17 Facts About James Goldrick

James Goldrick was a member of the Naval Studies Group at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, an adjunct professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University and a professorial fellow of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong.

James Goldrick was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford in the first half of 2015, and a non-resident Fellow of the Lowy Institute from 2013 to 2018.

James Goldrick was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 8 August 1958.

James Goldrick joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1974 as a fifteen-year-old Cadet midshipman.

James Goldrick attended the six-week Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School, and was honoured with the degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of New South Wales.

James Goldrick was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for this service.

James Goldrick took command of the Australian Defence Force Academy in September 2003.

James Goldrick was promoted to rear admiral and assumed duties as Commander Border Protection in May 2006.

James Goldrick was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2013.

James Goldrick lectured in naval history and contemporary naval affairs at many institutions.

James Goldrick spent 1992 as a research scholar at the US Naval War College.

James Goldrick was a long-term and active member of the Australian Naval Institute, including a significant period on the institute's governing council, where he was president between 2005 and 2008.

James Goldrick was an overseas corresponding member of the Society for Nautical Research and served several terms as a councillor of the Navy Records Society.

James Goldrick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2020.

In March 2022, James Goldrick was awarded the Hattendorf Prize by the United States Naval War College for distinguished academic achievement in publishing original research that contributes to a deeper historical understanding of the broad context and interrelationships involved in the roles, contributions, limitations, and uses of the sea services in history.

James Goldrick was married to Ruth, with whom he had two sons.

James Goldrick died in Canberra on 17 March 2023, following treatment for lymphoma and leukemia.