Guest Speaker:
Greg de Moore
Join us in Gordon Library Meeting Room 1
at 2 pm on Saturday 15 February 2025 for
On Saturday 15 February 2025 after our first General Meeting for the year, Greg de Moore presents Tom Wills: An Australian Story.
Now in its third edition, Tom Wills: An Australian Story is the biography of a flawed genius – our first great cricketer, and the man most credited with creating what we now know as Australian Rules football. Not just for the sports-minded!
Books will be available for sale at the special price of $20 (cash only).
About Greg de Moore
Associate Professor Greg de Moore is a psychiatrist, historian and author. He is based at Westmead Hospital in western Sydney. His four books include Tom Wills: the insubordinate life of an Australian sporting legend, which blends mental health and Australian history, winning numerous awards and being short-listed for the National Biography Award.
He is also co-author of Australia’s Game, which documents the history of Australian Rules football from the mid-nineteenth century to the present; and, as you will recall from his previous presentation to KHS, Finding Sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder, the biography of John Cade and Australia's greatest mental health achievement, which is the discovery of lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder.
As always, please keep an eye on our website in case of any last-minute changes.
The venue is Gordon Library Meeting Room No. 1, in the Old Gordon Public School, which adjoins the Gordon Library, 799 Pacific Highway, Gordon (corner Pacific Highway and Park Avenue).
It’s just a 5-minute walk from Gordon Station.
For a map and parking information, see our Contact page.
