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The witless men, 1975
... ballarat trades hall... ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council alp ...About the ALP in the 1970s, including discussion of the economy and impacts of tariff decisions made by the Whitlam government.Relevant to the history of politics in Australia, particularly the ALP in the 1970s.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; ; black and caricatures of significant political figures (represented as balloons); a pink jester wearing an "It's Time" badge; pink and black lettering. Cover: author and book name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, whitlam, gough, economy, prime minister, alp - federal executive -
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Photograph: Bill Williams with bagpipes - ALP barbeque, November 1997
... ballarat trades hall... and labour council alp australian labor party ...Photograph of Bill Williams wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes at an ALP barbeque. ALPPhotographbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party -
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Photograph: John Brumby and Bill Williams, n.d
... ballarat trades hall... ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council brumby ...Photograph: From left, John Brumby and Bill Williams at Creswick. Includes several unidentified persons. Photography has been taken outdoors. John Brumby was Victorian Treasurer and later Premier of Victoria. His government was defeated by the Liberal Party headed by Ted Baillieu in 2010. Brumby subsequently left politics. Prior to Brumby's career in state politics, he served as a federal MP in the seat of Bendigo until his defeat in 1979.Photographbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, brumby, john, williams, bill, state premiers, politicians, alp, australian labor party -
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Bernard O'Dowd, 1954
... ballarat trades and labour council... publications, history and literature. btlc ballarat trades and labour ...Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet and anarchist. He was born in Beaufort in 1866 and worked at different times as a teacher, librarian and parliamentary draftsman. He was dismissed from his position at St Alipius' school in Ballarat for heresy. He had a particular interest in the Federation of Australia and formation of the Constitution, which features in his poem "Australia". O'Dowd co-edited Tocsin with Jack Andrews. Tocsin was a labor newspaper in Melbourne. Others involved with the newspaper include Edward Findley and, for a short time, Norman Lindsay. Tocsin's platform is available in PDF format online http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/objects/pdf/a000808.pdf Areas of interest included the constitution, federation and workers' industrial rights (e.g. eight hour day, pensions and arbitration for labour disputes).Biographical interest. Literary interest. Pertinent to Ballarat. Pertinent to constitutional history and industrial relations. Pertinent to labor publications, history and literature.Hardcover - book. Cover dust jacket: black and white photograph of Bernard O'Dowd on front, yellow and white lettering; back is yellow. Cover without dust jacket: green cloth; gold lettering.Cover without dust jacket: authors' names and title on the spine. Cover with dust jacket: authors' names and title on front cover and spine. Inside page: Inscribed in ink, "Happy Birthday Dad from Lorna and John (Sept 17 1960).btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, o'dowd, bernard, writers - poets, newspaper, tocsin, lindsay, norman, andrews, jack, findley, edward, anarchists, biography, palmer, nettie, st alipius school, ballarat, o'dowd, bernard, 1866-1953, industrial relations -
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Photographs: Victorian State Election Campaign 2018, 23/4/18
... ballarat trades hall... significance to the Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council ...Photographs of the Union 2018 State Election Campaign team. On 23 April 2018, Matthew Guy (Opposition Leader, Liberal Party) visited the City of Ballarat as part of his election campaign. Whilst Mr Guy was inside of the Ballarat Council building, activists from Trades Hall gathered outside with an enormous inflatable lobster. The lobster is a reminder of allegations made in 2017 that Guy dined on lobster with alleged mafia entities who may have been donors to the Liberal Party. 23 April 2018 - 2 photos. Left to right: - ; Doug Stewart, CMFEU; Brett Edgington, Unions Ballarat, Secretary; Alan Townsend, ANMF, Organiser; - ; Tracey Brown, HWU, Organiser. Back: Pinchy. Direct significance to the Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council and Victorian State politics.Electronic jpg images.ballarat trades hall, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat city council, guy, matthew, liberal party of australia, politics - state - victorian, campaigns - elections, politicians - leader of opposition, victorian trades hall council, australian labor party -
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Cash book: Communist Party Australia (Victoria?), Community Party Australia (CPA), 1915-1954
