Centenary history
IN BONDS OF COMRADESHIP, by ESU President Robert Furlan, documents the first one hundred years of the English-Speaking Union (Victoria Branch) from proud origins immediately following the Great War through to contemporary challenges. Using historical accounts, the book explores the purpose and ideals that animated the Branch. There are chapters dedicated to the Branch’s educational and cultural programs, its programs of hospitality towards visitors from America, the British Isles, Canada and New Zealand, and its leaders and their achievements. Importantly, this centenary history honours the dedication, selflessness and initiative of all Branch members who have contributed to the spirit of comradeship between English-speaking peoples.
456 pages, with many colour images.
ISBN: 978-1-7637216-0-9
Publisher: The English-Speaking Union (Victoria Branch) Ltd
Publication date: November 2024
Price (AUD) includes postage within Australia:
Paperback: $39.00
Hardback: $45.00
e-book (suits all types of e-readers including home computers): $14.99
Discounts may be available for bulk orders. Please email the ESU at admin@esuvic.org.au and outline your request.
International orders should also contact the ESU.
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We are pleased to make two extracts from this book available as free PDF downloads:
Chapter 2 A Company of Friends
Chapter 12 Leaders and Prominent Members
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Furlan is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, with Arts honours and Law degrees. In the Arts degree, he majored in History and Literature. His honours history thesis dealt with the ideas and influence of William Lane, a seminal figure in Australia’s labour movement and in 1893 the founder of a utopian colony in Paraguay.
Robert’s professional career took him into the field of business and senior management in the human resources field.
He has been an ESU member since 1993. He has contributed as an executive member of the ESU Council since 2006 and as the Branch President since 2010. He has served as the national President of the Australian ESU and represents Victoria on its Board. In all these organisations he has provided dedicated service, strong leadership and wise decision-making.
As Branch President in Victoria, Robert has had full access to the ESU’s own archives (although, regrettably, very little such material survives from before the mid 1950s).
Robert has also read widely in the history of the last century, and has brought to light fresh evidence – from contemporary newspapers and other publications – about the context for the establishment of the ESU, first in London (1918) and then in many other parts of the English-speaking world.
In Bonds of Comradeship: A History of the English-Speaking Union Victoria Branch 1919-2019
This page was updated on 18 December 2024.