Gregory Melleuish is an Australian associate professor of history and politics at the University of Wollongong. Subjects he teaches include Australian politics, political theory, world history and ancient history [1]. Previously, he taught European history at the University of Melbourne and Australian Studies at the University of Queensland [2]. He occasionally contributes opinion pieces for The Australian and On Line Opinion.
Melleuish is a political conservative, who supports liberalism and admires the conservative philosopher Edmund Burke. He also occasionally writes columns for The Australian, Australia's national newspaper. In these columns, he often advocates laissez-faire economic policies [3] and criticises the way history is often taught in Australian schools and universities. His main personal interests include:
Cultural Liberalism in Australia (CUP 1995)
The Packaging of Australia (UNSW Press 1998)
A Short History of Australian Liberalism (CIS 2001)
Union Amongst the Colonies (Australian Scholarly Publishing 2001) (with John West).