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A short history of Australia: new and revised edition, Clark, Manning, 1964
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 -
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Australia: A social and political history, Greenwood, Prof Gordon, 1955
Single volume history of Australia: 1. The foundation years; 2. The pastoral ascendancy; 3. Colonial liberalism; 4. Nationalism, the labour movement and the Commonwealth; 5. National development and social experimentation; 6. Australia at war; 7. Development in the twenties; 8. Depression and war.Significant to Australia's national history. The book was written in 1955, so does not cover the entire twentieth century.Blue hardcover with dustjacket; book; 445 pages. Dustjacket: background is fawn and blue; illustrations in fawn and blue; white lettering. Front cover: title and editor's name. Back cover: title, authors' and editor's names. Inscribed in blue biro with the name Graham F Hall 1969.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, war -
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Alfred Deakin: A biography (Vol 2), La Nauze, J.A, 1965
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 -
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John Howard - badge
John Howard was the coalition Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007. His predecessor was Paul Keating (ALP). John Howard's coalition government was defeated in 2007 by Kevin Rudd (ALP).Political significance.Round white metal button with pin on the back. Red writing.Red writing: "My mum says Johnny Howard is a mongrel bastard."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, howard, john, prime ministers - australia - john howard -
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Prince and the Premier: Story of Perce Galea, Bob Askin and the Others Who Gave Organized Crime Its Start in Australia (Don Woodward collection), Hickie, David, 1985
About the role of Perce Galea, a gambling entity, and Liberal Premier, Bob Askin, in the start of Australian organised crime. Covers prominent persons who were discovered to have been part of corrupt behaviour in NSW.Political and legal significance.Paper; book; 544 pages.Front cover: author and title.galea, perce, askin, bob, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politicians - premiers - nsw, crime - organised, corruption, gambling -
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The Whitlam Venture (Don Woodward Collection), Reid, Alan, 1985
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 -
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Matters For Judgment: An autobiography (Don Woodward Collection), Kerr, Sir John, 1979
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 -
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Keating: The Inside Story (Don Woodward Collection), Edwards, John, 1996
A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Biographical, political.Book; 594 pages. Front cover: brown background; colour photo of Paul Keating; gold and white lettering; author's name and title.Stamp in red ink: "rejected copy - not for sale - under copyright".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, howard, john, hawke, bob, keating, paul, prime minister - australia, alp, australian labor party, treasurer - australia -
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The Gorton experiment (Don Woodward Collection), Reid, Alan, 1971
John Gorton became Australian Prime Minister (1968-1971) after the disappearance of Harold Holt (with McEwan being the interim Prime Minister). Holt and Gorton were both from the Liberal Party Australia. Gorton has been described as a larrikan and an eccentric in his time as prime minister. The book is described as a disparaging account.Australian politics. Biographical.Book; 455 pages. Dust jacket: green background; author's name and title in white lettering; two-tone picture of John Gorton. Cover: yellow; green lettering; author's name and title. Title page: "To my son John Aug 4th 1971 Dad."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gorton, john, prime ministers - australia, holt, harold, liberal party australia, politics, biography -
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Don't you worry about that! The Joh Bjelke-Petersen Memoirs (Don Woodward Collection), Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 1990
Autobiography - Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Petersen was the longest serving Premier of Queensland from 1968-1987, representing the National Party. His wife, Flo Bjelke-Petersen, served in the federal senate. He is known for the Joh for PM campaign (unsuccessful) and as a participant in the downfall of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975. By use of the Queensland police force, he obstructed street demonstrations for a long period of time. Political autobiography - Queensland - National Party.Book; 259 pages. Front cover: white text; author's name and title; colour photograph of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, premier - queensland, politics, national party of australia, premiers - bjelke-petersen, joh, autobiography, senators - bjelke-petersen, florence -
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The last Edwardian at No. 10 : An impression of Harold Macmillan (Don Woodward Collection), Hutchinson, George, 1980
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 -
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The follies of King Edward VII (Don Woodward Collection), Andrews, Allen, 1975
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 -
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Servant of the house (Don Woodward Collection), Green, Frank C, 1969
Autobiography of Frank Green who worked as a clerk of the House of Representatives from 1937-1955.Political relevance - including insights into the Petrov Affair and the Prime Ministerships of Scullin, Chifley, Menzies, Lyons and Curtin. Book; 173 pages. Dustjacket: black background; red and white lettering; author's name and title; two-tone photo of the author. Front cover: grey background; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Valerie Muir in blue biro.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, house of representatives - australia, parliamentiary staff, autobiography, prime ministers - australia -
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Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches (Don Woodward Collection), Churchill, Winston, 2004
Compiled by the grandson of Winston Churchill. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 1955. Biographical and historical interest.Book; 524 pages. Front cover: white background; two-tone picture of Winston Churchill with crowd; black lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime ministers - united kingdom, churchill, sir winston, politics, politics and government -
