The book principally provides an account of the Rudd-Gillard government years (2007-2013), including the conflicts that arose and the ultimate victory of the Abbott Coalition government.Significant to governance of Australia and its party politics. Especially pertinent to Labor Party history during the period 2007-2013.Paperback book. Front cover: red background; black and white lettering. Author and title and media comment. Back cover: white background; red and black text. ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, kelly, paul, paul kelly, deputy prime minister, prime minister, politicians, politics and government, elections, gillard, julia, rudd, kevin, abbott, tony, howard, john, liberal party australia, australian labor party, greens party, policy, parliament

Photographic history of Australian federal politics from 1970s to 2000s.Relevant to history of Federal government over fifty years.Hardback. Front cover: author and title; black background; red, silver and white lettering. Back cover: black background; quotation from Don Watson; white lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, politics, federal government, whitlam, gough, shorten, bill, hawke, bob, prime minister, prime minister - caretaker, fraser, malcolm, abbott, tony, crean, simon, beazley, kim, rudd, kevin, keating, paul, gillard, julia, snedden, billy, hayden, bill, peacock, andrew, hewson, john, downer, alexander, howard, john, latham, mark, nelson, brendan, turnbull, malcolm, leader of the opposition, deputy leader of the opposition, brumby, john, carr, kim, faulkner, john, bishop, bronwyn, costello, peter, hanson, pauline

History of Australia: 1788-1969.Some references to Ballarat including the Monster Meeting and the Eureka Stockade.Hardback with dustjacket; green and white background; black lettering; 274 pages.Front cover: Author's name and title; white round price sticker. Back cover: Author's biography and other publications. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, convicts, macquarie, immigration, politics

Australian history includes coverage of: Indigenous matters; white settlement; Macquarie; convicts; immigration; pastoral era; politics; gold rush; unions; identity; federation; wars; the great depression.Treatment of issues relating to the Ballarat Reform League and the Eureka Stockade. One chapter covering craft unions, unskilled workers, Trades Halls, women's issues, industrial action, and ALP and unionism.Paperback; yellow with black lettering; 411 pages.Front cover: title and authors' names Title page: the name CULNANE has been written in red.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, gold mining - ballarat, eureka stockade, ballarat reform league, unions - history

Alfred Deakin was one of the founding fathers of Federation and was Prime Minister of Australia over the periods 1903-1904, 1905-1908 and 1909-1910. He was the federal member for Ballaarat from 1901-1913 and was attorney general in the Barton government. He also served in the State of Victoria parliament. In his second term, Deakin's government passed the Census and Statistics Act 1905, Papua Act 1905, Representation Act 1905 and Copyright Act 1905. The book is based on Deakin's private papers, writings, private and official materials. This is volume two of a two volume set. Index: 15. Australian Correspondent 16. Three Elevens 17. "A Notice to Quit"? 18. "Nation Building", 1905-1908 19. New Hebrides 20. New Guinea and Hubert Murray 21. Empire 22. London, 1907 23. The Defence of Australia 24. Fusion, 1909 25. "Harvest" and Defeat 26. "Mercy of Release" 27. "A Shadow in a Dream" 28. "Content and more than Content" Appendices: I. Victorian Ministries, 1877-1900 II. Commonwealth Ministries, 1901-1914Biographical interest. Relevance to history of Ballarat and Australia.Hardcover - book; 348 pages. Cover dust jacket: black and white lettering; faded. Cover without dust jacket: green cloth; gold lettering.The book is stamped "The private library of Rex Testro" on title page and on the page following the index.btlc, ballarat trades hall, unions ballarat, deakin, alfred, federation, prime ministers - australia - alfred deakin, biography, politics, members of parliament

Barry Cohen was a minister in the Hawke Labor government. The book gives realistic advice about entering politics, with particular emphasis that politicians should know Australia's history.Australian politics.Book; 264 pages. Cover: blue background; black and white drawing of Fraser, Curtin, Hawke, Whitlam, Menzies and Chifley; black and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime minister, history - australia, alp, australian labor party, chifley, ben, fraser, john malcolm, curtin, john, hawke, bob, whitlam, gough, menzies, bob