... ballarat trades hall... ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council communist ...Income and expenditure of the Communist Party Australia (Victoria Branch?) from 1915-1954. Includes memberships/affiliations. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Australia) describes the Party as originating in 1920 although the beginning of these records precedes that date by five years. It is also noted that the party officially dissolved in 1992, although the record held ceases at 1954 when the funds were transferred to Building Trades Federation Trust Account. The records are contemporaneous with Robert Menzies' attempted ban of the Party in 1951. The records cease in 1954 which was a time of active paranoia in Australia about Communism. The Labor Party split happened in 1955 leading to the formation of the Democratic Labor Party (a party describing itself at anti-communist).Politics and government. Financial records keeping - Communist Party of Australia.Book; 191 pages. Cover: brown background; gold lettering; title ("Cash Book"). Loose pages - account balances, Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, Victoria Street, Melbourne.Preliminary pages, in pencil: "Relief Fund see page 47".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, communist party australia, cpa, politics and government, financial records, democratic labor party, australian labor party, communism -
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Pattern of deceit
... ballarat trades and labour council...). btlc ballarat trades and labour council unions ballarat ...History and activity of the National Civic Council (an arm of the Democratic Labour Party) and the unions who were aligned with it.Relevant to trade unions and the political climate post ALP split in 1955. Reference to Bob Joshua who was the member for Ballarat and a key figure in the Labor Party split and formation of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).Book; paperback.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, unions ballarat, democratic labour party, dlp, political parties, ncc, national civic council, santamaria_bob, mcmanus_frank, joshua_bob -
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Elect the ambassador! Building democracy in a globalised world, Kerr, Duncan, 2001
... ballarat trades hall.... btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council ...The author argues for democracy in all countries and questions the right of unelected international organisations to make critical decisions (e.g. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund). The book is pro-globalisation.Relevant to world politics, democracy and globalisation. Kerr is a former Labor politician and served as Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the Hawke/Keating government.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics, democracy, alp, australian labor party, attorney general, minister for justice, globalisation, world bank, hawke, bob, keating, paul, international monetary policy -
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A short history of the British Workers, Postgate, et al, 2001
... ballarat trades hall... century. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour ...HisotryWritten by a socialist, Raymond Postgate, chapter headings are as follows: A short history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1926) ; A pocket history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1937) ; A pocket history of the British working class / Raymond W. Postgate ; A worker looks at history / Mark Starr (1918) ; Outlines of the history of the modern British working class movement / Will W. Crank ; A short primer of industrial history / W. Riddick.Relevant to the history of Labor and the working class in Great Britain. NB: These chapters were written in the early twentieth century.Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, working class, workers, history, industrial history, britain -
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Hawke : the Prime Minister, d'Alpuget, Blanche, 2010
... ballarat trades hall... ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council alp ...Biographical work: tells the story of Bob Hawke's parliamentary career from 1983 to 1992. Bob Hawke has been a Rhodes Scholar, ACTU President and Prime Minister of Australia. The book is relevant to Australian political and Labor history. Hawke was an advocate for social and economic reform. The author, Blanche d'Alpuget, is Hawke's spouse.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; black and white photo of Bob Hawke; black and gold lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, actu, hawke, bob, prime minister, biography, political science -
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Australian labour leader : the story of W.A. Holman and the labour movement, Evatt, HV, 1942
... ballarat trades hall.... btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council ...Story of WA Holman who was a NSW union organiser; he entered politics and ultimately become Premier of NSW. His pro-conscription stance led to his being expelled from the Labor Party. He had a subsequent career in federal politics under the Nationalist and United Australia Parties; during this time he did not distinguish himself.Relevant to Labor and Australian political history. References to conscription. The author, HV Evatt, was most notably known as Leader of the Australian Labor Party (and Leader of the Opposition) from 1951 to 1960.Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, holman, wa, unions, politics, premier - nsw, conscription, parliament, government, nationalist party, united australia party, alp, australian labor party, union organisers -
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Be just and fear not (Don Woodward Collection), Calwell, AA, 1972
