History of the Painters Union.Of historical significance to the union movement in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; red and black text; colour image of the union banner. Front cover: title and author's name.painters union - victorian, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, painters, unions, history, operative painters and decorators union

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

History of Ballarat. Table of contents: 1. Ballarat before the gold discovery 2. The gold discovery 3. From the gold discovery 4. Digger hunting 5. The Eureka Stockade 6. Political development 7. Development of mining 8. The town of Ballarat Historical - Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, mining - gold, gold, politics, miners

Ryan commenced his police career with the Lancashire constabulary and in 1995 was appointed as Chief Commissioner of Police in NSW (following the Royal Commission into police corruption). Ryan resigned his post with the NSW police in 2002.Relevance to law enforcement in NSW. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: black with an image of Peter Ryan wearing police uniform.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, law enforcement, police, policemen, chief commissioner of police - nsw, royal commission into police corruption

History of the building industry in Australia. Paper; book. Cover: blue and white; black and white writing; images of buildings.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, building, builders, industry, history, architecture, construction industry

History of crime in Australia over fifty years, including the baccarat wars, kidnappings and the disappearance of the Beaumont children.Relevant to Australian law enforcement and crime - approximately 1929-1979.Book; paper. Front cover: black background; black and white photographs, newspaper headlines, fingerprints and a letter addressed to "Dear Mum and Dad ..."; yellow and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.criminals, crime, history, baccarat wars, law, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

Judgements and sentences of twenty five horrific crimes in Australia. Includes gang wars, Snowtown killings and Peter Falconio.Relevant to law enforcement and crime in Australia; particularly discusses murders.Paper; book. Front cover: orange and black with picture of a faceless judge in court regalia.Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, murder, crime, law, falconio, peter, williams, carl, knight, karen, snowtown killings, gang land murders, bryant, martin, port arthur - tasmania

Hospital management pertinent to the 1980s.Relevant to the health sector in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hospitals, health care, hospitals - operations

Important events in Australian history recorded chronologically. Historical - Australia. Reference.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian history, 1788

Autobiography of Australian writer, AB Facey. Facey was a WWI veteran and subsequently became a farmer and then worked for the tramways. Autobiographical and historical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: author name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, autobiography, writers, literature - australian, facey, ab, tramways, great depression, military, gallipoli, farming, world war i, wwi

Photographs and stories about Australian pubs.History - colloquial, pictorial and historical. Social customs of Australians.Paper; book. Front cover: Picture of Chloe, a famous painting from Young and Jackson's Hotel (Melbourne) with a man in a black hat toasting her; yellow and white text.Front cover: authors' name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history, stories, photographs, pubs, pictures, drinking establishments, hotels, taverns, australia - social customs

Jack O'Leary was a prominent official in the Rail, Tram and Bus Union in Brisbane. The story tells of how Jack and his union brought corrupt politicians to account.Relevant to Australian unions (especially the RTBU) and political history. Paper; book. Front cover: black and white picture of Jack O'Leary; red and yellow text.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, o'leary, jack, rail, tram and bus union, politics, politicians, political corruption, unions, union officials

"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

Jan Vennik was a miner at the Eureka Stockade who was arrested for alleged treason. This book investigates whether Jan Vennik was innocent and provides a biographical account beyond what happened at the Stockade. Vennik was acquitted of the treason charges.Significant to the story of the Eureka Stockade. Biographical interest.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: colour photograph of the Southern Cross/Eureka Flag; blue theme; white text.Front cover: Title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, vennik, jan, eureka stockade, gold, gold miners, treason, biography, dutch miners - eureka

A pictorial history of the labour movement, the book encourages labour and socialist organisations to preserve historical documents and other artefacts thus ensuring that there is an accurate history for the future.Pictorial history. Paper; book. Front cover: red and black background; illustrations in yellow; black and white text. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history, unions, labour movement

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

Taken from the diaries of Churchill's private physician, Lord Charles Moran, the book provides an intimate and personal biographical account of Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was Prime Minister of Britain on two occasions: 1940-45 (during the Second World War) and 1951-55. Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, churchill, sir winston, churchill, winston, prime minister, britain, wwii, physician, moran, lord charles, moran, charles, biography, diaries, politics, parliament

The book is an exposition of issues around leadership of the Liberal Party following the disappearance of Harold Holt, with particular focus upon the embattled Gorton government. The leadership was successfully contested by William McMahon in 1971.Relevant to Australian political history and particularly to the Liberal Party Australia. Reid was a reporter for the Packer press.Paper; book. Front cover: brown and white background; black and white photograph of John Gorton; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mcmahon, william, gorton, john, holt, harold, liberal party australia, government, history, politics, parliament, political culture, leadership, prime minister, senate

