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A Biographical History of the Georgist Movement



“The grey heads and bald heads are in the majority. The problem that confronts those of us who want the torch held up in the future, is to fill up the ranks. In order to do that many things must be done, but we must not depend on the old or middle-aged. Somehow or other we must devise a way to reach the minds of the young people – when their minds are open, when they are ready for new truths.”

Mr. Rose, of Kansas City, Missouri (from a speech at the 1928 Henry George Foundation Congress, Chicago. Reprinted in: Land and Freedom, September-October 1928)






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Name Place(s) of Residence Comments

MacMurchie,
David A.
(Dunee) 19-- - Pamphlet, For God's Sake Set the People Free and End Legalised Theft!"
Majors,
Graeme
...
Malane,
Victoria
(Gladstone Park)
1995 - Article, "Filipinos Take Up Arms for Land Reform," Progress, November
Maloney,
(Dr.)
Victoria
(Melbourne)
1889 - President Land Nationalisation Society
1890 - Welcomed Henry George to Melbourne during George's tour of Australia
Markham,
P.J.
...
1904 - Became 2nd editor of Progress
1923 - Stepped down as editor
Mason,
Brenda
... 2003 - Article, "Land Is Life -- The Source of Sustenance." January
2003 - Article, Reforming Public Revneue Systems, January

Mason,
Bill
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
1984 - Letter on objection to LVT in Australasian Georgist Quarterly, September
1984-85 - Article, "The Semantics and the Strategy," Georgist Journal, Winter
1990 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
1993 - Died
Massam,
John
Western Australia 1996 - Member, Georgist Education Association of Western Australia
1996 - Article, "King Street and Taxes," published on the internet, 22 October
1999 - Secretary, Georgist Council of Australia
2007 - Serving as President, Georgist Association
2007 - Photograph
2007 - Article, "Call for Fair Share of Boom Windfalls," Perth Voice, 13 January
McAlpine,
Robert
(Melbourne)
Victoria
(Pomonal)
Town planner; city councillor
19xx - Moved to Pomonal, Victoria
2001 - Trustee, Henry George Foundation of Australia
2008 - Serving as President, Prosper Australia
McCook,
Bob

(Sydney)
1892 - Debated anarchist Larry Petrie on Henry George's ideas
McDonough,
M.H.
South Australia
(Adelaide)
1940 - Chaired celebration of Henry George's birthday
McGiffen,
Lee
... 1983 - Article, "The Message of Solzhenitsyn," Good Government, April
McLean,
Pat
(Melbourne) 1945 - Letter, regarding the Georgist movement in Australia, Henry George News, August

McMurtrie,
J.A.
...
19xx - Secretary to his local Country Party
Meggy,
Percy
...
1853 - Born
1889 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax Conference, Sydney
1905 - Employed by Hobart Mercury (Tasmania)
1933 - Articles published in The Standard
Middleton,
E.P.
New South Wales
(Sydney)
190- - Born, England
1924 - Emigrated to New Zealand
1939 - Moved to Australia
1945 - Built and ran a tourist resort in Queensland
195- - Article, Forward From the Left
1959 - Attended International Union conference, Hanover, West Germany
1964 - Paper, Taxation and Rent, presented at the Joint Georgist Conference, New York City
1970 - Letter, Challenge to Mainstream Georgist Strategy to Implement Land Value Taxation, International Union Newsletter, February
1979 - Article, "Inflation -- The Hazlitt Version," Georgist Journal, Spring
1979 - Book, Toward the Free Society, published
1983 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
1985-86 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Winter
1990 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
1994 - Died
Middleton,
P.
... 1964 - Attended International Union conference, New York, NY
Middleton,
Peter
... 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Morgan,
A.N.
South Australia
(Adelaide)
1940 - Address, at celebration of Henry George's birthday
Morris,
J.H.
...
1900 - Born
19xx - President, Henry George League and twice mayor of Coburg Council
Morris,
W.F.
Western Australia 1990-91 - Article, "Land Value Taxation vs. Rent Collection," Georgist Journal, Winter
NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE New South Wales 1936 - Extensions organized in Sydney and Lakemba, by W.A. Dowe and J. Brandon
1939 - Report delivered at Henry George Centenary Conference, New York
Newman,
Sheila
...
2002 - Article, What and Who is Driving Population Growth in Australia? Progress, July-August
2002 -
Photograph
2004 - Member, Executive, Prosper Australia
Noar,
A.H.
Victoria 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Nulty,
Thomas (Rev.)
(Melbourne) 1939 - Booklet, Back to the Land
O'Brien,
Tony

