David Daintree

Dr David Daintree is a native of Sydney.  He took a BA from the University of New England, and an M Litt from Cambridge.  He completed his PhD in Tasmania.  His academic background is in Classics, but he is primarily a medieval Latinist.  He left school early, working in advertising and public relations before going on to university.  He then he taught for four years at Geelong Grammar School’s Timbertop, and was subsequently Senior Classics Master at St Peter’s College, Adelaide.  David was Principal of Jane Franklin Hall, a college of the University of Tasmania, from 1984 to 2002.  He has been a visiting professor at both the Universities of Siena and Venice, and a visiting fellow at St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Canada.  From 2002 to 2008 he was Rector of St John’s College in the University of Sydney, and was President of Campion College, Australia’s only Liberal Arts college, from 2008 to 2012.  Early in 2013 he was appointed an Honorary Life Fellow of Campion College. In 2013, at the invitation of Archbishop Julian Porteous, he became founding Director of the Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies.  In 2017 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.David is married to Elizabeth and they have three grown-up children, and four grandchildren.  Their family home is in Colebrook, Tasmania.
Address: Waterdale
Colebrook
Tasmania 7027
Australia