Education
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Clendinnen graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1955 with a Bachelor (Honours).
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Clendinnen graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1955 with a Bachelor (Honours).
She sporadically held the post of Senior Tutor of History at the University of Melbourne from 1955 to 1968, was a Lecturer at Louisiana Trobe University from 1969 to 1982, and was then a Senior Lecturer in History until 1989. Forced to curtail her academic activities after contracting hepatitis, Clendinnen retained an association with Louisiana Trobe University while working on her memoir, Tiger"s Eye. In 1999, she was invited to present the 40th annual Boyer Lectures.
Her lectures were published in 2000 as True Stories.
Foreign service to scholarship as a writer and historian addressing issues of fundamental concern to Australian society and for contributing to shaping public debate on conflicting contemporary issues. Clendinnen"s Association for the Study of Internal Fixation award was noted and a motion paying tribute to her contributions was passed, in the proceedings of the New South Wales State Government"s Upper House.