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Accession[1975.0132] RECORDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHYIdentifierUMA-ITE-1975013200127Scope and ContentCommonwealth Council Material 1. Contains a history of the AIIA. A few years after the formation of the Royal Institute of International Affairs was established soon after the end of World War I, small groups of Royal Institute members set up local branches in Melbourne and in Sydney. These came together in 1932, and joined by new groups in Brisbane and in Canberra, established the Australian Institute of International Affairs, with Sir Thomas Bavin as first president. Other branches were formed after World War II. High office-bearers included Sir Frederic Eggleston, R G Menzies, Sir Owen Dixon, etc. The branches conducted their activities independently, with lectures, discussions and where possible library services. The Federal organisation (Commonwealth Council) represented the Institute in its relations with affiliated societies in other parts of the world, organised annual series of Australia-wide public lectures (the secretariat being in 1957 in Melbourne) and managing the Institutes quarterly journal, The Australian Outlook, the acting editor at that time being J R Wilson, Sydney. Notable features each year since 1949 had been the Dyason Lectures, delivered throughout Australia, tours funded by the late Edward Dyason who provided for a series of such annual lecture tours for ten years, and the Roy Milne Memorial Lecture, financed by a fund donated by Mrs Milne of Adelaide. Circulars from the Commonwealth Council concerning money raising, editor's reports on Australian Outlook, memos etc. to Mr Campbell (often from Norman Harper, Acting Research Chairman), etc. 1955-1958.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1975.0132 Unit 0016

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CreatorDepartment Of Geography (The University of Melbourne)RoleProvenance

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Date1955-1958

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