Dr Ian Duckham

BE WA, MSc Mcr, MDiv EMennonite, GradDipArts, PhD WA.

Tel: 61 08 9291 6256 
Email: iduckham@iprimus.com.au

Research Interests

Western Australian Aboriginal and religious history. 

Awards

Whitfeld Fellow:  University of Western Australia, July 2004.

Margaret Metcalf Award 2003 Certificate of Commendation for outstanding achievement in the use of the State Archives collection for Visionary, Vassal or Vandal? Rod Schenk – Missionary.

Recent research

Archival and oral history research of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA Division) for the Centre for Western Australian History.  Produced on time and to the client’s satisfaction. 

Current research

Preparation of papers and additional research based on aspects of my PhD thesis “Western Desert Missionaries, Their Collaborators and Critics:  Assessments of Protestant Institutional Mission Work in Western Australia’s Western Desert 1921-1973”.

Selected Publications

Serving the servants - serving the State : a brief history of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia, WA Division 1945-2005, Institute of Public Administration Australia, W.A. Division, Perth, W.A., 2005 

"Visionary, Vassal or Vandal? Rod Schenk - Missionary: A Case Study in Western Desert Missions." Limina: Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies 6 (2000): 41-56.

"Early Anabaptist Martyrs of the Low Countries 1525 - 1555." Limina: Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies 4 (1998): 35-39.

Memberships

Accredited Grade 1 professional, Professional Historians Association (WA), Oral History Association of Australia.