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Bob Ansett - An Autobiography, Ansett, Bob et al, 1986
... , robert ansett, reginald ansett btlc ballarat trades and labour ...Bob Ansett is a well-known Australian entrepreneur and founded Budget Rent a Car. He is the son of the late Sir Reginald Ansett (Ansett airlines).Autobiographical interest.Paper. Front cover: Colour photograph of Bob Ansett (seated); white text.Front Cover: authors' names and title.ansett, bob, ansett, robert, ansett, reginald, ansett, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, businessmen - autobiography, pullan, robert -
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Diamond cuts: An affectionate memoir of Jim McClelland (Don Woodward Collection), Appleton, Gillian, 2000
This book is a biography/memoir of Diamond Jim McClelland - Melbourne-born politician, writer and judge. It is authored by his wife of 20 years, Gillian Appleton.Significant to Australian political history and biographical interest.Book; 352 pages. Front cover: sepia; photograph of Jim McClelland; white and black text; author's name and title. appleton, gillian, mcclelland, diamond jim, politics, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, mcclelland, jr, mcclelland, james robert, judges, politicians, legal profession, biography, politics and government -
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Robert J. Hawke: a biography (Don Woodward Collection), d'Alpuget, Blanche, 1982
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 -
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Menzies & Churchill at war : a controversial new account of the 1941 struggle for power (Don Woodward collection), Day, David, 1987
The book focusses upon the differences between Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Menzies about strategies in WWII. The author reports that Menzies' attempt to displace Churchill led to Menzies' political demise.Significant to foreign policy, history of WWII and politics in Australia and the United Kingdom.Book; 271 pages. Cover: grey background; black and white picture of Menzies and Churchill; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, menzies, bob, menzies, r, world war ii, wwii, churchill, sir winston, menzies, sir robert, churchill, winston, menzies, robert, diplomatic relations, foreign relations, history - united kingdom, history - australia, day, david, hitler, adolf -
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I, the Aboriginal, Lockwood, Douglas, 1962
An oral history of Waipuldanya (AKA Phillip Roberts), a full-blood Aboriginal who became a medical assistant for Department of Health at Darwin Hospital.Oral history. Aboriginal biography.Paper; book. Front cover: colour head image of an Aboriginal man; white lettering.Front cover: title and compiler's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, aboriginal persons, oral histories, biography, department of health - northern territory, darwin hospital, waipuldanya, indigenous australians, aboriginal australians, ethnography, northern territory, alawa people, aboriginal - customs -
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The measure of the years, Menzies, Robert Gordon, 1970
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 -
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The ironworkers : a history of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Murray, Robert et al, 1982
History of the FIA from the early 20th century; has coverage of the steel industry that became significant through the first and second world wars. Relevant to union history in Australia and related industries.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background, images of banners and other pictures; red and blue text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, fia, federated ironworkers' association of australia, steel industry and trade, iron and steel workers, iron industries, balmain, mort's dock, wwi, wwii -
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The Hawke memoirs (Don Woodward Collection), Hawke, Bob, 1994
... trades and labour council ballarat trades hall hawke, bob hawke ...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 -
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Love Your Feet More : The Oliver Story, Roberts, Phil, 2012
The history of a Ballarat footwear manufacturing firm, Oliver's Shoes - over 125 years of business.Relevant to history of manufacturing industries in Ballarat. The Oliver's Shoes worksite is the only known TCFU site currently operating in Ballarat.Paper; book; 194 pagesbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, shoes, manufacturing, oliver's shoes, tcfu, oliver family, footwear, history -
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A fortunate life, Facey, AB et al, 1981
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 -
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Photograph - Colour, Plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
... Office goldfields ballarat town hall Refurbishment Robert ...Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, refurbishment, robert macellen, james coglan -
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Photograph - Colour, Plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, ballarat goldfields limited, mine shaft, robert f. spark, wanda chapman -
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Booklet, Scotsburn: The Early Settlers 1838-1988, c1988
