28 August 2008
Hermann Black
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Sir Hermann, or HD, Black was born in Sydney in 1904 and claimed Scottish, Irish and German heritage. He attended Fort Street high school and became a teacher himself, before being offered a position, in 1933, at his old alma-mater, the University of Sydney, in the Department of Economics.
Throughout his time at the university, HD Black was also an economic adviser to Treasury, and was a popular presence on the ABC radio program The World We Live In. But Hermann Black's early life was not one abundant with opportunity, nor material comfort.
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Michelle Rayner
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Michelle Rayner
