Alison Broinowski

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Dr. Alison W. Broinowski is an Australian academic, journalist, writer and former diplomat.

Born as Alison Woodroffe on 25 October 1941 in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1946 to 1958 she attended the Wilderness School in her native Adelaide.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelaide University in 1962.

She married Richard Philip Broinowski on 14 December 1963.

From 1963-64 she was a diplomatic cadet for the Australian Department of External Affairs before beginning her extensive diplomatic career with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT).

[edit] Career

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  • 1965-68 - Freelance journalist in Japan
  • 1969 - Journalist and leader-writer for the Canberra Times
  • 1970-74 - Department of Foreign Affairs, Japan Section
  • 1975-78 - Second Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Manila, Philippines
  • 1978-82 - ASEAN Section, Department of Foreign Affairs; Co-ordinator, Australian Institute of International Affairs Conferences
  • 1982-83 - Administrative Assistant to the Governor General; Executive Director of the Australian National Word Festival
  • 1983-85 - Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1986 - Director, Japan Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • 1987-88 - Director, Australia-Japan Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Visiting Fellow at the Department of Asian Studies, Australian National University
  • 1988 - Charge d'Affaires with the Australian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and Research Associate with the Korean Research Foundation and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1989-90 - Counsellor with the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York City, USA
  • 1990-92 - On leave from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to undertake freelance work, including lecturing, journalism, broadcasting and research on Australia/Asian affairs
  • 1992-93 - Regional Director with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Melbourne
  • 1993-94 - Director, Advocacy and Planning, Australia Council
  • 1995 - Visiting Fellow, Australian Defence Force Academy
  • 1995-96 - Research Associate, Ibero American University, Mexico
  • 1996 - Visiting Fellow, Canberra University
  • 1996-99 - Visiting Fellow, Australian National University

[edit] Writing

In 1992 she authored The Yellow Lady: Australian impressions of Asia (Oxford University Press; ISBN ISBN 0195534522)

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