Autobiography
Adelaide 1945 - Born, Sydney
19-- - Family moved to Melbourne
1965 - Drafted into military and served one year in Vietnam
1968 - Left Australia for Europe; lived in Paris for one year
1970 - Settled in U.K.
197- - First became involved in Georgist movement; contributed articles for Progress and Land & Liberty
1978 - Returned to Australia, with wife and one child; set up landscape design and construction firm
2000 - Article, "G-Day Gloom as the Stealth Tax Looms, Land and Liberty, Summer
2000 - Photograph
2000 - Article, Income and Profits In A Site Rent System, Land and Liberty, Winter
2001 - Article, Land Monopoly and Income Polarisation in Australia, 1950 to 2000 published
2001 - Article, Implementing a Site and Resource Rent Revenue System
2002 - Died, 19 March
2002 - Article, "Breaking New Ground," published, Land & Liberty, Winter 2001/2002
O'Hagan,
K.P.
Victoria 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Palmer,
Julie
... 2001 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parkinson,
Basil J.
(Melbourne) 19-- - Solicitor 1920 - Member, first board, Henry George Club, Ltd.
Pearce,
(Dr.)
... 1973 - Served on faculty of the School of Social Science of Australia
Pearce,
Henry George
(Sydney) 1946 - Book, Value: Normal and Morbid, An Exposition of the Georgian Theory of Economic Value, published by The Standard, Sydney
1976 - Died
Pecotic,
David
Canberra 2008 - Member, Association for Good Government
Petire,
Larry

Biographical Sketch
...
1859 - Born
1889 - Helped found Social Democratic League
1892 - Debated Georgist Bob McCook on Henry George, September
1901 - Died
PIONEER, THE (Adelaide) 1890 - First editor, A. Timmann
1892 - Editor, E.J. Hiscock
1892 - Ceased publication, 24 December; succeed by The Voice
Pitt,
William H.


Photograph
Victoria
(Bayswater)
(Nunawading)
1956 - Letter, Henry George News, July; regarding visit by Norman Casserley
1960 - Letter, Henry George News, December
1962 - Article, Reliable Valuations, Progress, April-May
1967 - Letter, Henry George News, October
1971 - Letter, Henry George News, February
1972 - Essay, Currency Debasement and the Academics
1972 - Serving as President, Henry George League
1972 - Article, Price and the Margian of Production, Progress, November
1976 - Paper, Value -- The Soul of Economics
1984 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pawling, NY; gave presentation on land value taxation in Australia
1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.
1990 - Article, "John Ruskin on Value," Georgist Journal, Spring
1991-92 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Winter
1992 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Spring
1993 - Article, "The Adequacy is Clear -- The Procedures Siple," Georgist Journal, Summer
1995 - Article, "Welcome the Boat-People," Progress, November
1996 - Article, "Abandon Failed Strategies," Georgist Journal, Autumn
1996 - Article, Effective Georgist Action, Land & Liberty, Winter
1998 - Article, Value: The Soul of Economics, GroundSwell, November-December. A paper delivered in 1994 at the Congress of Political Economists International
2002 - Article, Thomas Shearman -- Georgist or Infiltrator", GroundSwell, January-February
2003 - Died, 2 November
Pouler,
J.J.W.
... 2006 - Director, Secretary and Treasurer, Henry George Club
Poulter,
John
Victoria
(Melbourne)
2004 - Member, Executive, Prosper Australia
Powell,
Royden
Victoria
(Melbourne)
1918 - Co-Founder, Henry George Club
Priddle,
A.
... 1972 - Article, "Aboriginal Housing -- A Financial Solution," Progress, October
PROGRESS Victoria
(Melbourne)
1904 - founded as magazine of Tax Reform Australia, with F.T. Hodgekiss as editor
19-- - G.A. Forster, H.B. Every, and P. Anderson, editors
1962 - A.R. Hutchinson, editor
PROSPER AUSTRALIA
(Melbourne) LINK TO WEBSITE
Pullen,
John
... 2006 - Serving as Instructor, Urban Economics and the History of Economic Thought at the School of Economics, University of New England, New South Wales
2006 - Article, Henry George in Australia
Putland,
Gavin