Scotsburn is near the Victorian town of Buninyong. It was named after squatter Andrew Scott, and Celia Scott.A book relating to the history of Scotsburn and its early community. andrew scott, celia scott, kirkland, yuulong, matthew allison, lal lal, william cresswell, george ernest harbour, yendon, george zennis hudson, joseph jackson, isabella jackson, domenico lorensini, italian gully, domenico fanchi, sarah buckle, arnold buckle, ellis pearce, robert platt, david matthews, john shearer, ada jamieson, ernest alfred skelton, james allison, william stepnell, margaret stepnell, john white, dorcas white, scotsburn state school, scott's marsh post office, scotsburn union church, thomas hastie, scotsburn hall, john henty, scotsburn -
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Australian Prime Ministers, Grattan, Michelle, 2000
A biography of Australian prime ministers (Barton-Howard) and political analysis. Essays by a variety of authors.Relevance to the history of politics in Australia, particularly the federal government and prime ministers. Biographical interest.Paperback book. Front cover: black background; sepia portrait photographs of all prime ministers up to John Howard; gold and white lettering.Front cover: editor's name and book title. Back cover: description; editor's biography; list of contributors.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, prime ministers - australia - edmund barton, prime ministers - australia - alfred deakin, prime ministers - australia - chris watson, prime ministers - australia - george reid, prime ministers - australia - andrew fisher, prime ministers - australia - joseph cook, prime ministers - australia - william morris hughes, prime ministers - australia - stanley melbourne bruce, prime ministers - australia - james scullin, prime ministers - australia - joseph lyons, prime ministers - australia - earle page, prime ministers - australia - robert menzies, prime ministers - australia - arthur fadden, prime ministers - australia - john curtin, prime ministers - australia - francis forde, prime ministers - australia - ben chifley, prime ministers - australia - harold holt, prime ministers - australia - john mcewan, prime ministers - australia - john gorton, prime ministers - australia - william mcmahon, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, prime ministers - australia - malcolm fraser, prime ministers - australia - robert hawke, prime ministers - australia - paul keating, prime ministers - australia - john howard, politics, politicians, house of representatives, parliament, biography -
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English social reformers, Gibbons, H DE B, 1892
Influences upon social and industrial reform in England. Persons covered include Sir Thomas More, John Wesley, William Wilberforce, Richard Oastler, Lord Shaftesbury, Robert Owen, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin.Relevant to social and industrial history of England.Hardback cloth blue cover; black and gold lettering; number 5 920 added to spine in white ink; 229 pages.Front cover: blue background; black lettering; author's name and title. Inside cover: City of Ballarat Free Library slip glued to inside cover; date due slip on opposite side; library stamp appears on several pages.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, industrial relations - united kingdom, social history - united kingdom, more, sir thomas, wesley, john, wilberforce, william, oastler, richard, shaftesbury, lord, owen, robert, kingsley, charles, carlyle, thomas, ruskin, john -
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From growth via despair to optimism, 2002
The book is a series of essays about the history of religion within societies - particularly Baptism - in Victoria.Includes an essay that relates to Ballarat history: Ballarat and Federation, the evangel and social concerns.Paperback; green and black background cover; yellow and brown lettering; colour picture of Reverend Joseph Hunter Goble; black and white photos; 152 pages.Front cover: title and description. Spine: title and publishing organisation's name. Back: review.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council;, ballarat trades hall, religion, victorian baptist historical society, social history, social customs -
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Off the record : The private papers of Harry S. Truman (Don Woodward Collection), Ferrell, Robert H, 1980
Harry Truman's private diaries, letters and other materials. The book covers Truman's time as president of the United States up until his death. Truman was a United States Senator from Missouri (1935–1945), became USA Vice President (1945); he became President later in 1945 when Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away and then held office until 1953.Historical, political and biographical interest.Book; 448 pages. Dustjacket: plastic covering; white background; black and white photograph of Harry S. Truman; editor's name and title. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title. Caulfield-Malvern Regional Library: library coding, cancelled stamp.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, politics - united states of america, autobiography, truman, harry s, presidents - united states, roosevelt, franklin -
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The Last Brother : The Rise and Fall of Teddy Kennedy (Don Woodward Collection), McGinniss, Joe, 1993