Gough Whitlam was the ALP Prime Minister of Australia from 1972-1975. It was the first ALP government since Ben Chifley's government was defeated in 1951. The book is an historical account of the Whitlam government years. Whitlam was dismissed, in controversial circumstances, by the governor general (Sir John Kerr) and Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Opposition Leader) was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister.. This was an unprecedented action. A federal election followed soon after in which the Whitlam government was defeated. Federal political history.Book; 536 pages. Dustjacket: green background; black and white picture of Gough Whitlam with microphone; white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime minister - australia - gough whitlam, politics, governor general, kerr, sir john, constitution - australia, parliament - australia, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, fraser, malcolm, leader of the opposition

An autobiography. Sir John Kerr's (Governor General) dismissal of the Whitlam ALP Government in 1975 brought on a constitutional crisis. The Whitlam (ALP) government lost the election that followed this unprecedented act. Political and constitutional significance. Autobiographical.Book; 468 pages. Dustjacket: author and other information in black lettering; title in green lettering; black and white photograph of Sir John Kerr.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, politicians, whitlam, gough, kerr, sir john, governor general, constitution - australia, history - australia

Lang is a former premier of NSW. The book explores his financial-political manifesto. 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. Autobiographical interest - Jack Lang.Book; 351 pages. Front cover: orange; black lettering; author's and title name. Pencil underlinings and annotations.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, lang, jt, lang, jack, politicians - premiers - nsw, politics and government - nsw, history - australia, alp, australian labor party

Biography of Harold McMillan who was the UK Prime Minister from 1957-1963. He represented the Conservative Party.Biographical interest. UK politics and history.Book; 156 pages. Dustcover: yellow background; blue lettering; author's name and title; two-tone picture of Harold McMillan. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title.In blue ink: To my pal, Happy days and musical moments, from your pal, 23 February 1980.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics - united kingdom, prime ministers - united kingdom, mcmillan, harold, conservative party - united kingdom, biography

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1901-1910.Political and monarchical history - United Kingdom, British Dominions and India. Biographical interest.Book; 198 pages. Dust jacket: red background; colour illustration; white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.1. Initials "DHW". 2. "To Dad, With love and best wishes for Christmas 1975. From Fiona and Peter."btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, monarchy - united kingdom, monarchy - kings of england

The book documents history and procedure of the British House of Commons. The author also describes the Speaker's role and its origin.Political, institutional and historical - United Kingdom.Book; 240 pages. Front cover: black background; colour photo of British parliament; gold lettering; author name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, house of commons - united kingdom, house of commons - speaker

Written from a Western viewpoint. Disillusioned with western thinking, the author visited India to find out whether Ghandi's philosophies provided a realistic alternative. This book documents the author's experience. Ghandi was an activist in both South Africa and India. He was the leader of the independence movement to end British rule in India. Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Vinayak Godse.Autobiographical and of interest to personal ethics and belief systems.Book; 382 pages. Dustjacket: red background; white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: brown background; gold lettering; author's name and title. Black ink: name (illegible).btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ghandi, mahatma, history - india, biography, politics and government, nathuram vinayak godse, activism, ethics/belief systems

The Whitlam ALP government came to power in 1972 after 23 years in opposition. Whitlam's government was aspirational in terms of its social justice and equality agenda. The government was dismissed on 11 November 1975 by the governor general, Sir John Kerr; this act was unprecedented. The book is written by Garfield Barwick who was a high court judge; Barwick provided advice to Sir John Kerr at the time. The author defends the appropriateness/legality of Kerr's role and decision making at the time of the dismissal. The ALP lost the election held on 13 December that was caused by the 1975 double dissolution/constitutional crisis.Relevance to Australian political and constitutional history. Book; 129 pages. Front cover: white background; green illustration of a building; green lettering; author's name and title.Price - 50c - in pencil.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics and government, constitution - australia, kerr, sir john, barwick, garfield, whitlam, gough, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, prime ministers - australia - malcolm fraser, fraser, malcolm, dismissal - government, courts - high court, parliament, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia

