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Bella d'Abrera

Director, Foundations of Western Civilisation Program

Level 2, 410 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 VIC

Dr Bella d’Abrera is the Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. She has a BA in History and Spanish from Monash University, an MA in Spanish from the University of St Andrews and a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge.

She is the author of a number of academic works and scholarly articles and specialises in education and skills, faith and society and culture, ideas and liberty and Western Civilisation. She appears frequently in the media and is a regular contributor to The Australian, the Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and the Spectator Australia.

RELATED NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

IPA TV

The Rise Of Identity Politics In Universities

Simon Breheny and Bella d'Abrera 16 October 2017 Ipa tv, Research areas,

A discussion of ‘The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017’ written by Dr Bella d’Abrera.

PUBLICATIONS

Unlearning Civilisation

Bella d'Abrera 6 October 2017 Education and skills, In the news,

Australia’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher education, the University of Sydney, has reached an all- time low. In a remarkable act of institutional suicide, the university...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph

FreedomWatch

A Politically Correct Walking Tour of Ballarat

Bella d'Abrera 8 September 2017 Featured, Freedomwatch,

Calls for the removal of statues or other historic monuments have been a feature of identity politics for some time, but recently this movement has taken a darker turn. The toppling of the statue...

IPA TV

A Politically Correct Walking Tour

Bella d'Abrera 7 September 2017 Ipa tv, Research areas,

Join us on a politically correct walking tour of Ballarat’s statues and monuments.

In The News

Teachers As Activists

Bella d'Abrera 29 August 2017 Education and skills, In the news,

Earlier this month, parents at Forestville Public School in the Northern beaches were invited to watch their children perform in a play entitled ‘Australia –You’re Standing in It’. Much of the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

IPA TODAY

Eureka Movement Struck Much More Than Gold

Bella d'Abrera 24 July 2017 In the news, Ipa today,

Many think the Eureka Stockade was a battle for workers’ rights. However, this famous rebellion on the Victorian goldfields was really about our right to vote and a revolt against higher...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun

PUBLICATIONS

Will of the People

Bella d'Abrera 20 July 2017 Ipa review articles, Publications,

The day before 52 per cent of Britons voted to exit the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker declared that he was ‘not a big fan of referendums’. His colleague Donald Tusk, clearly not a member of...

IPA TODAY

Volume 3. Eureka Stockade Was a Revolt Against Higher Taxes: IPA Documentary

Bella d'Abrera 20 July 2017 Ipa today, Ipa tv,

As part of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, the Institute of Public Affairs has produced a series of short films, which explain the important role that British Institutions have...

IPA TV

The Magna Carta; The Journey to Australia

Bella d'Abrera 11 July 2017 Ipa today, Ipa tv,

The untold story of how a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta made its way from England to Canberra.

FreedomWatch

The Marxist roots of VCE

Bella d'Abrera 4 July 2017 Freedomwatch, Publications,

The truth is finally out. Over twenty -five years after the ALP Government led by John Cain government in Victoria introduced a new two year compulsory Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)...

IPA TV

Volume 2. ‘The Castle’ in 18th Century Australia

Bella d'Abrera 4 July 2017 Ipa today, Ipa tv,

Just six months after the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788, one event in particular demonstrates just how important the concept of the rule of law was to the British founders of...

In The News

The British Heritage Of Our Freedoms: The Untold Stories

Bella d'Abrera 21 June 2017 In the news, Ipa today,

As part of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, the Institute of Public Affairs has produced a series of short films which explain the important role that British Institutions have...