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

The General Strike took place in 1926 in Britain. The nine day strike across many industries was called by the Trades Union Congress to protect pay rates and working conditions for coal miners. Relevant to the General Strike and to history of trade unionism in Britain.Paper; book. Cover: collage - picture of 6 men superimposed over a copy of the British Worker; background is white with red text; blue spine.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, general strike - britain, trades union congress - britain, tuc - britain, unions, strikes, industrial action, miners, coal miners, wages

A biography of ALP MP Bill Hayden, formerly leader of the opposition. Hayden relinquished this role, after which Bob Hawke became leader and won the 1983 federal election. Hayden served as Governor General from 1989-1996.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party and Australian political history.Paper; book. Front cover: picture of Bill Hayden. Front cover: title and author.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hayden, bill, alp, australian labour party, politics, politicians, elections, biography, governor general

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

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

Commemorates the centenary of the Ballarat Library service in 1978.Relevant to the history of Ballarat, community and library services in the region.Paper; bookbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat library, anniversary, central highlands regional library service, history, public libraries

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

National Council for Women, Victoria is an umbrella organisation for many women's groups and is a political lobby group for reform at local, state and national levels. The group has advocated for pay equality for women.Relevant to social and gender issues in Australia. The author has an impressive history as an advocate for social justice and women's rights. She received several awards throughout her lifetime including the United Nations' Peace Medal in 1975.Paper; book. Cover: black, red and white.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gender issues, national council for women, victoria, lobby groups, social reform, social history, lobbyists, wages, wages equality, women

Untold story of the Eureka Stockade (3 December 1854). The rebellion at Eureka arose as a protest against compulsory mining licences for gold miners and led to the siege at the Stockade by colonial forces.Local significance. Relevant to the history of the Eureka Stockade that took place in Ballarat in 1854.Paper; book. Front cover: Red, blue and black background with an artistic rendition of the battle of Eureka. Yellow and white text. Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, eureka lead, gold mining - ballarat, mining licences - ballarat, civil disobedience, lalor, peter, scobie, james, ballarat reform league, bentley, james, humffray, john, southern cross, australian history

Julian Chan's government attempted to resolve the Bougainville Civil War using diplomatic means and eventually by military force. These attempts brought down the Chan government.Relevant to the political history of Papua New Guinea and the region. Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white military photograph; black and white text.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chan, julian, chan, sir julian, prime ministers - papua new guinea, sandline crisis, sandline affair, civil wars, politics, history, bougainville civil war, papua new guinea

Songs are written by various artists. The songs are a continuation of the aims of the Ballarat Reform League, founded by Ballarat miners in November 1854. Historical relevance - Eureka Stockade and beyond.Paper; book. Front cover: sky blue background with images of clouds; image of the Southern Cross flag; blue text.Front cover: editor's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat reform league, miners - ballarat, songs, history, eureka stockade, eureka stockade celebration

This book fills some gaps in the narrative of goldfields' history. The author addresses social and cultural significance of the goldfields' history.Relevant to the history of gold mining in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: background is black and white. Picture of soil horizons.Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian history, goldfields, gold, gold mining, social history, eureka stockade

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

History of the Australasian Engineering Union (1852 and 1973) was formed in 1890 - a break away group from its British equivalent/parent body. It represented engineers and some metal workers.Relevant to internal union democracy and collective bargaining.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white image of men voting at a workplace meeting. Grey and yellow text.Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, australian engineering union, aeu, amalgamated engineering union (britain), amalgamated engineering union (australia), metal workers, engineers, history, collective bargaining, unions

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

A cartoon history of the 1998 waterfront dispute.Relevant to the history of unions (especially the MUA) and industrial relations.Paper; book. Cover: black and white; cartoon on the front cover.Front cover: editor, author of foreword and title.ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, waterfront workers, waterfront dispute 1998, mua, maritime workers' strike, maritime union australia, unions, industrial relations, strikes

Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled from 1949 to 1976. Relevant to the history of China, its revolutionary evolution. Of biographical relevance to Mao Zedong/Mao Tse-tung/Chairman Mao.Paper; bookFront cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, mao zedong, mao tse-tung, chairman mao, china, revolutions - china, people's republic of china

A critical appraisal of Australia's immigration policies and multiculturalism.Relevant to Australian culture and immigration. The book was written in 1998.Paper; book. Cover: White with red, black and white writing. Picture of a burning leaf. Round sticker: "The phenomenal no.1 bestseller".Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, immigration, social history, national culture

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

100 years' history of the Geelong Trades Hall.Relevant to the history and achievements of the union movement in Australia, particularly in the Geelong area. Launched in 2011.Paper; book; CD-Rom Front cover: full-colour photograph of Trades Hall building; black and white text. Back cover: blue background; colour portrait photograph of the author; white text.Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: author biography.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, geelong trades hall, history, centenary, unions, regional trades and labour councils, industrial relations

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

A collection of essays about British Liberal Democrats and their policies in the late 1940s and 1950s. Relevant to British political history in the 1940s and the 1950s.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: yellow background, black text.Front cover: title and editor's name.keynesian, macroeconomics, microeconomics, distributistism, politics, politicians, liberal democrats - britain, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history

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

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

A historical timeline of Ballarat images (1853 to 1998).Pictorial expression of Ballarat's history.Paper; part leather bound; book.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, ballaarat, ballarat, photographs, history, buildings/structures, lithographs, lake wendouree, ballarat flat, panoramas, ballarat historical society

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

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

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