Photograph

How I Saw The Cat

WEBSITE
Queensland
(Calamvale)
Serves as communications officer for Prosper Australia
1963 - Born, Queensland (Home Hill)
1996 - Earned Ph.D. in electrical engineering, University of Queensland
1998 - Book on full employment policy written (not yet published)
2002 - Essay, "Don't Let the Banks Steal Your Land"
2003 - Article, "How I 'Saw the Cat'," Progress, January-February
2003 - Article, "Don't Let the Banks Steal Your Land!" Progress, March-April
2003 - Article, War, Oil and Land Prices, Progress, May-June
2004 - Article, Which Robber?, Progress, May-June
2004 - Paper, "How to Pay for Electricity Network Upgrades," Progress, July-August
2004 - Article, Booms Without Bubbles: Selling Land Tax to Land Owners, Progress, September- October
2005 - Article, "A Critique of Debits Tax and Turnover Tax," Progress, March-April
2005 - Paper, Optional Geoism -- With No Losers, an Overview, May
2005 - Review, of Fred Harrison's book, Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010, Progress, November-December
2006 - Cuckoo Economics, Progress, January-February
2006 - Article, "Financing the Petrie to Kippa ring Railway," Progress, July-August
2006 - Article, Cannanizing With A Vengeance, Land-Theory discussion list, 11 October
2006 - Review of Philip Day's book, Hijacked Inheritance -- The Triumph of Dollar Darwinism?, Progress, November-December
2007 - Class Suicide -- How Property Owners Bite the Hand that Feeds Them, Progress, March-April
2007 - Article, "The Rent Squeeze Election? Progress, November-December
2008 - Article, "The Mother of all Barbeque Stoppers," Progress, January-February
2008 - Article, CVR: Tax Relief for Land Speculators at Your Expense, Progress, March-April
Quirk,
Jill
...
2004 - Member, Executive, Prosper Australia
Ralph,
V.J.
... 1984 - Article, Money, Australasian Georgist Quarterly, September
Ramsey,
John
... 1888 - Active in Single Tax movement
Ravasz,
Charles
... 1957 - Steps down as editor of the New South Wales monthly publication, The Standard

Reid,
George H.
South Australia
(Adalaide)
1845 - Born, 25 February
1889 - President, Free Trade Association; later became Premier
190- - Moved to England; elected to Parliament
1909 - Appointed high commissioner, London
1918 - Died, 13 September
Rooney,
Bernard
... 1986 - Article, "Land Speculation -- How Significant," Georgist Journal, Autumn
1986 - Article, Marginalism, Good Government, December
1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.
1993 - Editor, Australasian Georgist Quarterly
1993 - Article, "Henry George and Academic Economists," Georgist Journal, Autumn
1999 - Secretary, Association for Good Government
Sampson,
J.A.
South Australia 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
1955 - Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
Schmid,
Anne
Victoria
(Melbourne)
Secretary of Prosper Australia
2003 - Letter supporting "revenue raised from land and natural resource charges" printed, The Age, 19 December 2002. Reprinted in Progress, March-April
2004 - Secretary, Prosper Australia
2005 - Serving as Director, Henry George Club

