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Student Archival Essays
- Australia and the Interwar Internationalism Movement
- In her study of the League of Nations Union in Britain, Helen McCarthy argues that “the League of Nations inspired a rich and participatory culture of political unrest, popular education and civic ritual." Was the same true in Australia?
- Interwar Internationalism: Refugees
- A Broad Unity for Peace: An historical examination of the International Peace Campaign’s Australian Peace Congress, 16th – 19th September, 1937
- Interwar Feminism in Australia and the League of Nations
- What were the primary factors in the failure of the League of Nations Union in Australia to create what Helen McCarthy terms a ‘rich and participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual’?
- Analyze how the ‘Myth of Collective Security’ was cultivated and evolved in Britain, compared to Australia by the LNU
- The League in Nations: the Effects of Identity
- Paths to Peace: A comparison of the voluntary peace groups in Britain and Australia
- The League of Nations: Lessons and Legacy
Australia and the League of Nations
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Members of the Australian Delegation to the League of Nations, Geneva
Members of the Australian Delegation to the League of Nations, Geneva. Identified second from left (wearing a top hat) is Sir Arthur Richard. During the General Assembly he attacked the failure of State governments to populate Australia and called on…
News Sheet of the League of Nations, November 1937
News sheet recounting developments in support for the League of Nations Union. It is published by the LoN Union in Britain, but covers issues regarding the American support and China.
The Locarno Pact
This resource is a newspaper clipping, regarding George Swinburne's opinion of the Locarno Pact of 1925, it is a good demonstration of how countries began to interact and relate to each other as internationalism spread.
The Progress of Ratification Of International Labour Conventions
It is a representation of several countries ratifying conventions. Visually, it provides a chart of where Australia was in relation to the rest of the world.
Notes of Sir William Harrison Moore on the change of government in 1930, and how that may affect Australia's Military/ Defence Stance.
Sir William discusses how the change to a Labour Government has led to less Military Expenditure, and positive steps towards reversing policies which had compelled "the young to learn the acts of war".
He is also worries however, by the concern the…
He is also worries however, by the concern the…
The League of Nations - the Hope of the World
An address delivered in Adelaide, South Australia by the Hon. George Swinburne the Australian Delegate of the League of Nations Assembly 1925 on return from visiting the League of Nations
Tariff Barriers, Affect on World's Peace Warning to Australia
A description of George Swinburne's speech at the Town and Country Union in which Swinburne argues the importance of Australia becoming less isolationist by relaxing their tariff barriers.
The League of Nations, "For the Prosperity and Peace of the World"
A comparison by The Town and Country Union of the conclusions from the League of Nations and Australia's policy, highlighting the ways in which Australia is failing to secure the peace. The notice acts as a warning to Australian policy makers that a…
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