Donald Chambers (12 July 1935 – 11 October 2015) was an author, historian and heritage advocate in Victoria, Australia.
Chambers was born on 12 July 1935 at Lilydale Bush Nursing hospital, on the eastern fringes of Melbourne, Victoria, to Alan and Hazel Chambers and spent his early years in the outer Melbourne suburb of Croydon, then moved to Euroa and Kelvin View.
After leaving school he worked at the Avenel Estate of Tehan brothers and on his Uncle Harold Godden's Violet Town farm.
Don undertook National Service at Puckapunyal Army Camp, learning to operate General Grant Tanks; then travelled to northern Queensland, shearing sheep.
Don also wrote biographies of a scouting leader (Boss Hurst), and Frank Hackett-Jones, and a major work on Wooden Wonders - Victorian Timber Bridges for the National Trust of Victoria.