Schubert,
A.G.
... 1992 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
Schubert,
A.I.
... 19-- - Booklet, An Appreciation of the Political Life of E.J. Craigie
Schwartz,
Steven
... 1984 - Article, "Government -- For the People or By the People," Good Government, December
Serpell,
Eileen Mary
(Doncaster) Father (George Bateman) and brother (George) were Georgists
19-- - Serving as President, Women's Group
1940s - Frequent guest on "Heckle Hour"
1964 - Attended Joint Georgist conference, New York City
1978 - Died, 5 April
Silvernale,
Clyde W.
... 1939 - Paper, "The National Plan," Land & Liberty, September
Singer,
Ignatius
... Profession: ran a chemical works
1886 - Co-founder of Land Nationalisation League paper, Our Commonwealth
SINGLE TAX, THE ... 1898 - Ceased publication
SITE REVENUE SOCIETY Queensland
(Ashmore)
1985 - Established to replace the "Land Rent League"
1989 - headed by David Spain
Small,
Garrick R.
New South Wales 2001 - Dissertation, Anstotelian Construction of the Social Economy of Land
Smiley,
David
Sydney 19xx - Born, West Indies; later migrated to England and finally to Australia, settling in Sydney
19xx - Took Henry George course in London with Vic Blundell
199x - Began study of economics at Macquarie University
1998 - Book, Third World Intervention, A New Analysis, published by New South Wales, Henry George Foundation
1997 - Attended International Union conference, Brighton, England
2003 - Article, Alliances with Human Rights, Progress, January-February
2003 - Article, Article, Ireland's Land Problems -- Past, Present and Future, Land & Liberty Communique, Vol.110, No. 1206, Summer
2005 - Photograph
2005 - Article, "Strategic Rent," Progress, January-February
2005 - Article, "Natural Resources Rent," Progress, March-April
2005 - Article, "Racked by Rent," Progress, May-June
2005 - Article, Debt Rent, Progress, July-August
2005 - Article, Bureaucratic Rent, Progress, September-October
2005 - Article, Macroparasitic Rent, Progress, November-December
2006 - Article, Colonial Rent, Progress, January-February
2006 - Article, Subsidy Rent, Progress, March-April
2006 - Article, Slavery Rent, Progress, May-June
2006 - Article, Global Reform and the Social Sciences, Progress, May-June
2006 - Article, Transition Rent, Progress, September-October
2006 - Article, Rent-Seeking "Skimming" in Oil-Producing States, Progress, November-December
2007 - Article, Ricardo on Rent, Progress, March-April
2007 - Article, Should Resource Rents Count as National Savings?, Progress, May-June
Smith,
Michael
... 1979 - Fictional story, "Globalism" World of Plenty," published; revised 1980 and 2004
Spain,
David
Queensland
(Herston)
2002 - Article, Treacherous Academics and Politicians, Progress, July-August
2004 - Secretary, Site Revenue Soceity of Queensland
2005 - Comments, On the Rental Value of Water Resources, from a Land-Theory discussion, 16 May

Spence,
Catherine Helen
Adelaide 1825 - Born, 31 October, Scotland
1839 - Emigrated to Adelaide, Australia
1880 - Purchased Progress and Poverty at a bookshop in Adelaide
1881 - Reviewed Progress and Poverty for Victorian Review
1881 - Book, The Laws We Live Under, with chapters on the basics of political economy
1881 - Review, "A Californian Political Economist," Victorian Review, Vol. 4, No. XX, pp. 129-46 (a review of Henry George's Progress and Poverty
188x - Stayed 3 weeks at the home of William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. in Boston. He wrote: "I found him a true-hearted humanitarian, as devoted to the gospel of the singl tax as his father had been to that of anti-slavery." [From Spence's autobiography, p.95]
188x - Stayed several days at Henry George's home in New York
1890s - Campaigned for the Single Tax
1893 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois
1900 - Photograph
1910 - Autobiography published
1910 - Died
STANDARD, THE
New South Wales
(Sydney)
1905 - Established, with A. G. Huie as editor, December

Standring,
W. E.
Western Australia
(Perth)
Profession: engineer
1930s - First read Henry George's "The Single Tax, what it is and why we urge it"
1930s - Became a member of the Henry George League of Western Australia
1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
1955 - Attended International Union conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland
195- - Article, A Pamphlet Changed My Life published by Land & Liberty
Staples,
Jim
... 2006 - Article, A Law for Free Speech and Freedom of the Press in Australia
Staub,
Roland
(Melbourne) 1981 - Introduced Karl Williams to Henry George's ideas
Stickley,
P.J.
... 1970 - Involved in Camberwill rating campaign; member, Henry George League
Stillwell,
Frank
... 2006 - Article, Analysing the Industrial Relations Reforms
Stillwell,
Ilse
Canberra 1982 - Sent audio tape made regarding Sun Yat-sen to Bob Clancy
Stowasser,
Cecil H.
Western Australia
(Perth)
(Herston)
1983 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
1985 - Paper, Why We Need A Political Movement to Promote Georgism
1986 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Summer
1989 - Moved to S. Perth and founded Australian Rights Movement
2000 - Letter, "The Export Myth," Land and Liberty, Winter
Surowiecki,
James
... 2008 - Article, "Private Profiteers and Public Airwaves," Progress, January-February
Sutton,
Loma
...
1980s - worked at Henry George League office
Swan,
C.R.
... 1939 - Attended Progress & Poverty Centenary celebration, Sydney, 4 September
TAX REFORM AUSTRALIA Victoria
(Melbourne)
1987 - New name for Henry George League of Victoria
1987 - Hosted conference on Incentive Tax Reform -- the Way to Prosperity, January 24-25, University of Melbourne
1998 - Located at 31 Hardwre Street, Melbourne
Taylor,
Henry
South Australia 1900 - leader of Single Tax movement in South Australia
Taylor,
John
... 1890s - Lectured on Single Tax
Thomas,
Keith
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
1986 - Article, "No dilution, No Up-Dating," Georgist Journal, Spring
1990 - Dissertation, Henry George's Solution and its Consequences in England, 1880-1914: The Rise of a Social Movement
Tippet,
John
... 1998 - Article, The General Level of Wages, Progress, July-August
Walsh,
Frederick J.
... 1938 - Died, left estate for the founding of The Henry George College in Cambria; however, the court awarded the income to go to his widow, who died in 1968
1983 - Court approved establishment of a bequest to Macquarie University for an annual address on Henry George
Way,
South Australia
(Adalaide)
1888 - Chief Justice
Webster,
William
Adelaide 1883 - Friend of Henry George; wrote column on land reform
White,
Victor J.
New South Wales 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Whittle,
Tom
Western Australia
(Bunbury)
1983 - Secretary, Henry George League of Western Australia
1997 - Letter printed, Georgist Journal, Autumn
2001 - Letter advocating "a Jubilee", Land & Liberty, Summer
Wickham,
W.A.
... 1939 - Delivered memorial address at Progress & Poverty Centenary celebration, Adelaide, South Australia, 2 September
Wigmore,
Noel
Victoria Profession: administrator and assessor of railway lands
Member, Land Values Research Group, Henry George Foundation, and Henry George League
1993 - Died
Williams,
Karl
... Editor of PROGRESS, journal of Prosper Australia and Earth Sharing

