MALTHUS BICENTENARY CONFERENCE 1998

Malthus and his legacy: The population debate after 200 years
National Library of Australia, Canberra, 17–18 September 1998

Conference papers

The following documents can be downloaded as RTF (rich text format) files.

The Malthus sermon
Professor Glenn Withers

Standing between two worlds: Why Malthus is so
easily misunderstood
Sir Tony Wrigley, FBA (delivered by Professor Anthony Low, FASSA, FAHA)

Conversations with Malthus
Dr Suzanne Rickard

Malthus and his critics
Professor John Poynter, FASSA, FAHA

Mathus and charity
Dr Michael Roberts

The micro-effects of unconstrained fecundity on
women's lives
Dr Janet McCalman, FAHA

Malthus and the Third World
Professor John C. Caldwell, AO, FASSA

Malthus and the inter-war population debate
Professor Michael Roe, FAHA

Malthus and the mathematics of population –
post-war and beyond
(Figures 1-7) in html format
Dr Christabel Young, FASSA

Empty or full: The debate over the population of Australia
Professor Jonathon Stone, FAA