In 2007 he became the inaugural head of the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia. Peter worked at the Australian War Memorial from 1980 to 2007, where he was its senior historian from 1987, and there curated or contributed to many exhibitions, such as Gallipoli, Soldiers of the Queen, Echoes of the Guns and the Second World War galleries. He wrote the first book on battlefield research and Australia, A Stout Pair of Boots, the novel for children, Simpson's Donkey and the adult novel The Cunning Man. He has published 28 books, mainly in the field of Australian military history (such as Tarakan: an Australian Tragedy or Quinn's Post, Anzac, Gallipoli or Invading Australia), but also in medical history (For Fear of Pain: British Surgery 1790-1850), British India (White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India 1825-75), British military history (Commando to Colditz) and bushfires (Black Saturday at Steels Creek). Peter Stanley is one of Australia's most active military-social historians.
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