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submitted by Alexandra Ermolaeff on 20.01.2004

Prof Manuel J Aroney: First trip to Kythera 1966

Extract from the memoirs of Prof Manuel J Aroney (Beys)

For Australian academics in the sciences, it is almost mandatory to go on study leave to prestige universities or research institutes in the United Kingdom, Western Europe or North America, to gain experience and reputation at international level and, hopefully, to impress a luminary or two who could provide valuable support in subsequent career moves

In 1965 I had been serving the University of Sydney ...