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

Don Dunstan was a South Australian state politician known for progressive reforms. He was premier of South Australia over the periods June 1967-April 1968 and June 1970-February 1979. He resigned from politics in 1979 and died in 1999.The book forms part of Labor Party history in South Australia and is of an autobiographical nature.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white photograph of Don Dunstan; red and yellow lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, dunstan, don, south australian parliament, premier - south australia, politics, politicians

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

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

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

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

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

Autobiographical account of Killen's twenty eight years in federal parliament.Relevant to history of the Liberal Party Australia and the federal parliament. Autobiographical interest.355 pages. Paper; book. Cover is blue with white lettering and a colour photograph of Killen. Front cover: author's name and book title.killen, james, killen, jim, liberal party australia, parliament, autobiography, politics, politicians

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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: Julia Gillard and Betty Borchers A collection of busts of all past Australian Prime Ministers is displayed in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. This photograph was taken when Julia Gillard unveiled her sculpture on 14 October 2014. Only two ex-Prime Ministers (including Gillard) have attended their own unveilings. Gillard was a lawyer before entering politics. She was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013 and the first Australian female prime minister. Kevin Rudd successfully challenged Gillard's leadership in 2013 and he went on to lose the election. Julia Gillard resigned from parliament following the leadership challenge. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers.Photographbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, borchers, betty, gillard, julia, prime ministers' avenue, alp, australian labor party, politicians

Mr Chifley's last major public speech, made at the annual conference of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party on the day before his passing away. Chifley spoke at the State Banquet at Parliament House, Canberra, on Tuesday 12 June 1951, and in the House of Representatives on the afternoon of the day that he died (13 June 1951), but those speeches were more formal. Ben Chifley was the sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia and a former railway engine driver. He was treasurer in the Curtin government and became Prime Minister after Curtain's death. He lost the 1949 and 1951 federal elections. The 1951 loss was due to his opposing Menzies' proposal to ban the Communist Party. The document was donated by Mr John Mildren, former federal member for Ballarat and former lecturer at Ballarat College of Advanced Education.Rare. Significant to the history of the Labor Party and to political commentary in Australia. Pertinent to political issues in the 1950s.Paper, A5, stapled, two tone (brown and white)Photograph on the front cover of JB Chifley, title and price (3D). Back cover: sketch of JB Chifley (creator of the sketch is unknown).btlc, ballarat trades hall, unions ballarat, ballarat trades and labour council, chifley, jb, chifley, ben, curtin, john, prime minister, treasurers, elections, communism, communist party - australia, political speeches

From the foreword: " ... a factual account of how the Communist Party is undermining the Australian nation. It explains how it is controlled. Its General Staff. Its penetration of the unions. Its sinister influence over the Curtain Government. Its duplicity during the present war. Its wealth. Its tricks and manoeuvres. The Trojan Horse tactic. Its organisation and its overseas bosses." Jack Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in its second term by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation.The book is reflective of growing paranoia about the Communist Party in Australia after World War II. Relevant to the history of the Australian trade union movement, government and political parties. Fear around the Cold War and communism contributed to defeat of the Chifley government at the 1950 election.Paperback. Red and white cover. Price, author and title in black and white lettering on the front cover.Title, author, price and publisher on cover. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, communism, politics - australia, cold war, chifley, ben, unions