1955 - Born, Melbourne
1979 - Earned Bachelor of Economics at Monash University
1981 - First inroduced to Henry George's ideas thru a chance meeting with a Georgist husband of a woman acquaintence
1983 - Admitted to Institute of Chartered Accountants
1993 - Delivered paper on Greens and receptivity to LVT
1995 - Earned Master of Business Systems degree, Monash University
1995 - Article, "Great Georgist Breakthrough in Central Africa," Progress, November>br> 1996 - Article, Geonomics -- A Summary for Newcomers, January
2001 - Paper, "Indigenous Land Rights Debate in Australia," presented at International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July
2001 - Article, "Geonomic Proposals Get a Lot of Airplay," Land & Liberty, Summer
2002 - Essay, The Case for the Tobin Tax
2002 - Paper, Social Justice in Australia: Introductory Kit
2002 - Paper, Economics and Social Justice in Australia
2002 - Paper, Economics and Social Justice in Australia: Advanced Kit
2002 - Article, It's Time for the Tobin Tax, Progress, September-October
2003 - Article, Geonomics -- a Summary for Newcomers, Tax Reform Australia website
2003 - Article, "Higher Intelligences," Progress, January-February
2003 - Article, "You are Mere Light-Green Royalists," Progress, March-April. Reprint of a posting to a Greens discussion list
2004 - Article, How I Came to See the Cat, Progress, May-June
2004 - Report on the International Union conference, held in Madrid, Spain, 27-30 May, Progress, September-October
2004 - Article, "A Geoist Solution to Third World Slums," Progress, November-December
2005 - Photograph
2005 - Article, on conditions in the Baltic States, Progress, May-June
2005 - Photograph
2006 - Steps down as Treasurer, Earthsharing Australia
2007 - Article, India, Progress, March-April
Williams,
Morris
Melbourne 1940s - Earned a degree in economics
1973 thru 1988 - Served as State Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly
1988 - Elected President, Tax Reform Australia
1989 - Elected President, Tax Relief Australia
1995 - Article, "The Better Cities Program," Progress, November
1995 - Died, 28 October
Williams,
Robert
... 1986 - Article, "Resource Rents in British Columbia," Good Government, December
Willis,
Jessika
... 1996 - Served as Co-ordinator of Progress
Willoughby,
E.L.
South Australia 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
Worrall,
Airlie
... 1981 - Article, Land-Locked! Why Australia Turned to Land Value Taxation; Land & Liberty, July/August
Wright,
Jack F.H.
... 1984 - Article, "They Called It Electoral Reform," Good Government, December
1988 - Died, 13 May

Young,
John
... 199x - Book, The Natural Economy published; a modernization of Henry George's principle works
2003 - Review of: Standing for Justice, a biography of Andrew MacLaren, by John Stewart, Progress, March-April