... ballarat trades hall... ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council public ...An autobiography of Arthur Calwell a former public servant, Minister for Immigration (in the Chifley government) and Labor Leader of the Opposition. Includes views on immigration, Gough Whitlam and Archbishop Mannix. He resigned as Leader of the Opposition in 1967, at which time Gough Whitlam assumed the ALP leadership.Relevant to Australian political history, particularly that of the Labor movement. Autobiographical interest.Book; 274 pages. Paperback cover: green, black and white; photograph of Arthur Calwell; white and black lettering; author's name and title. Hardcover cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title. Dustjacket (hardcover): cover: green, black and white; photograph of Arthur Calwell; white and black lettering; author's name and title.calwell, arthur, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, public servants, minister for immigration, immigration, chifley, ben, leader of the opposition, government, politics, whitlam, gough, mannix, archbishop, alp, australian labor party, parliament, members of parliament, white australia policy -
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The confessions of Clyde Cameron 1913-1990 (Don Woodward Collection), Connell, Daniel, 1990
... ballarat trades hall... trades and labour council alp australian labor party calwell ...Clyde Cameron was Minister for Labour in the Whitlam government and sacked in 1975. He was in parliament from 1949 until his resignation in 1980. Cameron also has a history with the AWU, both as an elected official and as an organiser and industrial advocate. He was at one time Leader of the Labor Party in South Australia. Relevant to Australian and South Australian politics and Labor history. Relevant to the history of the Australian Workers Union (AWU). Biographical interest - principally Clyde Cameron.Paper; book. Dust cover: white background; colour photograph of Clyde Cameron; blue and red lettering. Cover: red background; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Front page: author's name and title.cameron, clyde, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, calwell, arthur, whitlam, gough, kerr, sir john, parliament, government, politics, unions, awu, australian workers union, union organisers -
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The fixer : the untold story of Graham Richardson (Don Woodward Collection), Wilkinson, Marian, 1996
... ballarat trades hall... politics. biography btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades ...A biography of journalist and politician, Graham Richardson. Richardson was a minister in the Hawke government and was instrumental in Hawke's political fortunes. He was also involved in a prostitution scandals. Relevant to Labor history and Australian politics. Paper; book; 420 pages Dustjacket: black background; black and white photograph of Graham Richardson; silver, yellow, white and mauve lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black background; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine.biography, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, richardson, graham, hawke, bob, journalists, politics, government, parliament, members of parliament, alp, australian labor party -
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Ben Chifley : a biography (Don Woodward Collection), Crisp, LF, 1963
... ballarat trades hall.... Biographical interest. biography chifley, ben btlc ballarat trades hall ...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.Book; 428 pages. Cover: white background; black and white photograph of Ben Chifley; white lettering; author's name and title. Includes some loose newspaper clippings. Stamp: "Booked Out".biography, chifley, ben, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, members of parliament, government, politics, prime minister, history -
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Statesmen, leaders and losers : the twenty-three Prime Ministers of Australia, Brodie, Scott, 1984
... ballarat trades hall... trades hall ballarat trades and labour council barton, edmund ...Biography of twenty three Australian Prime Ministers: Barton, Bruce, Chifley, Cook, Curtin, Deakin, Fadden, Fisher, Forde, Fraser, Gorton, Hawke, Holt, Hughes, Lyons, McEwen, McMahon, Menzies, Page, Reid, Scullin, Watson, Whitlam.Relevant to Australian history and politics. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; sepia pictures of past prime ministers surrounding a colour picture of parliament house (Canberra); blue and red lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, barton, edmund, bruce, stanley, chifley, ben, cook, joseph, curtin, john, deakin, alfred, fadden, arthur, fisher, andrew, forde, francis, fraser, malcolm, gorton, john, hawke, bob, holt, harold, hughes, william, lyons, joseph, mcewen, john, mcmahon, william, menzies, robert, page, earle, reid, george, scullin, james, watson, john, whitlam, gough, prime minister, government, parliament, politics, biography, history, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia, political parties -
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Silence kills : events leading up to the Vietnam Moratorium on 8 May, Cairns, J, 1970
... ballarat trades hall.... Autobiographical interest. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades ...The author, Jim Cairns, was a member of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and led the protest march at Melbourne in May 1970 at which 100,000 people marched. Jim Cairns was also a Labor member of federal parliament who was a Cabinet Minister during the Whitlam government.Relevant to the Vietnam War and Australian activism. Autobiographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white photograph; gold, black and white lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, vietnam war, australia, history, activism, moratorium - vietnam war, autobiography, cairns, jim, protest marches, alp, australian labor party, rallies -
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The Hawke ascendency, Kelly, Paul, 1984
