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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-03-13 human updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007363b.htm person Piddington Albert Bathurst KC AACR2 9 September 1862 5 June 1945 Place of Birth Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Mosman, New South Wales, Australia Judge Albert Piddington was active in the Advisory Council of Science and Industry and the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. He insisted (against Hughes) that the institute's scientists must be free from political control. (from his ADB entry). Along with his wife, Marion Louise Piddington (1869 - 1950), he was a supporter of eugenics as a means to support bith control and the reform of child welfare practices of the time.

Also from his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry:

"In 1913 he was appointed K.C. That year the State government appointed Piddington royal commissioner again, to advise on industrial arbitration; he argued for an expanded role for specialist judges. Then (Sir) Joseph Cook's Federal government invited him to become chairman of the newly established Inter-State Commission, sitting with George Swinburne and (Sir) Nicholas Lockyer. In prospect the commission seemed capable of ranking with (or even beyond) parliament and the High Court as an instrument of effective federalism: probably Piddington saw it as a remedy for the defects of the original Constitution. Between 1913 and 1920 the commission reported on various issues with erudition and a sense of social justice. Especially interesting were its calls for government initiatives in applying science in aid of economic development, and its proposals for Australia to assert itself in the commerce and politics of the South Pacific."

 Swinburne, George (1861 - 1928) Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1920 - 1926)

Member, Provisional General Advisory Council 1920 - 1926

 Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1920)

Member, Executive Committee 1916 - 1920

 Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales (1912 - 1930?) 'Piddington, Albert Bathurst', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Piddington, Albert Bathurst Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales Wellcome Collection Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales SA/EUG/E.2 1912 - 1930 A set of 48 imaged pages. These records cover the foundation of the Eugenics Education Society in New South Wales 1912-1916 (10 pages) through the correspondence of the Secretary, J. Chambers Eldridge (Secretary of the State Labour Bureau of NSW) and President, Dr Richard Arthur (Member of the NSW State Legislative Assembly) with the Eugenics Education Society (London). The NSW society recommenced operations in 1921, after the World War (1914-1918) and the Influenza Pandemic of 1919. Arthur and Eldridge maintained their original roles and Mr H.C. Bell was named as Treasurer. A key focus of their work seems to have been 'Motherhood Endowment in Australia'. There is reference to the involvement of A.B. Piddington; Marion Piddington; and Lionel Lewis - regarding a Qualification of Marriage Act 1925-1926. Included is a copy of an article by Marion Piddington "Sex-training, Sex Education and Parental Metaphylaxis' under the broader program 'Eradication of Promiscuity and Veneral Disease' issued by the Haberfield Class for Sex Training. 1 file Digitised paper records