Background
Born Robert Falconer Howard, he is the third son of Mona, née Kell, and Lyall Howard.
Born Robert Falconer Howard, he is the third son of Mona, née Kell, and Lyall Howard.
Australian National University.
Died 2014), followed by Walter in 1929 and John in 1939. He was raised in the Sydney suburb of Earlwood, in a Methodist family. Howard"s father was a sympathiser with the New Guard.
Howard attended Newington College (1950–1954) and was awarded a Bachelor from the University of New England and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University.
Howard is currently an associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong.
Howard is the only member of his family to vote for the Australian Labor Party.