History of Amalgamated Engineers in Australia 1852-1920. Significant to the history of Australian trade unions. References to 7th Intercolonial Trades Union Congress 1891. References to Tom Mann.Paper. Front cover: white background; black text; black and white illustration of two men wearing top hats.Front cover: author's name & title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amalgamated engineering union, amalgamated society of engineers, buckley, k.d., history, 7th intercolonial trades hall congress, mann, tom

History of the National Union of Printing, Books, Bindings and Paper Workers.Significant to history of unions and the labour movement in the United Kingdom.Paper. Front cover: dark blue with white text.Front cover: author's name and title.national union of printing, books, bindings and paper workers, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, united kingdom, history, printing industry, unions, printers

A social history of Ballarat after the decline in gold mining. Includes analysis of population, decline in the local economy and restoring financial fortunes through tourism. Discusses effects upon Ballarat as a result of WWI and WWII.Significant to the history of the Ballarat and the effects of gold mining, tourism and war upon the fortunes of the region. It is a companion to Weston's earlier book, "Lucky City".Book, paper. Cover: yellow background, colour drawing of Sturt Street, Ballarat.Front cover: title and author.social history, economy, ballarat, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gold mining, population, tourism, world war i, world war ii, resources, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park, bate, weston

The story of the 1951 confrontation and lockout of waterfront workers in New Zealand (1951).A memoir that tells the story of a key event in New Zealand's union history.Paper. Front cover: red background; sepia picture of Jock Barnes; black and white text.Front cover: author's name, editor's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, new zealand, unions, waterfront workers, never a white flag, barnes, jock, memoir, history

Biographical book about medical practitioners in Ballaarat (Ballarat) goldfields between 1850-1860.Ballarat region - social history.PaperFront cover: title and author's name.medical practitioners, ballaarat, ballarat, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, doctors

One hundred years' history of the Municipal Employees' Union - 1885-1985.Significant to the history of labour unions in Australia.Paper - book. Front cover: green background; artistic impression of working men in green; text in green and black.Front cover: title and author's name.municipal employees union, federated municipal and shire council employees' union of australia, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions, history, municipal employees, best, alleyn

An autobiography by Tas Bull who was an Australian trade union leader. Tas Bull became General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation from 1984 to 1993 and was also an office bearer in the ACTU in the late 1980s-early 1990s.Significant to the history of trade unions - particularly the Waterside Workers' Federation.Paper - book. Front cover: black background; blue and black photograph - male with an MUA inscription on the back of t-shirt; red and black portrait photograph; white text. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, bull, tas, unions, waterside workers' federation, seaman's union of australia, delegates, international transport workers' federation, history, autobiography, actu, australian council of trade unions

Tracks racism and discrimination towards the lower-classes, Indigenous persons and immigrants in Australia.Significant to the history of race relations in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; image of a white spanner - black and white picture shaped like a nut; black text. Front cover: editors' names and title.btlc, migrants, immigration, racism, race relations, social class, indigenous, aboriginal, discrimination, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, curthoys, ann, markus, andrew, who are our enemies

George Arnold Wood (1865-1928) was an historian who founded the Australian Anti-War League in 1902 with W.A. Holman and others. He also co-founded the Teachers' Guild of NSW. Biographical. Significant to the history of the Boer War, Teachers' Guild of NSW and Wood's research into Australian history.Paper; book. Front cover: orange background; black and white caricature of George Arnold Wood on the front; black text.Front cover: author's name and title.george arnold wood, historians, australian anti-war league, w.a. holman, teachers' guild of nsw, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, boer war, australian history, crawford, raymond maxwell, crawford, rm

A collection of chapters by different historians and writers; the book is about the 1955 split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and its longer-term effects.Significant to the history of the ALP around 1955 and subsequent formation of the DLP. Includes interference by the Groupers, Bob Santamaria and other characters.Paper; book. Blue and white cover with red and black writing.Title and names of editors on the front cover.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor council, 1955, dlp, democratic labor party, alp factions, politics, government, b.a. santamaria, peter love, brian coster, paul strangio, catholic church, communism

