The First Eight Project: Sir George Reid Centenary Lecture by Experience ANU published on 2018-09-24T22:23:58Z Recorded at Australia House, London on 11 September 2018 with introduction by the Hon George Brandis QC, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. As Australia’s 4th Prime Minister, one of our Federation Prime Ministers, and Opposition Leader for eight years while Australia established itself as a nation in its own right, Sir George Reid played a significant role in our fledgling nation being a robust democracy from the start. Dr David Headon, Foundation Fellow at the ANU Australian Studies Institute, presents this lecture on Sir George Reid on the eve of the centenary of his death at Australia House in London. This lecture is part of the First Eight Project, a collaborative project between the Australian Studies Institute (ANU), Australian Parliamentary Library, National Archives of Australia, National Museum of Australia, and Victorian Parliamentary Library to enliven interest in this formative period of the nation’s history.
