Edmund Campion (historian) explained
Edmund Campion (born 1933 in Sydney) is an Australian Catholic priest and historian.
He was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Sydney, where he was editor of the student newspaper Honi Soit in 1953.[1] He was appointed a lecturer in history at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, later becoming Professor of History there.[2]
He spoke against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War[3] and in the 1970s was active in residents' action groups in Woolloomooloo.[4]
His books on Australian Catholic history combine a personal point of view with discussions of the wider social context and the impact of Australian Catholics in many fields.[5]
Books
- 1980, John Henry Newman: Friends, Allies, Bishops, Catholics, Melbourne: Dove Communications,
- 1982, Rockchoppers: Growing Up Catholic in Australia, Ringwood, Vic: Penguin, ;
- 1987, Australian Catholics, Ringwood, Vic: Viking,
- 1994, A Place in the City, Ringwood, Vic: Penguin,
- 1996 (edited), Catholic Voices: Best Australian Catholic Writing, Melbourne: David Lovell Publishing,
- 1997, Great Australian Catholics, Ringwood, Vic: David Lovell Publishing, ;
- 2003, Lines of My Life: Journal of a Year, Camberwell, Vic: Penguin, ;
- 2009, Ted Kennedy: Priest of Redfern, Kew East: David Lovell Publishing,
- 2014, Australian Catholic Lives, Kew East, Vic: David Lovell Publishing,
- 2016, Swifty: A Life of Yvonne Swift, Sydney: NewSouth Publishing,
- 2021, Then and Now: Australian Catholic Experiences, Adelaide: ATF Press,
Notes and References
- News: 3 September 1953 . Ministers, Leading Citizens Hoodwinked By Communists' Peace Convention Stratagem . Catholic Weekly . Sydney . 30 June 2021.
- https://sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/university-archives/honorary-awards/c/emeritus-professor-father-edmund-campion.pdf Honorary awards: Emeritus Professor Father Edmund Campion
- News: 2 Aug 1973 . Save Lives Not Face in Vietnam, Says A.C.T.U. Leader . Tribune . Sydney . 30 June 2021.
- News: Campion . Edmund . 19 Nov 1969 . Woolloomoloo Residents' Action Group . Tharunka . Sydney . 30 June 2021.
- News: Craven . Peter . Feb 28, 2015 . Book review: Australian Catholic lives . Sydney Morning Herald . 9 May 2021.
