Edward Duyker é filho de Herman Duyker (Duijker) um holandês, e de sua irmã mauriciana Marie-Thérèse Maryse Commins.
Duyker frequentar o De La Salle College, Malvern, e estudou filosofia, história e literatura na Universidade de La Trobe e Universidade de Melbourne (Ph.D., 1981).*[1]
Duyker transferido a Canberra como oficial dos serviços de informação (‘Joint Intelligence Organisation’, entre 1981 e 1983). Em 1984, ele foi transferido a Sydney como um escritor e historiador independente. Ele foi Cônsul honorário da Maurícia em Nova Gales do Sul entre 1996 e 2002.
Em 2003 e 2007, Duyker viveu em Paris.
Entre 2009 e 2018, Ele foi professor-honorário na Universidade Católica da Austrália. *[2]
Em 2007, foi eleito para ‘Australian Academy of the Humanities’ (Academia Australiana de Letras).*[3]
'New South Wales General History' Prêmio (2004), por Citizen Labillardière.
'Frank Broeze Maritime History' Prêmio (2007), por François Péron.
Livros
Mauritian Heritage: An Anthology of the Lionnet, Commins and Related Families, Australian Mauritian Research Group, Ferntree Gully, 1986, pp. 368, ISBN 0 9590883 2 6.
Tribal Guerrillas: The Santals of West Bengal and the Naxalite Movement, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1987, pp. 201, ISBN 19 561938 2.
The Dutch in Australia, AE Press, Melbourne, 1987, pp. 181, ISBN 0 86787 215 2.
(com Maryse Duyker) Beyond the Dunes: A Dutch-Australian Story, Sylvania, 1987, pp. 41, ISBN 0 731600584.
Of the Star and the Key: Mauritius, Mauritians and Australia, Australian Mauritian Research Group, Sylvania, 1988, pp. 129, ISBN 09590883 4 2.
(com Coralie Younger) Molly and the Rajah: Race, Romance and the Raj, Australian Mauritian Press, Sylvania, 1991, pp. xii, 130, ISBN 0 646 03679 3
The Discovery of Tasmania: Journal Extracts from the Expeditions of Abel Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne 1642 & 1772, St David's Park Publishing/Tasmanian Government Printing Office, Hobart, 1992, pp. 106, ISBN 0 7246 2241 1.
A French Trading Expedition to the Orient: The Voyage of the Montaran 1753—1756, Stockholm University Center for Pacific Asia Studies Working Paper, No.30, August 1992, pp. 20.
New Voices in the Southland: Multiculturalism, Ethno-history and Asian Studies in Australia, Stockholm University Center for Pacific Asia Studies Working Paper No.31, September 1992, pp. 15.
(com Hendrik Kolenberg) The Second Landing: Dutch Migrant Artists in Australia, Erasmus Foundation, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 56, ISBN 0646 135937.
An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne 1724—1772, South Sea Explorer, Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1994, pp. 229, ISBN 0 522 84565 7.
(com Barry York) Exclusions and Admissions: The Dutch in Australia 1902-1946, Studies in Australian Ethnic History, No. 7, Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 1994, pp. 11, ISBN 07315 1913 2/ISSN 1039-3188.
(com Per Tingbrand) Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753—1782, Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 466, ISBN 0 522 84636 X [Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, 1995 ISBN 82 00 22454 6]
A Woman on the Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854—1878, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 129, ISBN 0 522 84652 1.
Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1733—1782, Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks, Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1998 et 1999, pp. 380, ISBN 0 522 84753 6
[prefácio] Mirror of the Australian Navigation by Jacob Le Maire: A Facsimile of the ‘Spieghel der Australische Navigatie . . .’ Being an Account of the Voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten 1615-1616 published in Amsterdam in 1622, Hordern House for the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 1999, pp. 202, ISBN 1 875567 25 9.
(com Maryse Duyker) Bruny d’Entrecasteaux: Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791—1793, Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, pp. xliii, pp. 392, ISBN 0 522 84932 6 (2006, ISBN 0 522 85232 7).
Citizen Labillardière: A Naturalist’s Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755—1834), Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2003, pp. 383, ISBN 0 522 85010 3 (2004, ISBN 0 522 85160 6).
‘A French Garden in Tasmania: The Legacy of Félix Delahaye (1767—1829)’, in Glynnis M. Cropp, Noel R. Watts, Roger D. J. Collins and K. R. Howe (eds.) Pacific Journeys: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2005, pp. 21—35.
‘Isle de France and Baudin’s Precursors in Australian Waters’, in Rivière, M. S. & Issur, K. R. (ed.) Baudin–Flinders dans l’Océan Indien: Voyages, découvertes, rencontre: Travels, Discoveries, Encounter: Actes du colloque international organisé par l’Université de Maurice, octobre 2003, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2006, pp. 137–155.
François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, pp. 349, ISBN 978 0522 85260 8.
A Dictionary of Sea Quotations: From Ancient Egypt to the Present, Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 439, ISBN 0-522-85371-4.
Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, un marin malouin à la découvertes des mers australes, traduction française de Maryse Duyker (avec l'assistance de Maurice Recq et l'auteur), Les Portes du Large, Rennes, 2010, pp. 352, ISBN 978-2-914612-14-2.
Père Receveur: Franciscan, Scientist and Voyager with Lapérouse, Dharawal Publications, Engadine (NSW), 2011, pp. 41, ISBN 978-0-9870727-0-2.
Dumont d’Urville: Explorer and Polymath, Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2014, pp. 671, ISBN 978 1 877578 70 0, University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, 2014, ISBN 9780824851392.
Referências
Luis Alonso, «Ley y orden: Newton y Linneo», Investigación y Ciencia, marzo de 2000, pp. 90-95.
Greg Dening,«The Tortoise Wins Again!», in Greg Dening, Readings/Writings, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 201-4, ISBN 0 522 848419*[4]
Greg Dening, «Too Many Captain Cooks», Australian Book Review, June/July, 2003, pp. 10-11.*[5]
Greg Dening, «The Naturalist Mind», Australian Book Review, April 1998, pp. 8-9.
Gunew, S., L. Houbein, A. Karakostas-Seda. & J. Mahyuddin (eds) (1992) A Bibliography of Australian Multicultural Writers, Deakin University Press (Centre for Studies in Literary Education), Geelong, 1992, pp. 71–2.
National Library of Australia Oral History collection, ORAL TRC 3101 & ORAL TRC 5306.
Wallace Kirsop, «Edward Duyker, or the Achievements of Independent Scholarship», Explorations (Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations), no. 36, June 2004, pp. 17-18.
Yvan Martial, «Il y a 25 ans, 24 Juillet 1984, Edward Duyker raconte notre Australie», L'Express (Port Louis), 24 juillet 2009.
Yvan Martial, «Il y a 25 ans, 27 Juillet 1984, Les relations Australie-Maurice», L'Express (Port Louis), 24 juillet 2009.
Vivienne Skinner, «A man for the times: Edward Duyker', Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Edition, 16-17 September— 2006, My Career, p. 2.
Who's Who in Australia, Crown Content, Melbourne 2008, p. 676.
Who's Who of Australian Writers, Thorpe/National Centre for Australian Studies, Second Edition, 1995, pp. 193-4.
