Sworn in as prime minister in the week of the Wall Street Crash, in October 1929, James Scullin was bewildered and politically devoured by the economic and sociopolitical turmoil of the Great Depression. Scullin was Australia’s first Prime Minister of Catholic faith, which profoundly influenced him, though he saw secular and religious principles as compatible rather than [...]
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Speaker: Michael Easson - Author of James Scullin (Australian Biographical Monograph, no 24) Date: Wednesday 9 October 2024 Topic: Prime Minister Jim Scullin - The Great Depression and Labor Split Online via Zoom - Link will be sent out on the day of the event Time: 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING [...]
Speaker: Michael Easson - Author of James Scullin (Australian Biographical Monograph, no 24) Date: Wednesday 9 October 2024 Topic: Prime Minister Jim Scullin - The Great Depression and Labor Split Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street (bet Bent & Bridge) Sydney Time: 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID [...]
With the launch of Frank Knopfelmacher – Selected Writings, the life and work of one of Australia’s leading anti-communists was celebrated in Melbourne and Sydney. In 1965, Frank Knopfelmacher, Czech born sociologist and psychologist, was the centre of a heated academic controversy when a unanimous recommendation by an academic selection committee to appoint him to [...]
Michael Easson Gerard Henderson - Executive Director, The Sydney Institute; columnist, The Australian Topic: Remembering Dr Frank Knopfelmacher Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024 Time: 6pm-7pm Venue: Delivered via Zoom PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE ONLY & 1 GUEST - If you would like to renew your membership or [...]
Michael Easson Gerard Henderson - Executive Director, The Sydney Institute; columnist, The Australian Topic: Remembering Dr Frank Knopfelmacher Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024 Time: 5.30 for 6pm Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street, (bet Bent & Bridge Sts), Sydney LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE ONLY & [...]
As Prime Minister from 1972-1975, Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, reached a settlement with the United States on vital defence facilities, revitalised the ANZUS alliance in the context of a more robustly independent Australia, along with much more. To coincide with the release of his monograph Whitlam’s Foreign Policy, [...]
