Key biographical elements
Childhood
Where & When
ANU Emeritus Professor Val Brown on her place and date of birth. […]
Stages
Family
Girls were quiet & well behaved
Professor Val Brown reflects on her Queensland childhood circa 1930
Chronology
The Vetting of Wisdom?
Kim Rubenstein, author of The Vetting of Wisdom: Joan Montgomery and the Fight for PLC (forthcoming) talks about her choice of title. Cinematography – Steve Moxey […]
Australian Prime Ministers
Sir Robert Menzies
Graham Freudenberg evaluates Robert Menzies as the mark and model of being an Australian Prime Minister. […]
Australia
William Alexander Watt (1871 – 1946)
William Watt was twice Premier of Victoria before switching to federal politics becoming Australia’s Treasurer, Acting Prime Minister and later Speaker of the House of Representatives. For someone who was Acting Prime Minister for 16 […]