People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

29 November, 1900
Chuwar, Queensland, Australia

Death

24 July, 1983 (aged 82)
Southport, Queensland, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Education

• Ipswich Boys' Grammar School (Qld)
• University of Queensland
• Oxford University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• economic historian

Awards

• Rhodes Scholar
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Clubs

• Commonwealth Club (ACT)

Legacies

• Burton Hall (ANU)
• Burton Medal (Canberra University)

Key Organisations

• Australian Round Table
• League of Nations Union (Vic)
• Australian Council for Civil Liberties
• Economic Society of Australia (Vic)
• Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
• Australian College of Education (ACT)
• Royal Military College (ACT)
• Australian Institute of Urban Studies

Workplaces

• University of Melbourne
• Australian National University
• Canberra University College