By Associate Professor David Lee

Edited Books

Lee D; Doran S, (ed.), 2002, Australia and Recognition of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1972, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/volume-22/Pages/default.aspx

Lee D, (ed.), 1998, Australia and indonesia's Independence: the Transfer of Sovereignty, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-15/1949-indonesia-volume-15.aspx

Lee D; Waters C, (ed.), 1997, Evatt to Evans: the Labor Tradition in Australian Foreign Policy, Allen & Unwin, Canberra

Lee D; Dorling P, (ed.), 1996, Australia & Indonesia's Independence: the Renville Agreement Documents 1948, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Pages/volume-13/1948-indonesia-volume-13.aspx

Journal articles

LEE D, 2025, 'Churchill and Australia: The Anxious Dominion', History, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-229x.70075

Lee D, 2023, 'AUKUS and the Labor Tradition', Arena Journal, pp. 43 - 48, https://arena.org.au/aukus-and-the-labor-tradition/

Lee D, 2021, 'Labor, the External Affairs Power and the Rights of Aborigines', Labour History: a journal of labour and social history, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/jih.2021.4

Lee D, 2021, 'Labor, the External Affairs Power and the Rights of Aborigines', Labour History, 120, pp. 49 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/jlh.2021.4

Lee D, 2021, 'Commonwealth Responsibility and Cold War Solidarity: Australia in Asia, 1944-1974', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, 67, pp. 175 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.12736

Lee D, 2020, 'The Australian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference: A Biography', Australian Journal of Biography and History

Lee D, 2020, 'Australia's Embargo of the Export of Iron Ore: A Reconsideration', Journal of Australian Mining History, 18, pp. 96 - 112

Lee D, 2016, 'Jackson, Sir Ronald Gordon (1924-1991)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jackson-sir-ronald-gordon-23122

Lee D, 2016, 'States rights and Australia’s adoption of the statute of Westminster, 1931–1942', History Australia, 13, pp. 258 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2016.1186001

Lee D, 2016, 'Comalco's Development of Queensland Bauxite, 1955-1957', Australian Journal of Politics and History, 62, pp. 44 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajph.12207

Lee D, 2014, 'The development of bauxite at Gove, 1955-1975', Journal of Australasian Mining History, 12, pp. 131 - 147

Lee D, 2013, 'Reluctant relaxation', History Australia, 10, pp. 149 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2013.11668485

Lee D, 2012, 'Stanley Melbourne Bruce in London, 1938-41', JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, 40, pp. 45 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2012.656489

Lee D; Kennedy M, 2007, 'The Credentials Controversy: Australia, Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1950-65', Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 6, pp. 57 - 82, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=226857406682605;res=IELAPA

Lee D, 2005, 'The Liberals and Vietnam', Australian Journal of Politics and History, 51, pp. 429 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2005.0384a.x

LEE D, 1995, 'AUSTRALIA AND ANGLO-AMERICAN DISAGREEMENT OVER THE QUEMOY-MATSU CRISIS, 1954-55', JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, 23, pp. 105 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03086539508582946

Lee D, 1995, 'Britain and Australia's Defence Policy, 1945–1949', War & Society, 13, pp. 61 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/072924795791200178

LEE D, 1994, 'THE 1949 FEDERAL-ELECTION - A REINTERPRETATION', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, 29, pp. 501 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00323269408402309

LEE D, 1993, 'AUSTRALIA AND ALLIED STRATEGY IN THE FAR-EAST, 1952-1957', JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES, 16, pp. 511 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402399308437531

LEE D, 1992, 'AUSTRALIA, THE BRITISH-COMMONWEALTH, AND THE UNITED-STATES, 1950-1953', JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY, 20, pp. 445 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03086539208582880

Lee D, 1992, 'The National Security Planning and Defence Preparations of the Menzies Government, 1950–1953', War & Society, 10, pp. 119 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/072924792791198913

LEE D, 1990, 'PROTECTING THE STERLING AREA - THE CHIFLEY GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO MULTILATERALISM 1945-9', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, 25, pp. 178 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00323269008402117

Conference Papers

Lee D, 2022, 'Economic Management During the Korean War', Sir Robert Menzies Institute, University of Melbourne, presented at Power, Learning to Govern and Gathering Momentum, 1943-1954, Sir Robert Menzies Institute, University of Melbourne, 16 November 2022 - 15 December 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=aSNi78cVais

Evans G, 1994, 'The Labor tradition: A view from the 1990s', in Lee D; Waters C (ed.), EVATT TO EVANS, ALLEN & UNWIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA, AUSTR NATL UNIV, FAC ARTS, DEPT POLIT SCI, CANBERRA, pp. 11 - 22, presented at Symposium on Evatt to Evans - the Labor Tradition in Australian Foreign Policy, AUSTRALIA, AUSTR NATL UNIV, FAC ARTS, DEPT POLIT SCI, CANBERRA

Lee D, 1994, 'The Curtin and Chifley governments, liberal internationalism and world organisation', in Lee D; Waters C (ed.), EVATT TO EVANS, ALLEN & UNWIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA, AUSTR NATL UNIV, FAC ARTS, DEPT POLIT SCI, CANBERRA, pp. 48 - 61, presented at Symposium on Evatt to Evans - the Labor Tradition in Australian Foreign Policy, AUSTRALIA, AUSTR NATL UNIV, FAC ARTS, DEPT POLIT SCI, CANBERRA, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000074436300004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Reports

Lee D, 2025, The 2004 cabinet papers in context, National Archives of Australia, https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/cabinet/latest-cabinet-release/2004-cabinet-papers-context

Lee D, 2024, The 2003 Cabinet Papers, Canberra, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28687, https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/cabinet/latest-cabinet-release/2003-cabinet-papers-context

Lee D, 2023, The 2002 Cabinet Papers in Context, National Archives of Australia, Canberra ACT, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28466, https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/cabinet/latest-cabinet-release/2002-cabinet-papers-context

Lee D; Fernandes C, 2022, Too Big to Tax, Arena, North Carlton, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28366, https://arena.org.au/too-big-to-tax-north-west-shelf-and-lessons-for-sharing-in-our-sovereign-wealth/

Lee D, 2021, Submission Number 40 to Senate Economics References Committee, Australian Parliament, Canberra, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28464, file:///C:/Users/z3527221/Downloads/Submission%2040%20-%20Dr%20David%20Lee.pdf

Lee D, 2019, 'Murphy's Law---the Whitlam Government's Use of the External Affairs Power and its Legacy', Whitlam Institute, Sydney, https://www.whitlam.org/publications/2018/9/24/the-whitlam-legacy-reflections?rq=David%20Lee

Lee D, 2015, Iron Country: Unlocking the Pilbara, Minerals Council of Australia, Canberra, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27140, https://www.minerals.org.au/sites/default/files/180619%20Iron%20country.pdf

Working Papers

Lee D, 2004, Australia and the British Empire between the Wars, King's College London, London, http://dx.doi.org

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