Bob (Robert) Hawke is a former union leader and a former ALP prime minister. Hawke's biography was written by his now wife, Blanche d'Alpuget.Significant to Australian Labor Party and union/ACTU history. Biographical interest.Book; 426 pages Front cover: grey and blue background (blue may be the Eureka flag); colour photograph of Bob Hawke; black and yellow lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, hawke, robert, d'alpuget, blanche, biography, actu, australian council of trade unions, alp, australian labor party, unions

Beginnings of the Australian labour movement and the ideas and circumstances that shaped it over the period 1850-1907.Australian labour movement history - 19th Century.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.australian labour movement, australian labor party, alp, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, politics, australian history, 1850-1907, ballarat trades hall

Follows the story of Bob Santamaria who opposed communism in the trade union movement. His wish to reform the ALP led to the 1955 split in the party. Santamaria subsequently formed the DLP. There is some focus upon Ballarat's part in this history.Relevant to the history of the trade union movement and the Australian Labor Party. Bookbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, santamaria, bob, communism, unions, alp, dlp, democratic labor party, australian labor party, evatt, hv (doc), catholic social studies movement, australian labor party (anti-communist)

Paper; book; 256 pagesTitle and editor's names on the front cover. Precis of the content on the back cover, including the names of contributors.australian labor party, alp, labor and laboring classes, history, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor movement

Biography. A profile of the life and circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967.Relevant to Australian political history and the Liberal Party.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photograph of Harold Holt; light blue text.Front cover: author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, liberal party, holt, harold, frame, tom, biography, liberal party of australia, politics, politicians, prime minister

History of the AWU which was formed in 1886. Shows AWU's role in strike actions (including the 1890s), opposition to conscription and the 1950s Labor split.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party, Australian trade unions, National AWU, industrial relations and conscription.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow and blue background; picture of Australian Workers Union banner; white text.Front cover: authors' names and title; AWU name and slogan on the banner picture.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor party, alp, awu, australian workers union, industrial relations, strikes, unions, conscription, alp split

An autobiography of ALP MP Bill Hayden, formerly leader of the opposition. Hayden relinquished this role, after which Bob Hawke became leader and won the 1983 election. Hayden served as Australian Governor General from 1989-1996. Prior to his career as a politician, Bill Hayden was a policeman.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party and Australian political history.Paper; book; 610 pages. Front cover: maroon. Dustjacket: artistic impression of Bill Hayden (colour); gold and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hayden, bill, hawke, bob, alp, australian labour council, politics, politicians, elections, autobiography, prime minister, governor general

The return of Labor to government in 1972 to 1974.Relevant to Australian political history and history of the ALP.Paper; book. Blue and white cover with black and white portrait photographs.Front page: title and authors' name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, whitlam, eg, whitlam, gough, australian labor party, alp, elections, government, whitlam government - dismissal, parliament, mcmahon, william, prime minister

Annual collection of essays.Significant to Labor platform and policy.Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, periodicals

Contents: The changing role of trade unions: past struggles and future directions /​ Bob Hawke Industrial Labor and political Labor: the experience of 1972-1975 /​ Clyde Cameron The union connection: trade union affiliation with the Australian Labor Party /​ Don Rawson Australian unions and socialist strategies /​ Bruce Hartnett Conciliation and arbitration: is there an alternative? /​ Andrew Cunningham Wage indexation: an ACTU perspective /​ Jan Marsh Trade unions, collective action and incomes policy /​ Barry Hughes Structural economic change: the options for the Labor movement /​ Chris Hurford Technological change and the trade unions /​ Bill Mansfield Justice, the Palestinians and the prospects for peace in the Middle East /​ Andrew Mack Commentary about the labour and trade union movement in Australia.Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, economy, unions, palestine, middle east, wages, socialism, conciliation and arbitration, alp, australian labor party

Annual collection of essays. Policies and programs for the Labor Government.Significant to ALP future planning and policy platform. Copy 2 forms part of the D.J. Spiers Collection.Paper; book. Cover: lilac, white and black. Front cover: names of editors and contributors, title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers". (In copy 2.)btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics, government

Annual collection of labor essays.Significant to ALP policy platform.Paper; book; green, black and orange cover.Front cover: title; editor's and contributors' names. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, periodicals

Annual labor essays periodical. Essayists include leaders Kim Beazley and Gareth Evans, Mark Latham and Lindsay Tanner, Cheryl Kernot and Mary Delahunty, ACTU President Jennie George, Simon Crean and Bob McMullan, and John Button. Theme: New Visions for Government.Relevant to ALP forward planning and policy platform.Paper; book; black, white and blue cover.Front cover: editors' name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, government, parliament, leadership

