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.

Biography of Norma Parker

Norma Parker addresses 1969 - 2015
1969	The Consumer Perspective in Social Welfare 1st Norma Parker address delivered by John Lawrence at the 11th National AASW Conference in Hobart
1971	Value dilemmas in old and new methods of social work 2nd Norma Parker address delivered by Edna Chamberlain at the 12th National AASW Conference in Brisbane
1975	It's an ill wind that... (the implications for the development of welfare in Australia after Darwin was blown away in 1974 by Cyclone Tracy) 4th Norma Parker address delivered by Colin Benjamin at the 14th National AASW Conference in Melbourne
1977	The social worker and life chances 5th Norma Parker address delivered by Grace Vaughan at the 15th National AASW Conference in Canberra
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 7th Norma Parker address delivered by Grace Vaughan at the 17th National AASW Conference
1983	Politik or perish 8th Norma Parker address delivered by Grace Vaughan at the 18th National AASW Conference in Sydney
1987	Social work in a changing society: Meeting the needs of today and addressing the needs of tomorrow 10th Norma Parker address delivered by Sheila Truswell at the 20th National AASW Conference in Perth
1989	Social work in the Australian context 11th Norma Parker address delivered by Sheila Truswell at the 21st National AASW Conference in Townsville
1991	12th Norma Parker address delivered by Di Gordon at the 22nd National AASW Conference in Adelaide
1993	13th Norma Parker address delivered by Di Gursanksy and Imelda Dodds at the 23rd National AASW Conference held in Newcastle
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 15th Norma Parker address delivered by Imelda Dodds at the 25th National AASW Conference held in Canberra
1999	Promoting inclusion–redressing exclusion: The social work challenge 16th Norma Parker address delivered by Jo Gaha at the AASW, IFSW, APASWE, AASWE Conference held in Brisbane
2001	17th Norma Parker address delivered by Jo Gaha at the 27th National AASW Conference held in Canberra
2003	Co-operating for social justice 18th Norma Parker address delivered by Jo Gaha at the 28th National AASW Conference held in Canberra
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 21st Norma Parker address, published in Australian Social Work, (2012, 65(3), 288-294 in lieu of presentation as the National AASW Conference of that year was cancelled
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

Norma Parker addresses 1969 - 2015