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Life Summary

Name	Hyland Neil Nelson
Born	21 October, 1937 Boort, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 February, 2012 (aged 74) Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	Boort Higher Elementary School (Vic) (student, 1949-1951) Kerang High School (Vic) (student, 1952-1955) University of Melbourne (student, 1956-1966)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1960-1963) Victoria, Australia academic (1964-1966) Victoria, Australia historian (general) (1964-1966) Victoria, Australia academic (1966-1973) Papua New Guinea, Australia historian (general) (1966-1973) Papua New Guinea, Australia academic (1973-2002) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1973-2012) Australian Capital Territory, Australia military historian (1973-2010) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2008)
Key Organisations *	Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1967-2004) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1994-2012)
Workplaces *	Numurkah High School (Vic) (teacher, 1959-1960) Rosanna High School (Vic) (teacher, 1961-1963) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (academic, 1964-1966) Administrative College (Port Moresby, PNG) (academic, 1966-1967) University of Papua New Guinea (academic, 1968-1973) Australian National University (history) (academic, 1973-1975) Australian National University (Research School of Social Sciences) (academic, 1973-1975) Australian National University (Pacific Studies) (academic, 1975-2002) Australian National University (Research School of Pacific Studies) (academic, 1975-2002) Australian National University (Pacific Studies) (emeritus professor, 2002-2012)

* Dates are approximate