2015
Michael Kilmister, Bethany Phillips-Peddlesden, Rohan Lloyd, Henry Reese and Emma Shortis
Seymour Scholar
Michael Kilmister, “Hughes Must Go”: Sir John Latham and the Political Eclipse of Prime Minister Billy Hughes’.
Seymour Scholar
“Hughes Must Go”: Sir John Latham and the Political Eclipse of Prime Minister Billy Hughes’.
Sir John Latham played a leading role in the dramatic final act of Billy Hughes’ Prime Ministership. Using Latham’s papers, and those of friends and associates, Michael is exploring the role of conservative elites and power networks in the erosion of Hughes’ political position.
Norman McCann Summer Scholars
‘Coral Battleground? Re-examining the “Save the Reef” campaign in 1960s Australia’.
Rohan is critically scrutinising the prevailing environmental narrative of “Save the Great Barrier Reef” that characterises the issue as a conservationist ‘battleground’. By examining the scope and findings of the 1972 Royal Commission on the Great Barrier Reef Petroleum Drilling (66 volumes of transcripts plus exhibits) and oral histories, Rohan is evaluating the role of the Federal Government and public opinion in securing a collective attitude towards pres
A view from Poets Walk taken by Antony Baker.
- Credit: Antony baker
Clevedon Civic Society is hoping to mark its 50th anniversary this year by honouring the town’s connection with world- famous poets.
The society is planning to upgrade the flight of steps leading to Poets’ Walk by adding a line of poetry to each step.
Each step will have a line of poetry from In Memoriam A H H by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem commemorates the return of Arthur Henry Hallam for burial at St Andrew s Church following his death in Vienna in September 1833 at the age of 22.
Donât look back: the year the world was finally wowed by our culture
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Donât look back: the year the world was finally wowed by our culture
As The Sydney Morning Herald celebrates its 190th birthday, three leading Australian writers consider the stepping stones to the development of Sydneyâs artistic culture.
April 23, 2021 â 4.00pm
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Everything changed in the 1970s. Until then, for almost three-quarters of the 20th century, London was still our cultural âhomeâ and Australian artists as varied as singer Nellie Melba, dancer Robert Helpmann, pianist Eileen Joyce, and actors Judith Anderson and Peter Finch debuted on its iconic stages in order to make names for themselves. Painters like Sidney Nolan, and playwrights Alan Seymour and Ray Lawler also joined this cultural caravan but apart from our most famous diva, Joan Sutherland