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 William John Miles, 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

  1. Cunneen, Chris. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/miles-william-john-7576. 
  2. The New Liberator, Winter 2017, p. 2.

External links

  • www.nswrationalists.com Rationalist Association of New South Wales website





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