A critique of neoliberalism. Chomsky argues against pro-corporate economies and political policies that boost the power of private ownership. He points to detrimental policies endowed upon poorer nations by IMF, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.Contemporary relevance to governance and economy of first and third world countries & deployment of neoliberalism.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; colour picture of protesters facing off against police; white lettering.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, neoliberalism, economics, economy, politics, policy, corporate ownership, international monetary fund, imf, the world bank, world trade organisation, social commentary, free enterprise, democracy

An analysis of how the Howard government sought to silence independent and expert commentary, public servants or organisations that were critical of the government.Relevant to issues of citizenship and civil liberties around the time of the Howard/Coalition government (1996-2007).Paper; book. Front cover: grey and red background; red and white lettering.Front cover: title and authors' names.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, howard, john, prime minister, liberal party australia, civil liberties, government, free speech

Button's travels from 1975 to 1990 as member and Australian Government Industry Minister. Button was born in Ballarat and was a federal ALP senator; he served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. Of some relevance to the government of the day, the ALP and to Ballarat. Travel focus. Biographical interest.Book; 241 pages. Front cover: white background; colour caricature of John Button; black, orange and green lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, ballarat, button, john, government, travel, hawke, bob, keating, paul

A fictional account of the New Australia Movement, founded by William Lane in 1892. The group sought a socialist utopia and their chosen site was Paraguay. The pathway for the new community was not smooth, but the colony is still in existence. Some people formed colonies elsewhere and others returned to either Britain or Australia.Relevant to the history and development of left-wing politics and socialism in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: white and yellow text on red background; dominant image is of the settlers amongst flowers with a hut and palm trees in the background.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, lane, william, socialism, paraguay, utopia, new australia movement, nueva australia, politics, collective settlements, new australia co-operative settlement association

Technological innovations -- Social aspects. Social change. Influence of technological innovation. Paper; book. Front cover: red background; black and white text; black and white photograph of a man's eyes. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, social commentary, technology

The story of the Petrov (spy) affair that happened in Australia during the Cold War. Petrov was a Third Secretary of the Soviet embassy in Canberra; the role was to recruit spies and ensure that none of his countrymen defected from the Soviet Union. It was Petrov's own intention to defect and the Petrovs were granted political asylum in Australia in exchange for providing information about Soviet spy activity in Australia.Relevant to the Cold War era in Australia and espionage activity.Paper; book. Front cover: white & red background; black and white photograph; black lettering. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, petrov affair, soviet union, russia, petrov, vladimir, soviet embassy, canberra, spy activity, asio, political asylum, petrov, edvokia, ogpu, defection, communism, espionage

The book reflects upon the Labour movement's stance on World War I and, later, the threat of World War II. Right-wing political influences of the day are considered.Social and political commentary pertinent to the WWI and WWII era.Paper; book. Front cover: green background; orange and yellow drawing of a man swinging a mallet; orange and yellow text. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, social commentary, politics, labour movement, wwii, wwi, working class, socialism

Lynn Beaton narrrates the social history of the Victorian Branch of the Federated Furnishing Trades Society from 1856 to 2001.Relevant to the history of the trade union movement in Victoria. The author, Lynn Beaton, was a PhD student at Federation University, Ballarat. Her thesis topic was the history of Trades Hall, Ballarat. Sadly, Lynn passed away before completing her thesis. Paper; hardcover. Front cover: hardcover with dustjacketp; brown and white cover; white and grey lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, furniture trade, trade unions, federated furnishing trades society, trade unions - history, social history

History of the University of Ballarat (now Federation University).Local educational relevance. Paperback book; cover with green background and colour photographs of unknown persons; green and yellow lettering; 199 pages.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, university of ballarat, federation university, ballarat college of advanced education, ballarat institute of advanced education, department of employment, education and training

John Wren was an Australian business owner and involved in the underworld. His gambling business was established in Collingwood Victoria during the 1890s' depression and amassed a considerable profit. Another account of John Wren's activities can be found in Frank Hardy's "fictional" book, Power Without Glory.Biographical interest.Book; 269 pages. Front cover: author's name and title btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, wren, john, gambling, biography, collingwood, power without glory

The consequences of Blair's alliance with George Bush in the 2003 Iraq War. Significant examples being suicide bombings in London and the shooting of a Brazilian electrician by security forces.Relevant to the Iraq war and especially the alliance of Bush and other nations to achieve this.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; black, grey and red lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, iraq war, civil liberties, national security, iraq, war, bush, george w, blair, tony, weapons of mass destruction, politics

The Ballarat tramways system commenced in 1887 as a horse-driven service and became electrified in 1907. The service ceased in 1971. The book tells the story of the Ballarat tramways and includes pictures, stories from employees and other social history.Relevant to the history of public transport and social life and customs in Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; black and white picture of a tram in Ballarat; fawn lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, trams, tram workers, public transport, social customs, trams - horse drawn