Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsCommunity activistsHistoryRobert Darby was born in Melbourne in 1953, entering Melbourne University in 1971 and La Trobe University in 1975. He joined the Public Service in Canberra in 1978, working at the Australian Archives and later at the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs where he worked in the Women's Bureau and the Employment Discrimination Section. He returned to full time study in 1985 and was awarded a PhD in Australian Literature from the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Darby joined the Communist Party in 1974, changing to the Marxist-Leninist group in 1976. He has not had any involvement with radical political groups after leaving this organization in 1982.
He was active in a number of student political associations in Melbourne, and in radical and unemployment groups in Canberra. He was active in the ACOA, the Australian Independence Movement, Jobless Action, and the Access Newspaper Association. He served as editor or on the production side of a number of small circulation, political-cultural periodicals. He was an editor of Independence Voice (Melbourne), 1975-78, and of Southern Cross (Canberra), 1978-80. He was a foundation editor of Bowyang, 1979-83.
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Date1953-
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Given NameRobFamily NameDarby
Darby, Rob (1953-). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 17/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/60010
