Peter Christopher (author) explained

Peter Christopher
Birth Place:Cyprus
Language:English, Greek
Nationality:Australian

Peter Christopher, OAM, (born 1948, Cyprus) is an Australian author and photographer who writes about shipwrecks and riverboats. He is also a Director of the not for profit organisation, Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Ltd (CSCOAL), set up to save the 1864 clipper ship, City of Adelaide.[1] [2]

Career

Christopher is the author of seven books, co-author of another and co-editor of another. Australia's large collection of original operating paddle steamers has been the subject of three decades of research by him, and hence the subject of two of his seven books.[3] [4]

Since 1967, Christopher has been an active scuba diver and volunteer maritime archaeologist who has visited and documented wrecks in South Australia (SA) in particular, but also around Australia. Christopher's contribution to maritime archaeology was recognised by an Award presented to him by the Australian Government in 1982 and by the award of a life membership by the Society for Underwater Historical Research in 2000.[5] [6]

In 1973, Christopher was a member of the South Australian Government's inquiry into scuba diving deaths in fresh water sink-holes and underwater caves in the south east of SA. The Report of the Committee "appointed to investigate safety precautions for Scuba Divers in Fresh Water Sink Holes and Underwater Caves" which was presented to the Government in January 1974 essentially recommended non-legislative response to the problem. The subsequent voluntary program of regulation via diver training and certification has been carried out by the Cave Divers Association of Australia. The success of the program is evident with nearly four decades of low fatality cave diving following the implementation of the Report's recommendations.

Christopher is a Justice of the Peace for South Australia.

He is not a full-time author; he worked as a senior Trade Union official, with his role until mid June 2015 being the Chief Industrial Officer of the Public Service Association of South Australia. He retired to focus on a volunteer role developing a seaport village for the historic 1864 clipper ship "City of Adelaide' in Port Adelaide's inner harbour.[7] [8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. 'Who are we' at http://cityofadelaide.org.au/who-we-are.html, retrieved 20 May 2012
  2. Web site: Australia Day 2024 Honours List . The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia . 26 January 2024.
  3. News: Dry Murray reveals past secrets. Brice. Rebecca . 14 April 2008. Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC News. 2009-11-18.
  4. News: Crusade to solve maritime mystery. Kemp. Miles. 26 September 2009 . The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia). 2009-11-18.
  5. 'Editorial', Soundings, October 2000, pp.2, in Cowan, David (editor), (2007), The Society for Underwater Historical Research – Publications 1974-2004, Port Adelaide, SA, Society for Underwater Historical Research,
  6. Book: Annual report. Parliamentary paper / The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 1981. Australian Government Publishing Service.
  7. News: Novak. Lauren. Lunch with ... Peter Christopher; Union man's sea-change. 20 June 2015. The Advertiser. 20 June 2015. 72.
  8. 'New book by passionate PSA veteran', Public Sector Review February/7 March, pp.6 at http://cpsu.asn.au/review/Public_Serv_A__s_Review_2699.pdf, retrieved 24 May 2012.
  9. 'Overcrowding crisis forces prisoners to be held in court cells' at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/full-house-sign-at-jails/story-e6freol3-1111117749440, retrieved 24 May 2012.

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