Edward Kennedy served in the United States Senate for 47 years. He is brother to President J.F. Kennedy who was assassinated in 1963 and Robert Kennedy who was assassinated in 1968. Edward Kennedy died in 1997 from brain cancer.Biographical and US political interest.Book; 626 pages. Cover: black background; black and white photo of Ted Kennedy; red and white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, kennedy, robert, kennedy, jf, presidents - united states, senators - united states, politics - united states of america, biography -
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Don Chipp: The third man (Don Woodward Collection), Larkin, John et al, 1978
Don Chipp was a former Liberal Party politician. He was the founder of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and gained the balance of power in the Senate. The foreword is written by John Gorton (former Liberal Prime Minister) and an afterword by RJ Hawke (former ALP Prime Minister). Section titles: 1. In the beginning 2. Inside Canberra: Menzies to Fraser 3. Moving on 4. Present shock Biographical and political interest (Australia).Book; 254 pages. Dust jacket: grey background; colour artistic representation of Don Chipp; red lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and titles on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chipp, don, politics and government, senate - australia, liberal party australia, senators, australian democrats, parliament, menzies, robert, fraser, malcolm, hawke, rj, alp, australian labor party, prime minister - australia, biography, autobiography -
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Afternoon light: Some memories of men and events (Don Woodward Collection), Menzies, Robert, 1967
Reflections by Sir Robert Menzies (former Australian Prime Minister) upon past USA and UK prime ministers, White Australia Policy, Suez Canal, the monarchy, cricket, governance and more.Politics and government - world. Sport.Book; 384 pages. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Inside pages: Don Woodward's name inscribed in blue ink.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime ministers - menzies, robert, liberal party australia, lpa, politics and government, politics and government - international, monarchy - united kingdom, white australia policy, suez canal, international relations -
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A figure of speech: A political memoir (Don Woodward Collection), Freudenberg, Graham, 2005
Graham Freudenberg's memoirs. He was a speech writer for Gough Whitlam and Arthur Calwell. He wrote the campaign speech for Mark Latham in 2004. The book includes his associations with Australian leaders from Menzies to Howard and observations about international relations. Political - Australia - Labor. Autobiographical interest.Book; 305 pages. Dust jacket: black and white photograph of the author; red, white and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black background; silver lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, freudenberg, graham, government staff, labor memoirs, menzies, robert, calwell, arthur, whitlam, gough, howard, john, alp, australian labor party, wran, neville, carr, robert (bob), keating, paul, hawke, bob, vietnam war, latham, mark, kerr, sir john, liberal party australia, lpa, politics and government -
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Robert E. Lee (Don Woodward Collection), Earle, Peter, 1973
... ballarat trades and labour council Ballarat Trades Hall Lee, Robert ...Lee was a general of the South in the American Civil War and commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. He ultimately surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant. Historical (USA) and biographical interest.Book; 224 pages. Dust jacket: picture of Robert E. Lee on horseback and men flying the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia; author's name and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine. Red stamp, "Stock check 1985". Remains of a library loans slip - mostly torn out.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, lee, robert e., warfare - us civil war, history - usa, biography -
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Photograph, Thomas Moore statue, and Town Hall, Sturt St, Ballarat
An image from the Herbert Richmond collection, gifted in 1982 to the Ballarat Library. The collection contains approximately 200 photographs of Ballarat and district in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, as well as photo albums, glass negatives and other memorabilia. Herb Richmond was a keen photographer, a foundation member and a life member of the Ballarat Camera Club, and a photographer with the Ballarat Courier during the 1940s. The Ballarat Camera Club named an annual award after him. Mr Richmond died in 1981 aged 79. These images were digitally re-photographed by members of the Ballarat Camera Club in September 2006. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, the inspiration for this statue coming from the Irish people of Ballarat, soon after the Robert Burns statue was erected by the Scots. Sculpted by George Grant in 1889moore, thomas, begonia festival -
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Profiles in courage (Don Woodward Collection), Kennedy, John F, 1956
The book profiles various American senators who went against party policy and community sentiment and acted according to conscience. Stories include the following senators: John Quincy Adams Daniel Webster Thomas Hart Benton Sam Houston Edmund G. Ross Lucius Lamar George Norris Robert A. TaftRelevant to US political and parliamentary history.Book; 245 pages. Cover: blue background; white lettering; author's name and title. In blue ink, "Deptford Mall, N.J., April 1978."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, senators - usa, adams, john quincy, government, politics, webster, daniel, benton, thomas hart, houston, sam, ross, edmund g, lamar, lucius, norris, george, taft, robert a. -
