Ross Steele Explained

Ross Steele is an Australian author, academic and Francophile.

During his career he has held teaching positions at the "Paris-Sorbonne University, the University of New South Wales, Harvard University, and the University of Sydney".^[1] He has published thirty-seven books in French and English on subjects including French culture, language and the teaching of French language.

Steele has received a number of awards including Member of the Order of Australia (2006),^[2] Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1996),^{[3] [4]} and Officier in the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur in 2008.^{[5] [6]}

Steele is mentioned in the closing credits of the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.^[7]

External links

• • Ross Steele named Honorary Fellow, at University of Sydney, 21 April 2022
• 2008 Alumni Awards Recipients  - The University of Sydney
• Newspaper articles about Ross Steele, trove.nla.gov.au.
• Marina Finlay portrait of Prof. Ross Steele - oil on canvas, finalist in Portia Geach 2020

Notes and References

1. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/04/21/ross-steele-named-honorary-fellow.html Ross Steele named Honorary Fellow
2. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1131464 "It's an honour"
3. https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au//bitstream/2123/3580/1/Arts_2008.pdf "Arts Undergraduate Handbook 2008"
4. https://au.ambafrance.org/Remise-de-la-Legion-d-Honneur-a-M,3484 "Remise de la Légion d’Honneur à M. Ross Steele (12 mars 2009)"
5. Web site: 1960s . Sydney Alumni Magazine . . Winter 2009 . 20 October 2017 . 39 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201050958/http://sydney.edu.au/alumni/sam/archive/sam-winter-09.pdf . 1 February 2016.
6. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2464375 Ross Steele interviewed by James Waites
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQIpvAzmqk Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome End Credits (AMC 2007)