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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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The Real War (Don Woodward Collection), Nixon, Richard M, 1981
Richard Nixon was President of the United States from 1969 until 1974 when he resigned (to avoid impeachment) over the Watergate scandal. The book is his account of East-West relations, arguing that the USA should be world leader to maintain peace. Nixon was succeeded by Gerald Ford who issued him with a pardon.US political and biographical relevance; international relations; international war and peace. Book; 366 pages. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, presidents - united states, nixon, richard milhaus, politics and government, international relations, watergate, ford, gerald -
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Disraeli in love (Don Woodward Collection), Edelman, Maurice, 1972
Disraeli was Prime Minister of the UK from 1874-1880. The story is a biography around his love for a married woman called Henrietta.Biographical, political and historical interest.Book; 417 pages. Front cover: yellow background; illustration of Disraeli and woman embracing; black lettering; author's name and title. Dust jacket and plastic cover. Ex-library copy: includes library markings in pencil, barcode and envelope on inside page. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, disraeli, benjamin, prime ministers - united kingdom, politics and government, biography -
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Inside the House of Commons (Don Woodward Collection), Biffen, John, 1989
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 -
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Lead, Kindly Light (Don Woodward Collection), Sheean, Vincent, 1949
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 -
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Sir John did his duty (Don Woodward Collection), Barwick, Garfield, 1983
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 -
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Anatomy of a Coup - The Sinister Intrigue behind the Dismissal (Don Woodward Collection), Foley, Stephen et al, 1990
The author analyses the 1975 Whitlam/ALP dismissal focussing upon a theory that the KGB played a role in these events.Political analysis.Book; 262 pages. Front cover: Australian flag background; hammer and sickle image; black and white head shots; black and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, whitlam, gough, alp, australian labor party, kerr, sir john, constitution - australia, kgb, komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, committee for state security, soviet union, double dissolution election, the dismissal -
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Betrayal at Pearl Harbour: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into World War II (Don Woodward Collection), Rusbridger, James et al, 1991
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 -
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Killen in company (Don Woodward Collection), Killen, Sir James, 1989
Autobiography of Sr James Killen who was a Liberal cabinet minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser ministries.Political (LNP) and autobiographical interest.Book; 182 pages. Front cover: grey background; colour photograph of Jim Killen; black lettering; author's name and title.Stamp: "D&J Hamilton" with address.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, killen, sir james, politics and government, politics - australia, liberal party australia, lpa, cabinet ministers, autobiography -
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Suffrage to sufferance : a hundred years of women in politics (Don Woodward Collection), Haines, Janine, 1992
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 -
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Lyndon Johnson and the American dream (Don Woodward Collection), Kearns, Doris, 1976
A biography of past USA president, Lyndon Johnson. The author, Doris Kearns, was associated with him from 1967 to 1973. Lyndon Johnson became President following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.Politics - United States. Biographical interest.Book; 432 pages. Dustjacket: plastic covering; black background; brown red and green lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Library markings, barcodes and stamps. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, johnson, lyndon, johnson, lyndon baines, lbj, politics - united states of america, presidents - usa, democratic party - usa, biography -
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Rum Rebellion. A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps (Don Woodward Collection), Evatt, H.V. (Doc), 1971
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 -
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From Barton to Fraser : every Australian prime minister (Don Woodward Collection), Carroll, Brian, 1978
Biographical profiles of all Australian Prime Ministers from the time of Federation up until the 1970s when Malcolm Fraser's coalition government was in power.Biographical and political interest.Book; 176 pages. Front cover: orange background; Spooner cartoon - drawings of Australian prime ministers; black and orange lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime ministers - australia, barton, edmund, fraser, malcolm, politics and government, biography -
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Hockey: not your average Joe (Don Woodward Collection), King, Madonna, 2014
Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott (Liberal Coalition) ministry. He also served in the Howard (Liberal Coalition) ministry. The book was written when he was still an MP and speculated upon whether he would ever become Prime Minister of Australia. However he is no longer in parliament and went on to become the Ambassador of Australia to the United States. The book also contains personal biographical detail. Material is drawn from interviews with Hockey and others.Political and biographical interest.Book; 328 pages. Front cover: blue background; colour photograph of Joe Hockey; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hockey, joe, biography, treasurers - federal, politics and government, cabinet ministers, ambassadors and diplomats, liberal party australia, national party australia -
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The life and writings of Abraham Lincoln (Don Woodward Collection), Lincoln, Abraham, 1940
Annotated collection of Abraham Lincoln's papers. It includes a biographical essay written by Stern. Lincoln was President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.Political (USA) and biographical interest.Book; 863 pages. Cover: green cloth, hard cover; logo on front; spine includes author's name and title. Dust jacket. Inside: To Malcolm, With our best wishes for a happy bar mitzvah. From Mr & Mrs W. M. Smith.