After Politics
Subsequently he published several volumes of vindictive but amusing memoirs. He kept a diary throughout his career, but shortly after his retirement the volumes of this diary were (he insisted) stolen from his home by ASIO agents.
In the 1982 Australia Day Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Clyde Cameron College was run by the Australian Trade Union Training Authority from 1977 until its abolition in 1996.
Well into his last years, he remained a frequent contributor to public debate, uttering various remarks showing a surprisingly respectful attitude towards his contemporary and former antagonist B. A. Santamaria. The two men never met, but when Santamaria died in 1998, Cameron (as reported by the Santamaria-founded magazine News Weekly) paid him a warm tribute, saying that " soul was not for sale."
He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.
Cameron died on 14 March 2008, aged 95. He was survived by three children, six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
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