Geoff Muirden

Geoffrey Muirden (2 October 1941 – 31 July 2006) was an author, known for being a Holocaust denier.

Muirden graduated with honours from the University of Melbourne in the arts.

He subsequently worked for the Victorian Department of Education in various senior roles. He was acting director of the Adelaide Institute in 1999.

He was secretary of the Australian Civil Liberties Union in 2004,[1][2] which has been characterised as "one of Victoria's foremost racist and Holocaust denying organisations" and Australia's leading neo-Nazi group.[3][4] He was also a supporter of Christian Identity and believed that there was an international Jewish conspiracy".[5]

He wrote numerous articles on historical and political topics, particularly those of a contentious nature.

References
  1. "A change of tack on police corruption?". The Age. Fairfax. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  2. Deb Verhoeven (2009). Jane Campion. Routledge. p. 93. ISBN 9781134504046. geoff muirden.
  3. "ADC Online: John Pasquarelli Joins Holocaust Deniers". The Nizkor Project. B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission Inc. August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  4. Atkins, Stephen E. (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups. Greenwood Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0313324857. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Australian Civil Liberties Union.
  5. Atkins, Stephen E. (2009). Holocaust Denial as an International Movement. Praeger. pp. 224, 228. ISBN 978-0313345388. Retrieved 28 September 2016.


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