating the 90th anniversary end of WW1.Performed at Stroud, Society of Performing Arts

YEAR 2008 continued

Foxtel: History Channel: TV Documentary for Armistice Day 2008
Writer, Producer & Presenter:
“Winning World War 1: The Anzacs stories battle by battle”. Writer, presenter, producer.

YEAR 2007

Fairfax Enterprises
Anzac Day Tour Leader, Pilgrimage to Western Front
(25 member Australia-wide tourist group)
Sun-Herald, Iceland Environmental Assignment
Touring Iceland as Travel Writer for Sun-Herald reporting on environmental climate change and impact of global warming, witnessed in Iceland.
Talk Back Guest “Resident Historian”
Radio 2GB : Alan Jones, Murray Wilton,:
ABC Radio : Virginia Trioli program
ABC Radio Tamworth (fortnightly slot with Simone Cobb)
Channel 9: Mornings with Kerri-Anne Kennelly

YEAR 2006

ABC Books/Millennium House
“Historica – 1000 years of Our Lives & Times”
(Author, Chief Consultant, Writer, Promoter)
Talk Back Guest “Resident Historian”
Radio 2GB : Alan Jones, Murray Wilton,.
ABC Radio : Virginia Trioli program
Channel 9: Mornings with Kerri-Anne Kennelly,

YEAR 2005

Fairfax Enterprises
Tour Leader, 90th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Gallipoli
(82 member Australia-wide tourist group)

Year 2005

Random House: John Fairfax & Sons
Author, “Gallipoli Untold Stories from war correspondent Charles Bean & Frontline Anzacs”. (Bestseller 20,000 copies @ $50.00)