Ramsay Lectures
Welcome to Oz – Immigration 1788-2100
An in-person lecture by Bernard Salt AM together with Professor James Curran
Bernard Salt AM, Professor James Curran
Today some 30 per cent of Australia’s population was born overseas, double the proportion in the US and the UK. How has Australia managed to add so many people so quickly and still maintain social cohesion? And how might our immigration mix change in the decades ahead?
For our first Ramsay Event for 2025, the Ramsay Centre is pleased to present an in-person lecture by Bernard Salt AM together with Professor James Curran titled: Welcome to Oz – Immigration 1788-2100.
Leading social commentator and demographer Bernard Salt and eminent historian and journalist James Curran discuss changes to Australia’s demography and the political and cultural history of Australian immigration, from the gold-rush, to Federation, to the post-war era, to today. Bernard Salt delivers the main address with James Curran providing additional insights.
Please join us for this stimulating exploration of the critical role that immigration has played in Australia’s development and how it is likely to continue to define us in the 21st century.
Bernard Salt AM
Bernard Salt AM is one of Australia’s leading social commentators. After a 20-year career as a Partner in a global advisory firm, Bernard founded The Demographics Group in 2017 to provide advice to business on demographic, social and property trends. For more than two decades Bernard has been one of the most in-demand speakers on the Australian corporate speaking circuit. He has published several books on demographics and social commentary. He is a twice-weekly columnist with The Australian newspaper and was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day honours.
Professor James Curran
Professor James Curran is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney and a fortnightly foreign affairs columnist at the Australian Financial Review. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
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