Duncan Ironmonger

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Duncan Ironmonger
Born (1931-10-12) 12 October 1931 (age 89)
Yass, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
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Duncan Standon Ironmonger AM (born 12 October 1931) is an Australian household economist. He is an Honorary Principal Fellow and Associate Professor of the Households Research Unit, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne. [1]

Ironmonger was born in Yass, and finished his schooling at Canberra Grammar School. He worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, then studied at the University of Cambridge. He returned to the ABS to contribute to the creation of a system for reporting the national accounts, them worked at the Melbourne Institute. [2]

In 2013 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia. [3]

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References

  1. "Associate Professor Duncan Ironmonger". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Kate Legge, "Splash of colour in world of black and white", The Weekend Australian, 17–18 March 2001
  3. It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 February 2014