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TRIBUTE TO ERIC FRY AND BOB GOLLAN
edited by Peter Love
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Robin Allenby (Bob) Gollan (08.12.1917 – 15.10.2007) (L)
Photo: 1975, ANUA 225 item 459, photographer Gabe Carpay.
Courtesy Australian National University Archives
and Eric Charles Fry (21.08.1921 – 03.10.2007) (R)
Photo: no date, ANUA 225 item 422, photographer Peter Cotton.
Courtesy Australian National University Archives
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| Eric Fry and Bob Gollan died in October 2007 within two weeks of each other. With their passing, the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History lost two of its most significant founding members. Funerals and a memorial service were held in Canberra and records of those occasions were deposited in the National Library of Australia. The ASSLH convened a symposium at the University of Sydney on 8 February 2008 to offer tribute to their work in transforming labour history from a political enthusiasm to a serious scholarly endeavour. The Society, this journal and a substantial body of research and writing were built on the foundations they laid. The personal tributes were presented as papers at the symposium and the two obituaries were separately commissioned. Although it mourns the loss of Eric and Bob, the labour history community rejoices in their legacy. |
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