Explores whether Churchill knew of the Pearl Harbour incident beforehand and whether he withheld this knowledge from the US. The book focusses on the months prior to Pearl Harbour and the beginning of USA's participation in the War.International politics and history of World War II.Book; 302 pages. Front cover: yellow background; three black and white photographs; red and black lettering; authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, world war ii, pearl harbor, churchill, winston, roosevelt, franklin, international relations, politics - international, history - wars

The book covers the period from women's being granted suffrage in New Zealand to the present. Includes accounts from known and unknown women about the fight for a variety of rights such as property ownership, child custody, representation in parliaments and equal pay.Political and women's rights. Janine Haynes was a South Australian Senator and leader of the Australian Democrats from 1986 to 1990.Book; 210 pages. Front cover: blue background; one black and white photo of Janine Haines; two colour photos; white and blue lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, feminism, women in history, women's rights, senate - australia, haines, janine, women's suffrage, voting and elections - australia, australian democrats, politics and government

An essay outlining the events of the Rum Rebellion can be accessed at: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/terra-australis-australia/1808-rum-rebellion The book is written by HV (Doc) Evatt who was at various times a federal Labor parliamentarian, former Leader of the Opposition, High Court Judge and was a co-founder of the United Nations during World War II.Australian political and colonial history.Book; 365 pages. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, rum rebellion, bligh, william, mcarthur, john, politics and government - nsw, army - nsw, history - australia - colonial

Jack Lang was 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. Sir Philip Game was the State Governor who dismissed Lang. The author of this book is the daughter of the secretary to the Philip Game. Unlike Sir John Kerr (who dismissed Prime Minister Whitlam in 1975), Game expressed some uncertainty about whether his decision to sack Lang's government was sound: "In spite of the popular endorsement of my assassin's stroke, I am still wondering if I did right. I still believe that Lang has a great deal of right on his side, that a lot of what he advocates will have come to pass, and that the extremists on the other side are a greater danger than extreme Labour." (From a personal letter written by Sir Philip Game on July 2nd, 1932.)" (Back dust jacket.)Political and social history.Book; 223 pages. Front cover: blue and white background; photograph of Jack Lang, Sir Philip Game and one other; black lettering; author's name and title. Dust jacket. Back cover: various quotations from Jack Lang, Philip Game, the author and Lady Game.Price: in pencil, $6.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, game, sir philip, lang, jt, lang, jack, treasurer - nsw, finances - federal government australia, state governors - nsw, history - australia, politics and government, premier - nsw

Sir Isaac Isaacs was the first Australian born Governor General. He was also a key player in drafting of the Australian Constitution. He practised as a lawyer (specialising in company law) and a judge and was known to defend individuals against bureaucratic injustices.Australian politics and constitution. Book; 228 pages. Dust jacket: pink and white background; black and white photo of Isaac Isaacs; white, pink and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: yellow; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.Inside cover: "To Colin King, With all very best wishes from Ian Hayward, Christmas, 1963."btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, isaacs, isaac, governor general, politics and government, history - australia

WE Gladstone was a Liberal Party Prime Minister in Britain from 1868 and ending in 1894. He introduced many pivotal changes including the secret ballot, equality of opportunity, free trade, and laissez-faire economics.Political, historical and biographical interest - Victorian England.Book; 289 pages. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title.Inside: stamp "Gilbert N Cassidy, 42 Minchinbury Tce, Marion, South Australia, 5043". Inside: typewritten pasted note - "If thou art borrowed by a friend, Right welcome shall be to read, to study not to lend, but to return to me. Not that imparted knowledge doth dimish learning's store, but books I find when once they're lent, return to me no more."btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, gladstone, we, prime ministers - united kingdom, politics and government, biography, history - united kingdom

