Craig Wilcox

Born Sydney Australia 1959. Educated at state schools, art colleges (1978-81), University of New South Wales (BA Hons 1990) and Australian National University (PhD 1994). Member of various Sydney post-punk bands including the Slugfuckers (1978-81). Employed as public servant (1982-90) and as museum historian and consultant (1993-6, 1999-2002, 2003-5), notably at the Australian War Memorial. Author of For Hearths and Homes: Citizen Soldiering in Australia (1998), Australia's Boer War (2002), Red Coat Dreaming: How Colonial Australia embraced the British Army (2009), plus articles and booklets. Lives in Sydney with Lynne Ashpole. Hobby: drawing. Faith: Christian.