Norma Parker addresses 1969 - 2015
Norma Parker Brown CBE (1906-2004) was one of the pioneers of Australian social work and these addresses in her honour were made by AASW presidents between 1969 and 2015. Unfortunately it has not been possible to locate the third address, delivered by Beryl Thomas at the 1973 National AASW Conference in Perth.
The addresses were collated by Professor Christine Bigby with the support of a bequest to the Australian Social Work journal by former Editor, Mary McLelland. Professor Bigby has also commissioned and edited papers that analyse the addresses for an upcoming special online issue of Australian Social Work.
We are gradually updating the format of each address.
1969 | The Consumer Perspective in Social Welfare |
1971 | Value dilemmas in old and new methods of social work |
1975 | It's an ill wind that... |
1977 | The social worker and life chances |
1979 | 6th Norma Parker address delivered by Grace Vaughan at the 16th National AASW Conference in Brisbane |
1981 | The role of legislation in social change |
1983 | Politik or perish |
1987 | Social work in a changing society: Meeting the needs of today |
1989 | Social work in the Australian context |
1991 |
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1993 |
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1995 | 14th Norma Parker address delivered by Imelda Dodds at the 24th National AASW Conference in Launceston |
1997 | Social work: The year 2000 and beyond |
1999 | Promoting inclusion–redressing exclusion: The social work challenge |
2001 | 17th Norma Parker address delivered by Jo Gaha at the 27th National AASW Conference held in Canberra |
2003 | Co-operating for social justice |
2006 | 19th Norma Parker address delivered by Bob Lonne at the 29th National AASW Conference (joint conference AASW, AIWCW, AASWWE, SPSW) held in Perth |
2008 | 20th Norma Parker address delivered by Bob Lonne at the 30th National AASW Conference (joint conference with AASW, AIWCW, AASWWE, SPSW) held in Sydney |
2012 | Remembering, Apologies and Truth: Challenges for Social Work Today by Karen Healy |
2013 | Becoming a trustworthy profession: Doing better than good 22nd Norma Parker address by Karen Healy AM, published in Australian Social Work online, 2015 |
2015 | Being a self-regulating profession in the 21st century: Problems and prospects 23rd Norma Parker address delivered by Professor Karen Healy AM at the 2015 National AASW Symposium in Sydney |