Brian Aarons — 29 November 2021

Stuart, friend and comrade, you made a huge contribution to Australian history, especially Australian labour history, and more widely to the progressive public discourse around and for a more just and fair society. You were also a kind, generous and thoughtful human being. We will greatly miss you but your legacy will live on, not only in your prolific output of publications but also in the many people and institutions that you helped, nurtured and developed. You will be with us in spirit as we keep walking along the path that you traveled with us for so many and yet too few years. I regret that an injury prevents me from traveling to Melbourne to attend your memorial in person, but I will be present online ... and definitely in spirit. Vale comrade: it was a full life well lived.