Edmund Campion (historian)

For the English Jesuit martyr, see Edmund Campion.

Edmund Campion (born 1933 in Sydney) is an Australian Catholic priest and historian.

He was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Sydney, where he was editor of the student newspaper Honi Soit in 1953.[1] He was appointed a lecturer in history at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, later becoming Professor of History there.[2]

He spoke against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War[3] and in the 1970s was active in residents' action groups in Woolloomooloo.[4]

His books on Australian Catholic history combine a personal point of view with discussions of the wider social context and the impact of Australian Catholics in many fields.[5]

  1. ^ "Ministers, Leading Citizens Hoodwinked By Communists' Peace Convention Stratagem". Catholic Weekly. Sydney. 3 September 1953. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ Honorary awards: Emeritus Professor Father Edmund Campion, University of Sydney, 2005.
  3. ^ "Save Lives Not Face in Vietnam, Says A.C.T.U. Leader". Tribune. Sydney. 2 August 1973. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ Campion, Edmund (19 November 1969). "Woolloomoloo Residents' Action Group". Tharunka. Sydney. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ Craven, Peter (28 February 2015). "Book review: Australian Catholic lives". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2021.