Biography of Labor's first member of the Victorian legislature in Footscray, Victoria. Hancock was an MLA in 1891–1892 and 1894–1899. The author, Jim Claven, was a member of the ALP Victorian branch administrative committee and the Fabian Society executive.Biographical history pertaining to the Victorian ALP.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; yellow and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labor council, ballarat trades hall, victorian parliament, claven, jim, hancock, john, alp, australian labor party, fabian society, elections, government, mlas, member of legislative assembly, politicians, politics

Autobiography of Labor Party politician, Fred Daly (1913-1995). Daly was Member of the House of Representatives for several years, (1943-1975) and held office during the Whitlam government. Daly's political career ended at the time of Sir John Kerr's sacking of the Whitlam government that happened on 11 November 1975.Covers significant decades of Labor history as well as being an autobiography of a longstanding Labor MP. Pertinent to the history of the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.Book; 268 pages. Cover: green and mauve background; artistic impression of Fred Daly; black lettering; author's name and title.Title page: one volume has author's signature in blue biro. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, daly, fred, daly, frederick, alp, australian labor party, whitlam, gough, whitlam, eg, government, house of representatives, kerr, sir john, grayndler, whitlam government - dismissal

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

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

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

Biography of Tamie Fraser. Tamie Fraser was married to Malcolm Fraser who was Prime Minister of Australia. Includes her role of campaigning on her husband's behalf in the 1975 Federal election. The author, Christina Hindhaugh, is Tamie Fraser's sister.Relevant to the history of liberal and labour politics in Australia, including events around the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.Paper; book. Dust jacket: light blue background; colour picture of Tamie Fraser, black and blue lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue; white lettering; author's name and title.Title page: name, "F. J. Story, Ex AL 3/87".fraser, tamie, fraser, tamara, fraser, malcolm, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics, politicians, politicians' spouses, biography, whitlam government - dismissal, whitlam, eg, 1975, liberal party australia, australian labour party, alp, australiana fund, open garden scheme, prime minister, beggs, tamara

Autobiography of Barry Jones who was a quiz champion, school teacher, crusader against the death penalty, National President of the ALP and Federal Minister for Science.Autobiographical interest and relevant to Australian politics.Paper; book. Front cover: picture of Barry Jones in front of bookcase.Front cover: title and author.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, jones, barry, television quiz champions, education, school teachers, death penalty, politics, politicians, alp, australian labour party, cabinet

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

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

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

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

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

The book is an account of Sir John Kerr's (Governor General) dismissal of the Whitlam Government dismissal in 1975. The Whitlam (ALP) government lost the election that followed this unprecedented act.The author, Gough Whitlam, was Prime Minister at the time of the dismissal. Whilst governor generals have the power to independently call for a double dissolution, Sir John Kerr's act was unprecedented and has not happened since.Paper; book. Front cover: Photograph of Gough Whitlam; author name and title.kerr, sir john, whitlam, gough, alp, australian labor party, btlc, ballarat trades and labor council, 1975, remembrance day, parliament, government, dismissal - government, senate, fraser, malcolm, constitutional crisis, constitution, double dissolution election, appropriation bills, governor general, prime minister

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

Political memoirs of Graham Richardson, who was an ALP NSW senator from 1983-1994. Richardson touches upon the Whitlam era and the Keating-Hawke leadership challenge. Autobiographical interest. Relevant to the history of the ALP and provides inside stories from Richardson's involvement with the party.Paper; 382 pages. Dust jacket: blue background; colour photograph of Graham Richardson; orange and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue; white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, richardson, graham, memoirs, autobiography, alp, australian labor party, whitlam, gough, keating, paul, hawke, bob, parliament, senate, government, politics, labor movement

Autobiographical account from John Button following his departure from parliament. The book includes views about republicanism, politics and travel. He visited Ballarat during this time.Autobiographical interest. Political views. Marginal relevance to Ballarat. John Button was leader of the government in the Senate and industry minister from 1983 to 1993. He was born in Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white picture of John Button (author); white background; white and purple lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, autobiography, button, john, alp, australian labor party, senators, travel, republicanism, politics, ballarat

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

Biography of Ben Chifley who served as leader of the Labor Party; he was Prime Minister post-World War II (from 1945 to 1949).Relevant to Australia's political history and to the history of the ALP. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white photograph of Chifley; blue, black and yellow lettering. Front cover: author's name; title; quotation from Shaun Carney, "The Age".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, chifley, ben, chifley, jb, prime minister, politics, australian labor party, alp, biography, history

Photograph: Catherine King campaign poster The poster is a photograph of Catherine King, bearing the Labor Party brand/logo and is attached to the front door verandah. Text on the poster reads: (1) Catherine King: Labor for Ballarat; and, (2) Standing up for our community. This was used in the ALP's 2010 campaign. Catherine King is the federal ALP member for Ballarat and has been office since 2001. She was a cabinet minister in the second Rudd ministry and is now part of the Shadow Cabinet. The 2010 election was won by the Gillard government.Photographbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, king, catherine, alp, australian labor party, election campaigning, politicians, cabinet

Photograph: Frank and Rosalie Sheehan The photograph was taken at a memorial luncheon for the late Norm Borchers. The event was held at Sebastopol Bowling Club and Frank Sheehan was a guest speaker. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. Frank Sheehan was the state member for Ballarat South, serving from 1982-1992. Rosalie Sheehan is his wife.Photographbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, borchers, norm, sheehan, frank, sheehan, rosalie, alp, australian labor party, politicians - state

Photograph: Frank and Rosalie Sheehan & Sharon Knight This photograph was taken at the Norm Borchers Memorial Luncheon. Frank Sheehan was the state member for Ballarat South, serving from 1982-1992. Rosalie Sheehan is his wife. Sharon Knight (middle) was successor to Karen Overington. Knight is now the state member for Wendouree. She has a background in health and community sectors, including having managed Lifeline in Ballarat. At the time the photo was taken Knight was the candidate for Ballarat West. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. Photographbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, sheehan, frank, sheehan, rosalie, knight, sharon, borchers, norm

Photograph: Poster - Sharon Knight Victorian Labor The poster is attached to the front door verandah. It was created to support the 2010 state election campaign for the ALP. Text on the poster reads: Sharon Knight - Victorian Labor. Knight was successor to Karen Overington. Knight is now the state member for Wendouree. She has a background in health and community sectors, including having managed Lifeline in Ballarat. At the time the photograph was taken, she was the candidate for Ballarat West. Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, knight, sharon, election campaigning, politicians - state, alp, australian labor party

Photograph: Sharon Knight & others - office opening The photograph is the official opening of Sharon Knight's electorate office. Pictured from left: Unknown, Pauline Akers, Sharon Knight MLA (Ballarat West), David Miller, Matthew Smith (Secretary, Ballarat West Branch ALP), Cr. Cheryl Bromfield (behind Matthew Smith). Knight was successor to Karen Overington. Knight is now the state member for Wendouree. She has a background in health and community sectors, including having managed Lifeline in Ballarat. David Miller was Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria.Photographbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, knight, sharon, alp, australian labor party, politicians - state, miller, david, smith, matthew, bracks, steve