[1] Carl Bridge was born in Sydney and attended Fort Street Boys’ High School.
He taught at Flinders and the University of New England, and was director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London from 1997 to 2014.
[1] He often speaks and writes on Australian matters in the British and international media.
He is currently co-editing a volume of the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series, on Australia in Peace and War, 1914–19.
[citation needed] A Festschrift in his honour, “Reflecting on the British World”, edited by Jatinder Mann and Bart Zielinski, was published in 2024.