Education
The Life & Work of Valerie A. Brown
Val Brown’s broad-ranging, far-reaching, generous and inspiring career.
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Year: 2020
Australia
Magnet to Social Reformers
Historian Dr John Rickard notes how early 20th century Australia became a social laboratory of the world and a magnet for social reformers keen to glimpse what the experiment was all about. […]
Bibliogrpahy
Missing in action
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is looking for help in filling the gaps where notable women should be. […]
Economics
Roland Wilson (1904-1996)
Roland Wilson was the youngest of the four economists forming Giblin’s platoon. […]
Economics
D.B.Copland
Around 1920 there formed a friendship of four men who were to be at the heart of Australian economic thought and policy-making over the next 30 years: L.F. Giblin, J.B. Brigden, D.B. Copland and Roland Wilson. […]
Economics
Economist James Brigden’s early career
James Brigden’s career path following WWI. […]
Law
Sri Lankan Childhood
Renowned legal educator and International Court Judge Christopher Weeramantry (1926 – 2017) talks of growing up in Sri Lanka. […]
Australian Prime Ministers
Gorton – Economic Nationalist
Journalist Gay Davidson on Gorton’s Economic Nationalism. Photograph sourced The Melbourne Press Club’s The Australian Media Hall of Fame. […]
Australian Prime Ministers
Primus inter pares
A former Chief Whip in the Menzies Government, Henry “Jo” Gullet (1914-1999) reflects on Menzies’ stature and dominance. […]
About
Theoralhistoryandbiographychannel
The Oral History and Biography Channel (including memoir and autobiography)is an Australian-based publishing project devoted to both the craft and realisation of oral history and biography, the capturing of life stories. […]