... ballarat trades hall..., Bill Hayden. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades ...The story of power politics surrounding Bob Hawke's electoral victory in 1983. The author particularly focusses upon the personal dynamics of Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser and Bill Hayden.Relevant to the history of Australian politics and ALP history. Biographical interest - Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Bill Hayden.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of Bob Hawke; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, hayden, bill, fraser, malcolm, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, elections, parliament, government, politics, politicians, prime minister, biography -
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Hawke : The Definitive Biography, Hurst, John, 1979
... ballarat trades and labour council... Labor Party. btlc ballarat trades and labour council ballarat ...Biography of former Prime Minister and ACTU President, Bob Hawke. The book was published in 1979 before Hawke became Prime Minister of Australia.Biographical relevance - Bob Hawke. Relevant to the history of the union movement and the Australian Labor Party.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photo of Bob Hawke; yellow and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hawke, bob, prime minister, actu, actu - president, unions, australian council of trade unions, biography, alp, australian labor party, history -
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The Hawke years : the story from the inside, Mills, Stephen, 1993
... ballarat trades hall... leadership challenge by Paul Keating. btlc ballarat trades hall ..."How Bob Hawke won four elections - His place on the world stage - His love affair with the Australian people" -- Cover. Biographical interest - Bob Hawke. Bob Hawke was President of the ACTU and was successfully elected to federal parliament in 1980. He became Australian Prime Minister in 1983, defeating Malcolm Fraser. He relinquished the Prime Ministership in 1991 following a successful leadership challenge by Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photograph of Bob and Hazel Hawke; black and red background; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, alp, history, australian labor party, politics, unions, government, parliament, prime minister -
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Hawke : an emotional life, Anson, Stan, B0234
... ballarat trades and labour council... trades and labour council ballarat trades hall hawke, bob ...A Freudian/psychoanalytical biography of Bob Hawke. Bob Hawke was President of the ACTU and was successfully elected to federal parliament in 1980. He became Australian Prime Minister in 1983, defeating Malcolm Fraser. He relinquished the Prime Ministership in 1991 following a successful leadership challenge by Paul Keating.Biographical interest - Bob Hawke. Relevant to the history of Australian politics, the ALP and the union movement.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photo of Bob Hawke with a blue, brown and white theme; brown background; white and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hawke, bob, politics, alp, australian labor party, actu, australian council of trade unions, political parties, prime minister, actu - president, freudian analysis, psychoanalysis, biography -
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Paul Keating Prime Minister, Carew, Edna, 1988
... ballarat trades hall... - Paul Keating. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades ...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.Relevant to Australian federal politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical interest - Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; various head shots of Paul Keating in colour and black and white; gold, brown and white lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, keating, paul, hawke, bob, prime minister, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, biography -
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A super history : how Australia's $1 trillion+ superannuation industry was made, St Anne, Christine, 2012
... ballarat trades hall... to financial and social history. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat ...An historical account of the creation of the superannuation system in Australia. The author has interviewed some of the pioneers of the system. Table of contents: A few good men Chicago racket or dream of the romantics? Getting the show on the road Holdens and Rolls Royces A woman's job The business of super Lear jets and cuff-links The greatest victory of all The Howard years The politics of super Other people's money A time to imagine and innovatePertinent to financial and social history.Paper; book. Red and brown cover, with drawings of various persons.Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, finance, superannuation, money, retirement, history, actu, australian council of trade unions, pensions, superannuation funds, old age pensions, trade unions, alp, australian labor party, howard, john -
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Beazley : a biography (Don Woodward Collection), FitzSimons, Peter et al, 1998
... ballarat trades hall... and the Hawke/Keating era of government. btlc ballarat trades hall ...Biography of Kim Beazley who is a former diplomat, ALP federal MP, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition. Beazley was part of the Hawke/Keating cabinet and served in such roles as Minister for Defence and Minister for Finance.Biographical interest - Kim Beazley. Relevant to Australian politics and the Hawke/Keating era of government.Paper; book. Dust jacket: blue background; with a colour photograph of Kim Beazley; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, beazley, kim, biography, alp, australian labor party, cabinet, government, politics, deputy prime minister, prime minister, hawke, bob, keating, paul, government ministry, ambassadors and diplomats -
