Abstract
Australia became a battleground over infant feeding in the 1920s, in which Truby King’s periodic visits as a world authority acted as a catalyst. Initially the New Zealand model of the Plunket system was popular with conservative Nationalist Party governments in the key states of New South Wales and Victoria, where most Australians lived. Yet Truby King failed to convert Australia. His quest fell foul of medical rivalries, local conditions and politics, strong personalities and nationalistic myth-making. New Zealand’s paternalistic, imperialist-sounding prophet made at least ten trips to Australia between 1919 and 1931, elderly and suffering memory loss; once he forgot his luggage. Although some visits were fleeting and others prolonged, they always caused a stir.1
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