2025 National Library of Australia Honorary Fellow Dr Andrew Carr discusses his research on the history of Australian defence policy.
During his Fellowship, Dr Carr explored the personal papers of Australian politicians, as well as defence and diplomatic officials from the 1960s to the 1980s, to better understand how they thought about protecting the continent.

In discussing the history of Australia’s defence policy, Dr Carr aims to address the shortfalls in our understanding of both the policy and the way the nation’s elite have considered the geography of this nation.