Unity in Autonomy Book Launch and End of Year Celebration

You are warmly invited to join us for the launch of our latest book

"Unity in Autonomy" Edited by Dr Zachary Gorman.

The book will be launched by The Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Former Federal Treasurer

Tuesday 3rd December 2024
The Library, Old Quad

The University of Melbourne

Parkville

5:30pm - 7:00pm

ABOUT UNITY IN AUTONOMY
Australian liberalism is the nation’s oldest political tradition, yet its belief in freedom of thought and action has often inhibited its adherents from joining together in common purpose.

Resolving this dilemma was the task which lay before Robert Menzies and the varied supporters of the liberal cause in the wake of the disastrous 1943 federal election wipeout. Their solution was Unity in Autonomy – a new party with a clear ‘philosophy’ to inspire and unite people behind the principles of freedom, opportunity, enterprise and individual dignity, combined with the autonomy of state divisions to organise and articulate liberalism in their own way. This landmark history of the founding of the Liberal Party is the first to explore the party’s pervasive federalism, and how forging a structure that can uphold core principles while accommodating local differences, has helped the party long outlive its centre-right predecessors.

Introduction – Zachary Gorman

1. A Party with a Philosophy – David Kemp AC

2. Organisational Federalism – Andrew Kemp

3. Founding The Liberal Party of Australia: How Women Made A Difference – Anne Henderson AM

4. ‘Bold We Brag’: The New South Wales Division – Zachary Gorman

5. The Origins and Early Years of the Victorian Liberals – Stephen Wilks

6. Queensland Liberalism: The Queensland People’s Party 1943–49 – Lyndon Megarrity

7. South Australia’s Liberal and Country League in the Formation of the Liberal Party of Australia – Baden Teague

8. The Wild West: Formation of the Liberal Party of Western Australia – Sherry Sufi

9. Conservative Arcadia: Non-Labor Parties in Tasmania 1903 to 1950 – Stefan Petrow

10. The Australian Capital Territory: Liberalism’s furthest frontier – Gary Humphries AO

11. The Liberals Up North – Shane Stone AC

12. The Country Party, the foundation of the Liberal Party, and the birth of the modern Liberal-Nationals Coalition – John Anderson AC and Terry Barnes

ABOUT THE HON JOSH FRYDENBERG
The Honourable Josh Frydenberg has had a distinguished political career in Australia, most recently serving as the Federal Treasurer, where he was widely recognised for his effective management and leadership of the country’s economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Josh was a member of the Australian Parliament from October 2010 to May 2022, as the Member for Kooyong. In August 2018, he was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and was appointed Treasurer of Australia. He previously served as Minister for the Environment and Energy, Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia, Assistant Treasurer and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. Josh has Law and Economics degrees both with Honours from Monash University and completed his articles of clerkship at Mallesons Stephen Jacques. He holds a Masters in International Relations from Oxford University which he attended on a Commonwealth Scholarship. He later obtained a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Josh was a Senior Adviser to Prime Minister John Howard and was also previously a Director of Global Banking at Deutsche Bank. Josh joined Goldman Sachs in July 2022 as Senior Regional Adviser for Asia Pacific and in September 2023 was appointed Chairman of Goldman Sachs.

ABOUT DR ZACHARY GORMAN

Dr Zachary Gorman is the Historian and Research Manager for the Robert Menzies Institute at the University of Melbourne. An expert on the history of Australian liberalism, he has authored or edited eight books covering figures like Robert Menzies, George Reid, Joseph Cook, Joseph Carruthers and William Wentworth.