Memoir of former Liberal Party prime minister, Robert Gordon Menzies. Menzies also served as Deputy Premier of Victoria. He launched the Liberal Party Australia in 1945.Relevance to the history of Australian politics - especially, the Liberal Party Australia and the United Australia Party.Dark coloured paperback with photo of Sir Robert Menzies on the cover. Name of author and title on front cover. Back cover is green with white print, including author's name and a precis of the content. Includes a brief statement of praise from the Daily Telegraph. Prices are at the bottom of the back cover.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, menzies, sir robert, menzies, rg, menzies, bob, prime minister, deputy premier - victoria, liberal party australia, united australia party, cricket - anecdotes, politics, politicians, memoir, autobiography

A study of the rise of the Labor Party in Queensland.Paper; book.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, alp - queensland branch, australian labor party, australian labor party - queensland branch, political science, politics, government

Rethinking labour movement goals for the 1990s.Pertinent to the labour movement's history and goals.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, socialism, working class, politics, unions, economy, alp, australian labor party

Autobiography of James McClelland who was a NSW state MP, a solicitor and a senator in the Whitlam ministry. Whilst he was an ally of Santamaria, he did not join the DLP. He was also appointed as a judge in 1980 and in 1984 headed the Royal Commission into Maralinga.Relevant to the history of the ALP and the legal system in Australia.Paperback book. Front cover: author's photograph. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mcclelland, jim, mcclelland, james, alp, australian labor party, justice mcclelland, royal commissions, santamaria, bob, dlp, democratic labor party, whitlam, eg, whitlam, gough, senators, nsw government, nsw mps, maralinga, autobiography

Jack Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in his second term of government by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation.Relevant to the history of the ALP in NSW and the labour movement. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: Black and white with a caricature of Jack Lang. Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, lang, jack, lang, john thomas, alp, australian labor party - nsw, financial agreements' legislation, premier - nsw, treasurer - nsw, biography

The strike took place in 1891 when pastoralists wanted to reduce shearers' wages and bring in non-union workers at lower rates. The author, Julian Stuart, was one of the leaders of the shearers' strike and was jailed for three years with hard labour. He subsequently worked for the Labour Electoral League (a predecessor of the Australian Labor Party).Relevant to the history of the union movement and especially the shearers' union in Queensland.Book; 167 pages. Dust jacket: red and black background; red and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, strikes, pastoralists, shearers, shearers' strike, queensland, labour electoral league, australian labor party, alp, stuart, julian, prison, workers - non-union, workers - union

An autobiography of ALP MP Bill Hayden, formerly leader of the opposition. Hayden relinquished this role, after which Bob Hawke became leader and won the 1983 election. Hayden served as Governor General from 1989-1996.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party and Australian political history. Biographical interest - Bill Hayden.Paper; book. Cover: Separate photos of Bill Hayden and a house - sepia tones.Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hayden, bill, hawke, bob, politics, politicians, alp, australian labor party, governor general, elections, biography, prime minister, hayden, william george

A collection of speeches and papers about multiculturalism in Australia by Andrew Theophanous. Includes some analysis of foreign policy, education, media, and equity policy.Pertinent to national identity in Australia. The author, Andrew Theophanous, was an ALP member of parliament and served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister, Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow, black and white; map of Australia with black illustrations; black text.Front cover: descriptors to the illustrations; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, speeches - andrew theophanous, papers - andrew theophanous, foreign policy, foreign relations, education, media, social equity, race relations, multiculturalism, citizenship, national identity, minorities - australia, australian labor party, alp

John Gorton is a former Prime Minister of Australia. He became Prime Minister following the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967. Gorton resigned as leader in 1971 and William McMahon became Prime Minister.Relevant to political history of Australia. Biographical relevance.Paper; book. Front cover: Full colour photograph of John Gorton; black and green text.Front cover: author's name; title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime minister, holt, harold, gorton, john, mcmahon, william, liberal party australia, politics, politicians, government, biography

The story of what was once the largest Australian union. The Shearers' Union was started by David Temple in 1886 in Ballarat. This union ultimately became the AWU from which the ALP evolved.Relevant to unions in the Ballarat region, particularly the Shearers' Union.Book; 136 pages. White cover with one colour photograph and two images of the Eureka Flag; black lettering; title and author name.Inscribed on title page: "To Graeme Shearer, [donor's name illegible], 04/09/2004."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, shearers' union, shearers' and rural workers' union, awu, australian workers union, alp, australian labor party, temple, david, history, shearers, pastoralists, unions, strikes