Cain discusses issues free speech and political surveillance in WWI. The book includes the history of intelligence agencies that started in WWI, but also surveillance of communists and spying on the left in Australia during peace time.Significant to matters of national security, freedom of speech and movement and the use of intelligence agencies during and post WWI.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and green theme with white dots, dark male head with eye accentuated; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.cain, frank, wwi, world war i, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, surveillance, intelligence agencies, free speech, civil liberties, communism, spying

Biography of Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), a former British labor party politician who held positions of Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.Significant to Labor Party history in the United Kingdom.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; blue and black photo of Morrison on a podium addressing a crowd of people; black, red and blue lettering.Front cover: authors' names and title.labor party - united kingdom, morrison, herbert, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, home secretary - united kingdom, foreign secretary - united kingdom, deputy prime minister - united kingdom, biography, donoghue, bernard, jones, gw

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

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

The book focusses upon the differences between Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Menzies about strategies in WWII. The author reports that Menzies' attempt to displace Churchill led to Menzies' political demise.Significant to foreign policy, history of WWII and politics in Australia and the United Kingdom.Book; 271 pages. Cover: grey background; black and white picture of Menzies and Churchill; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, menzies, bob, menzies, r, world war ii, wwii, churchill, sir winston, menzies, sir robert, churchill, winston, menzies, robert, diplomatic relations, foreign relations, history - united kingdom, history - australia, day, david, hitler, adolf

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

History of various printing unions in Melbourne up to 1966.Pertinent to union history in Australia.Paper; book; red, black and white cover with a drawing of men operating old printing presses.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions - printing, melbourne, history

Follows the story of Bob Santamaria who opposed communism in the trade union movement. His wish to reform the ALP led to the 1955 split in the party. Santamaria subsequently formed the DLP. There is some focus upon Ballarat's part in this history.Relevant to the history of the trade union movement and the Australian Labor Party. Bookbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, santamaria, bob, communism, unions, alp, dlp, democratic labor party, australian labor party, evatt, hv (doc), catholic social studies movement, australian labor party (anti-communist)

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

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

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

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

Pictorial history of Ballarat collected by a local person, Max Harris.Local history.Paper; bookbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat, pictorial works, buildings - ballarat, streetscapes - ballarat

Pictorial history of Ballarat collected by a local person, Max Harris.Local history.Paper; bookbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, ballarat, pictorial works, buildings - ballarat, streetscapes - ballarat

Members of the Victorian Coal Miners Association, were locked out of the Jumbunna Coal Mine in 1903. The book charts the long battle between capital and labour that lasted seventy weeks.Significant to union history - particularly the Victorian Coal Miners Association - and industrial action. Paper; book. Front cover: old black and white picture of miners with their banner; white text.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, victorian coal miners association, strikes, unions, jumbunna coal mine, industrial disputes, coal miners

Gunther was an American journalist and author. The "Inside" series of books are continental surveys. Gunther travelled through each geographical area, conducting interviews with a variety of people (politicians, average people, social leaders). The Inside series are his interpretations of these experiences. Relevant to Australian and New Zealand's cultural, political and social profiles circa 1972.Book; paper. Front cover: authors' name and title.ethnography, "inside" series, surveys, interviews, geography, politicians, social history, travel, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, anthropology

Biography of David Stewart (carpenter and educationalist). Through the labour movement, Stewart campaigned for a programme of workers' education. Stewart established a branch of the WEA in Sydney in 1913.Relevant to history of adult education and social history in NSW. The WEA is still in existence and offers courses in languages, the visual arts and humanities.Paper; book. Front cover: orange and white portrait photo of Stewart; red and black text. Front cover: author's name and title.workers educational association, stewart, david, education, labor movement, workers' education, adult education, wea, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council

During a stay at Dunbar, one of Australia's largest cattle stations, the author was faced with the problem of getting a badly injured man to hospital, it was the wet season, but the Royal flying doctor service came to the rescue. The author was later a nurse in a bush hospital and worked in close cooperation with the flying doctor service before writing "Mantle of Safety".Autobiographical and relevant to the history of the Australian flying doctor service.Paper; book.Cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hospital, royal flying doctor service, bush hospitals, autobiography, medicine