Academic Staff; Political Science Dept, Melbourne University 1962- 1995, Creator/Director, Melbourne Centre for Ideas (MCI) 2006- 2017. Workshops on ‘Wild Thinking Published books by the author: Pervasive Politics: a Study of the Indian District The Reason of Metaphor Time and Time Again The Will to Win Neighbours And Strangers

Book Summary Remembering the Last Ninety Years, the biography of John Wallace Etheredge, Captain, United States Army Air Corp, Retired is an anecdotal book recounting Johns East Texas childhood in the 1920s and 30s, his pilot experiences in World War II as Air Defense Commander on the West Coast, and his family life. John helped to develop industry and business as Chamber of Commerce Manager in several small Texas towns, worked to bring electricity to millions of rural Texans with Brazos Electric Power Co-op in Waco, Texas, and raised eight wonderful children. Today John lives in Victoria, Texas with his wife, Laverne.

In My First Ninety Years, Naomi begins with stories of her grandparents Gussie Krumholz and Isidor Krumholz (cousins from the same town in Austria) – from their births, immigration to the United States in the pre-Ellis Island days, marriage, and lives. The reader learns of the birth of Naomi’s parents, Rose Krumholz and Max Rothbart, and of their days growing up in Brooklyn, as first-generation Americans, and their marriage and life together. Naomi was born in 1931 into a large and vibrant Jewish extended family. She was six when her parents and sister moved into the same house that Naomi’s grandparents bought years earlier (having realized their entrepreneurial immigrant dreams). In 1951, Naomi married Kenneth Rivlin, whose family emigrated from Wales after World War II. Naomi and Ken moved to Long Island, where they would raise a family of their own. The reader learns of Naomi and Ken’s lives, business ventures/careers, involvement with the local synagogue, leisure activities, success stories, and low points in life. The reader also gets to know Naomi and Ken’s children and grandchildren through Naomi’s words. Ms. Rivlin also offers words of wisdom, and some Jewish and Yiddish teachings, for her grandchildren. With characteristic bluntness, Naomi’s My First Ninety Years is funny and engaging, and written in an easy-to-read style. This book is a must read for anyone wanting an inside view of an extended family’s stories, jokes, gossip, wisdom, traditions/lore, and what might be some tall tales!

Ninety Years at Torrens Park provides a comprehensive account of Scotch's journey from a boys' college of about 100 students to a coeducational institution of almost 1000. Heroic figures such as Norman Gratton, the first headmaster, to agents of radical change such as Philip Roff, the headmaster who introduced coeducation, emerge from the archives to stand beside the other headmasters, principals, teachers and students who populate the Scotch College story.