Duncan Standon Ironmonger (12 October 1931 – 3 September 2024) was an Australian household economist. He was an Honorary Principal Fellow and Associate Professor of the Households Research Unit, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne.
Ironmonger was born in Orange, New South Wales,"Vale Duncan Standon Ironmonger (1931–2024)", Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne and finished his schooling at Canberra Grammar School. He worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, then studied at the University of Cambridge. He returned to the ABS to contribute to the creation of a system for reporting the national accounts, then worked at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.Kate Legge, "Splash of colour in world of black and white", The Weekend Australian, 17–18 March 2001
In 2013, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia.
Ironmonger died on 3 September 2024, at the age of 92."Death notice", The Age, 21 September 2024
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