Forgotten Australia

Forgotten Australia


The First Dismissal – Part Two (A): The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier

May 20, 2022

When – if – Robert Henry Beardsmore is mentioned in connection with the May 1932 dismissal of Jack Lang, he's depicted as merely an old public servant who reluctantly did his job. But in reality he was the Forrest Gump of Australian history in the first h