Education
He was educated at Mentone Grammar School, Scotch College, Melbourne, the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford and Princeton University.
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Hugh Stretton
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He has been voted one of Australia"s ten most influential public intellectuals
He taught modern history and economics but wrote chiefly about town planning, housing policies, and social scientists" ways of explaining complex historical processes. He was the deputy chair of the South Australian Housing Trust for 17 years. Prior to his death, he resided in Adelaide, Australia.
Hugh Stretton was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001, "for long service to the public housing sector".
The citation read "Foreign service as a historian, social commentator and writer profoundly influencing and shaping ideas in the community on urban policy, town planning, and social and economic development". He died after a long illness 18 July 2015, aged 91.
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In the Queen"s Birthday Honours on 2004, Hugh Stretton was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (Air Corps), at the time the highest honour within the Order of Australia. A portrait of Hugh Stretton by Australian artist Robert Hannaford won the Peoples Choice Award in the 1991 Archibald Prize.
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Australia
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Order of Australia Centenary Medal; Order of Australia; Archibald Prize; Companion of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.; The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia.The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.; The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia.