Object numberM2012/025:004
DescriptionCopy of a nine page lecture delivered by the Prime Minister Bob Hawke as the Inaugural Julius and Reca Stone Memorial Lecture on 8 December 1985. There is a signed message at the top left corner of the document that reads “To Roger, Eleanor, Ben & Leonie Best wishes for your journal Bob Hawke”.
Julius Stone was born into the industrial slums of Leeds to Russian parents fleeing pogroms. He won a secondary school scholarship to Oxford in 1920. He excelled at law and became an associate professor at Harvard before applying for several professorial positions in England. One of his referees was a bigot - praising his scholarship but underlining his Judaism when selection committee members called to check his reference. In 1930, only New Zealand was keen to have him. When he was appointed to Sydney University his perceived socialism induced the resignation of five university senators, but Stone’s supporters prevailed and he remained Challis Professor of Law for the next thirty years. He went on to be appointed to the University of NSW among 15 other visiting professorships and lectureships throughout the world. Throughout his life he was a strong advocate for a Jewish homeland, sparring publicly with Sir Isaacs Isaacs through a fiery ideological exchange in the Jewish press. Julius Stone had many honours bestowed on him and in addition to his permanent appointments, held fifteen visiting professorships and lectureships in many parts of the world.
Julius Stone was born into the industrial slums of Leeds to Russian parents fleeing pogroms. He won a secondary school scholarship to Oxford in 1920. He excelled at law and became an associate professor at Harvard before applying for several professorial positions in England. One of his referees was a bigot - praising his scholarship but underlining his Judaism when selection committee members called to check his reference. In 1930, only New Zealand was keen to have him. When he was appointed to Sydney University his perceived socialism induced the resignation of five university senators, but Stone’s supporters prevailed and he remained Challis Professor of Law for the next thirty years. He went on to be appointed to the University of NSW among 15 other visiting professorships and lectureships throughout the world. Throughout his life he was a strong advocate for a Jewish homeland, sparring publicly with Sir Isaacs Isaacs through a fiery ideological exchange in the Jewish press. Julius Stone had many honours bestowed on him and in addition to his permanent appointments, held fifteen visiting professorships and lectureships in many parts of the world.
Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1985-12-05
Subjectlaw, lawyers, civil & political rights, achievers
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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jane Sebel