Rationalist Association of New South Wales
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The Rationalist Association of New South Wales was founded in around 1912 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as a branch of the Rationalist Press Association, London. Its first secretary was , a businessman and father of the future eccentric, Bea Miles. He left the Association in 1920.[1]
The Association's aims and objectives, as stated in its bi-annual journal, The New Liberator, are to promote:
- a philosophical and scientific approach to life, free from superstition and dogmatism,
- secular education in government schools,
- the separation of church and state.[2]
References[]
- ^ Cunneen, Chris. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ The New Liberator, Winter 2017, p. 2.
External links[]
- www
.nswrationalists Rationalist Association of New South Wales website.com
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