The Meddlesome Priest

The Meddlesome Priest is the story of a 20th century Australian nationalist who became a legend. Ernest Burgmann experienced the Great Depression and the wounds it left on Australian society as a young Anglican priest in the Hunter Valley. During the 1930s and 1940s he became known as an outspoken radical, a maverick within a conservative church and society. He and many others were surprised when he was elected Bishop of Goulburn in 1934, a country diocese which included the still small city of