An abridged version of India in the new era (1958). Story of past and present culture, leadership, religion and governance. Includes international relations context.World politics. Politics and culture - Pakistan and India. Religion.Book; 320 pages. Cover: white background; picture of pink statue; picture of a blue building; black lettering; author's name and title. Abridged copy.Preston East Technical School Library stamp. School and school number stamp. 954WAL call number in biro.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, india, pakistan, international relations, politics and government, national culture - india and pakistan, religion, ghandi, mahatma

Barack Obama's account of how he became a politician and his history within the US parliamentary structure. Written before his two terms as 44th President of the United States (2009 to 2017). Political - USA. Autobiographical interest.Book; 375 pages. Cover: grey background; colour photograph of Barack Obama; white and brown lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government - usa, autobiography, presidents - united states

Biography of Queen Elizabeth II.Monarchy - UK - history and biography.Book; 484 pages. Front cover: grey background; photograph of Queen Elizabeth; gold and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, monarchy - queens of england, biography, politics and government, elizabeth ii - queen of great britain

Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. The book explores his role in developing Hitler's public persona. Biographical, historical and political interest - Germany.Book; 441 pages. Cover: black background; black and white photograph of Joseph Goebbels; orange and white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, goebbels, joseph, hitler, adolf, nazi germany, politics and government - nazi germany, world war ii, history

Written by an Australian history teacher in 1947 and targeted at secondary school students. The book covers: - English civilization after the Middle Ages - The British navy and colonial development - Social progress and parliamentary reform - British activity in Europe and the Far East Historical, political and monarchical - United Kingdom.Book; 250 pages. Cover: blue background; graphics of an aeroplane (dark blue) and a ship (red); blue lettering; author's name and title.In red ink, "RBO" & "Debra Clarke". Library marks: stamp "0148', Dewey code "942 DRI", "Maryborough State School" stamp.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - united kingdom, monarchy - united kingdom, politics and government, monarchy - queens of england - elizabeth i, colonialism, warfare

Collection of speeches by various international persons - e.g. Nelson Mandela, George W. Bush, Ghandi, Stalin, Churchill, Molotov. Topics are various - e.g. science, politics, religion and social commentary.International politics, science, religion and social commentary.Book; 224 pages. Cover: black background; black and white photograph of Nelson Mandela with his fist raised; white and red lettering; title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mandela, nelson, hitler, adolf, bush, george w, ghandi, mahatma, stalin, joseph, churchill, winston, molotov, meir, golda, roosevelt, franklin, politics and government, religion, socialism, social commentary

This book is a history intended to set the record straight about Cromwell. The book is also an account of Cromwell's boyhood. Oliver Cromwell was an English military officer and political leader. He was Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Cromwell lived from 1599 to 1658. History of the United Kingdom and biographical interest.Book; 459 pages. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Inside cover: "Sheilagh Butler" in black ink.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, cromwell, oliver, politics and government - united kingdom, military - united kingdom, history - united kingdom, biography

Biography of Jan Smuts (1870-1950) who was a South African soldier, statesman and politician. He promoted South Africa's role in the British Commonwealth.History - South Africa and British Commonwealth. Politics and government. Wars.Book; 394 pages. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title.Library stamps: Carey Baptist Grammar. In black textacolour: 3973. In black textacolour: dewey decimal code on the spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, smuts, jan, history - south africa, politics and government, biography, war, politics and government

The book covers the actions and strategies of the Rudd-Gillard government during the 2008 global financial crisis.Politics and government - Australia. Australian and world economy.Book; 278 pages. Cover: colour photograph of Lindsay Tanner, Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swann and Julia Gillard; orange neon and white lettering; authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, economy, global financial crisis, rudd, kevin, swann, wayne, gillard, julia, tanner, lindsay, alp, australian labor party, history - australia