1. Inga Clendinnen's work focused on social history, and the history of cultural encounters.
11 Facts About Inga Clendinnen
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Inga Clendinnen was an authority on Aztec civilisation and pre-Columbian ritual human sacrifice.
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Inga Clendinnen wrote about the Holocaust and on first contacts between Indigenous Australians and white explorers.
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Inga Clendinnen's father owned a cabinet-making business and later became a Geelong City Councillor; her mother was a homemaker.
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Inga Clendinnen's work focused on social history, and the history of cultural encounters.
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Inga Clendinnen was considered an authority on Aztec civilisation and pre-Columbian ritual human sacrifice.
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Inga Clendinnen wrote on the Holocaust, and on first contacts between Indigenous Australians and white explorers.
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Inga Clendinnen held the post of senior tutor of History at the University of Melbourne from 1955 to 1968, was a lecturer at La Trobe University from 1969 to 1982, and was then a senior lecturer in History until 1989.
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Inga Clendinnen retained an association with La Trobe University as she was appointed Emeritus Scholar.
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Inga Clendinnen married the philosopher of science John Inga Clendinnen in 1955, and had two children with him.
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Inga Clendinnen died on 8 September 2016 after a short illness.