Bob Hawke was a union leader and subsequently became Prime Minister of Australia. He became Prime Minister in 1983 and was ultimately usurped as by ALP treasurer, Paul Keating, in 1991.Relevant to the history of Australian Labor Party and Australian parliamentary politics. Autobiographical interest - Bob Hawke.Paper; book. Front cover: blue, black and white with a photograph of Bob Hawke. Front cover: Title and a facsimile of Bob Hawke's signature.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hawke, bob, hawke, robert, alp, australian labor party, australian history, hayden, bill, fraser, malcolm, prime minister, leader of the opposition, elections, keating, paul, hawke, hazel, actu, unions, autobiography, memoirs, government, parliament

Malcolm Fraser was a Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister following the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 and subsequently won the double dissolution election. He was defeated by Bob Hawke in 1983. After exiting the parliament, Fraser became an advocate for human rights and international aid. This book is a humourous pictorial record.Entertainment value. Relevant to the history of the Liberal Party Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; sepia photograph of Malcolm Fraser at a podium marked with the Liberal brand; black and white lettering.Front cover: Speech bubble, "Amazing scenes in living black and white."; title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, fraser, malcolm, liberal party australia, prime minister, prime minister - caretaker, whitlam, gough, dismissal - government, hawke, bob, elections, parliament, government, leadership, cartoons, caricatures, humour

"What's Wrong With Australia?" claims to analyse Australia's "Communist menace" and the damage it has done to the country. The book reflects paranoia about Communism that was typical of the 1950s. There are reflections upon Communist influence upon the Tramways Union, Waterside Workers Federation, the building industry, strikes, railway services, the Labor Party and more.The book was written in 1953 by the Hon EJ Hogan who was a former leader of the Victorian Labor Party, who twice served as state premier. Relevant to Australian political and union history.Paper; hardback book. Title and author's name on the front of the book.communism, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, communist party - australia, tramways union, waterside workers federation, building industry, strikes, unions, railway services, victorian labor party, economic, cold war, reds under the bed

The book is a history of building and construction unions in Western Australia. There is also acknowledgement of the CFMEU's and BLF's work elsewhere. The book has been criticised for ignoring the influences of the Communist Party, The book is also known under the following titles: If you don't fight, you lose : a history of the CFMEU WA If you don't fight, you lose : a history of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Western Australia Relevant to the history of unions in Australia and, particularly, Western Australia. Pertinent to the history of the BLF and CFMEU.Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, construction, forestry, mining and energy union, cfmeu, blf, builders labourers federation, gallagher, norm, cummins, john, reynolds, kevin, mcdonald, joe, malone, paddy, unions, history, western australia, o'shea, clarrie

Biography of Billy Hughes from his early career to gaining the office of Prime Minister of Australia. He also served as an organiser for the Amalgamated Shearers' Union prior to embarking upon his political career. He belonged to five different political parties over his parliamentary career: Labor, National Labor, Nationalist, Australian, United Australia, to Liberal.Relevance to Australian political history. Pertinent to biography of Billy Hughes.Paper; book. Front cover: painting of Billy Hughes; blue lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, w. hughes, hughes, billy, prime minister, unions, amalgamated shearers' union, union organisers, politics, australian labor party, alp, national labor party, nationalist party, australian party, united australia party, liberal party australia, history, biography

A series of essays in which the authors critiqued the current government (i.e. the Howard Coalition Government), political trends and factions.Relevant to Australian politics and the former Howard Coalition Government.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; red, blue, black and white photographs of Natasha Stott-Despoja, Peter Costello, John Howard, Bob Carr, Simon Crean, Bob Brown; blue, grey, black and white lettering.Front cover: title and editor's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics, coalition government, liberal party australia, national party, prime minister, government, factions - political, parliament, elections

Excerpts from the diaries of Mark Latham, former leader of the Australian Labor Party. Latham is openly critical of the party as well as individual members of parliament. The book covers the period from Latham's election to the Australian House of Representatives in 1994 until his retirement from politics in 2005. Relevant to the history of ALP leadership and party politics during the term of Latham's parliamentary career and criticism of individuals and the party. Autobiographical interest.Book; 426 pages. Dustjacket: black background; colour photograph of Mark Latham; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, latham, mark, members of parliament, leader of the opposition, government, parliament, diaries, autobiography, house of representatives, politics