"In that time he has done as much as, and probably more than any other person, to explain Australia to his fellow countrymen. In addition he has played an important part in explaining Australia to itself."
— C. Hartley Grattan

January 1, 1970

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Robin Gollan, citation for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on Grattan by the Australian National University, Canberra (1977). Quoted in Laurie Hergenhan, No Casual Traveller (1995), Epilogue, p. 250