Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Canberra & author of Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon
In Patrick Mullins’ The Stained Man he captures and retells an extraordinary tale – "A two-volume mystery!" Mark Twain called it – of the solicitor who incited a campaign to free a man he knew was guilty of attempted murder, who lost his reputation and ability to practise, and who embarked on a decades-long political [...]
Podcast available here https://youtu.be/BYBh6xSSv5s
Speaker: Patrick Mullins - Author and historian. most recently of The Stained Man Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026 Topic: A Crime, a Scandal and The Making of a Nation: The Story of the Richard (“Rick”) Meagher Scandal ZOOM Link will be sent out day of the event OPEN TO ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & GUEST ONLY
Speaker: Patrick Mullins - Author and historian. most recently of The Stained Man Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026 Topic: A Crime, a Scandal and The Making of a Nation: The Story of the Richard (“Rick”) Meagher Scandal Time: 5pm for 5.30pm start Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip St, (bet Bent & Bridge) Sydney NSW 2000 [...]
Today, biographies seek to reveal and understand the lives of their subjects, shedding light on both their times and the people who rose in them, while avoiding the temptation to indulge in flights of fancy or amateur psychological assessment. So how do the political biographies of Australia’s prime ministers and public figures stand up? Dr [...]
SPEAKER: DR PATRICK MULLINS (Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Canberra & author of Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon) DATE: Wednesday 26 June 2019 **Book from 12 June 2019** TIME: 5.30 for 6pm LIGHT REFRESHMENTS TOPIC: Writing Biography in the 21st Century – The Life of William McMahon and Others [...]