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The Phoenix Foundry : Locomotive builders of Ballarat, Butrims, Robert et al, 2013
The story of the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat that commenced business in 1856 manufacturing mining machinery. The company started to make locomotives in 1870 but ceased business in 1905 when the Victorian Railways began to make their own trains.Relevant to the history of public transportation, social customs and manufacturing in Ballarat and Victoria.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; sepia picture of a locomotive with men and a child; Phoenix logo; white and black text.Front cover: title and authors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, phoenix foundry, manufacturing, public transport, locomotives, trains, mining - equipment, employment -
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Statesmen, leaders and losers : the twenty-three Prime Ministers of Australia, Brodie, Scott, 1984
Biography of twenty three Australian Prime Ministers: Barton, Bruce, Chifley, Cook, Curtin, Deakin, Fadden, Fisher, Forde, Fraser, Gorton, Hawke, Holt, Hughes, Lyons, McEwen, McMahon, Menzies, Page, Reid, Scullin, Watson, Whitlam.Relevant to Australian history and politics. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; sepia pictures of past prime ministers surrounding a colour picture of parliament house (Canberra); blue and red lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, barton, edmund, bruce, stanley, chifley, ben, cook, joseph, curtin, john, deakin, alfred, fadden, arthur, fisher, andrew, forde, francis, fraser, malcolm, gorton, john, hawke, bob, holt, harold, hughes, william, lyons, joseph, mcewen, john, mcmahon, william, menzies, robert, page, earle, reid, george, scullin, james, watson, john, whitlam, gough, prime minister, government, parliament, politics, biography, history, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia, political parties -
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The wit of Sir Robert Menzies, 1966
... ballarat trades hall menzies, robert prime minister liberal party ...Examples of Sir Robert Menzies' humour. Menzies is a former Prime Minister of Australia.Biographical.Blue, grey and white hardback. Front cover includes title and name of the compiler. Back cover includes some random examples from the book's content and titles from the same series. Title page includes a stamp from Latrobe Valley Regional Library Service (cancelled) and price of $2.00.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, menzies, robert, prime minister, liberal party australia, humour, politics, government -
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Under Minerva's gaze : 150 years at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Insititute, Blee, Jill, 2010
BMI history up to the present. Coverage of other cultural institutions and the cultural community of Ballarat. The book includes essays from various contributors and treats the history of the building, functions of the Institute and people involved over time.Relevant to the Ballarat district, it's cultural life, social customs, people and architecture.Paper; book. Front cover: blue sky background; photograph of the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute Building; white and black lettering.Cover: editors' names and titlebtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, culture - ballarat, social customs, mechanics' institute, architecture, women in history, history, ballaarat mechanics' institute, libraries -
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Special tasks : The memoirs of an unwanted witness - a Soviet spymaster (Don Woodward Collection), Sidoplatov, Pavel et al, 1994
Pavel Sudoplatov a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union. He was a key player in Soviet espionage including the assassination of Leon Trotsky.History and politics - Soviet Union. Biographical interest.Book; 509 pages. Dustjacket: red background; yellow, white and black lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, sudoplatov, pavel, political espionage - ussr, politics and government, wallenberg, raoul, 1912-1947, stalin, joseph, 1878-1953, trotsky, leon, 1879-1940, spies -- soviet union -- biography, espionage -- soviet union -- history -- 20th century, soviet union -- politics and government -- 1936-1953, biography, autobiography -
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The nineteenth century: A history (Don Woodward Collection), Mackenzie, Robert, 1889?
Contents: - The opening of the Century - Napoleon Bonaparte - The Congress of Vienna - Social condition of Great Britain - The Reform Bill - The redress of wrongs - Chartism - Our wars - The victories of peace - Christian missions - The charities of the nineteenth century - Our Indian empire - Our colonies - France: The restored monarchy - France: The second empire - Germany - Austria-Hungary - Italy - Russia - Turkey - The United States of America - The Papacy - The progress of liberty in Europe Politics, history, religious and social customs - 19th Century Europe.Book; 475 pages. Cover: green background; 19th Century Library insignia; gold lettering; author's name and title. In black ink, "? ? Falconer, 19th July 1895".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics and government, social conditions, social customs, religion, foreign relations, warfare