Graydon Henning

Graydon Henning OAM (1936-2023) was an economic historian at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia for over thirty years.

[1] Henning was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division in the King's Birthday 2024 Honours List for service to maritime history and to tertiary education.

[1] Henning taught economic history at the University of New England for thirty years before being named an honorary fellow.

[3] During this time he worked as the editor of the Australian Association for Maritime History's journal The Great Circle from 1989 to 1998,[4] and was both a founding member and an honorary life member of the association.

Prior to accepting the post, he had served as the Vice-President of the commission, and had been a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Maritime History.