Jack Cross

Jack Cross grew up in the lower Flinders Ranges amid the influences of the German Lutheran community. He holds qualifications from Adelaide Teachers College, the University of Adelaide, the University of Melbourne and Stanford University in California, and has worked as a teacher, freerange poultry farmer and associate professor. Jack spent five years as a Research Fellow in Australian History at the University of Adelaide. For twenty years he was Head of Studies in Education at what is now the University of South Australia. He was a founder of the Aboriginal Tauondi College at Port Adelaide and the Anangu Teacher Education program at Ernabella in the APY Lands. He was author of Schooling the Conflict of Belief, and a member of the Classification Board. Jack has been awarded life membership of the WEA and the University of the Third Age Adelaide for his contribution to adult education. Jack Cross is married to Jillian and has no children.