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Straight left, Uren, Tom, 1994
... ballarat trades hall... trades hall ballarat trades and labour council uren, tom politics ...Tom Uren was an ALP Member of Parliament from 1958 to 1990. For some of this time he served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition and was a cabinet minister. He was supportive of the heritage and conservation movement, particularly in Sydney. He also lived through the great depression and was a prisoner of war in WWII. The book, Straight Left, is Uren's memoir.Political relevance, especially to the ALP. Autobiographical interest - Tom Uren. Paper; book. Five black and white photographs on the back cover.Author, title and barcode on dust jacket. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, uren, tom, politics, deputy leader of the opposition, government, autobiography, alp, australian labor party -
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The turbulent years: The autobiography of JT Lang (Don Woodward Collection), Lang, JT, 1970
... ballarat trades hall... trades hall ballarat trades and labour council alp australian ...Autobiography of Jack Lang's political career. 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; 323 pages. Dustjacket: light blue background; black and white photograph of JT Lang; red and white lettering. Cover: grey background; green lettering; author's name and title.In blue ink: "Pop, Happy Birthday. Mary, Murray, Christopher. 8:10:70" (Copy 1)btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, new south wales, politics, government, premier, autobiography, lang, jt, lang, jack -
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Strikes : studies in twentieth century Australian social history, Iremonger, John, 1973
... ballarat trades hall... trades hall ballarat trades and labour council history strikes ...The author documents and analyses case studies of eleven strikes and lockouts from 1911 to 1968.Relevant to the history of the labor movement and industrial action in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; black and white image of a strike rally; red and black lettering.Front cover: editors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, strikes, industrial relations, industrial action, unions, lockouts -
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Organise, educate, control : the AMWU in Australia, 1852 - 2012, Reeves, Andrew, 2013
... ballarat trades hall... and the labour movement, particularly the AWMU. btlc ballarat trades hall ...A history of the AMWU. The AWMU is an Australian trade union that was part of campaigns for the Eight Hour Day, maternity leave, superannuation, apprentice rights and family-friendly conditions. 1.The AMWU: Politics and Industrial Relations, 1852-2012 / Greg Patmore 2.The Hope of the World: The Amalgamation of ADSTE and the AMWU / Andrew Dettmer 3.One Big Metal Union? The Impact of Union Amalgamation in Western Australia / Bobbie Oliver 4.Off to the Mystery Picnic: Mobilising Young Engineers in Victoria, 1941-1961 / Keir Reeves 5.The Female Confectioners Union, 1916-1945 / Cathy Brigden 6.The Melbourne Typographical Society and the Melbourne Trades and Labour Council, 1874-76 / Andrew Reeves 7.Australia Reconstructed / Andrew Scott 8.Celebration of a Union: The Banners and Iconography of the AMWU / Andrew Reeves pt. 2 AMWU People 9.The Struggle Continues: Laurie Carmichael Talks / Andrew Dettmer 10.Three Tassie Women and Their Union Experiences / Robyn McQueeney 11.`Red' Fred - Left in the Right Time and Place: A Political Analysis of Fred Thompson / Cora Trevarthen 12.Unity Commands Respect: Memories of EZ / Glenys Lindner 13.A Self-contained City: Metalworkers and the Midland Railway Workshops, 1904-1994 / Ric McCracken 14.The AMWU Queensland Coal Shop Stewards / Chris Harper. Relevant to the history of trade unions and the labour movement, particularly the AWMU.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia background - feint pictures; colour picture of union banner; red and black lettering. Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amwu, australian manufacturing workers union, history, amalgamated metal workers' and shipwrights' union, social conditions, labor movement, amalgamations - unions, industrial relations -
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Goodbye Jerusalem : night thoughts of a Labor outsider, Ellis, Bob, 1997
... ballarat trades hall... Ellis. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour ...Memoir by Bob Ellis (former ALP member of parliament) about politics from a Labor viewpoint. Autobiography and political analysis. The first edition of the book was pulped after a successful defamation action by MPs Tony Abbott and Peter Costello.Relevant to Australian politics. Autobiographical relevance - Bob Ellis.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photo including Margaret & Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating, Ben Chifley, John Curtin, John Button, Bob Hawke, et al; red and white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, abbott, tony, costello, peter, liberal party australia, australian labor party, alp, ellis, bob, politics, government, parliament, memoir, autobiography -
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The Australian moment : how we were made for these times, Megalogenis, George, 2012
... ballarat trades hall... trades hall ballarat trades and labour council economics politics ...An account of some of Australia's best economic, political and social reform, including interviews with Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Rudd and Whitlam's confidant Graham Freudenberg. Table of contents: Three years late to the party The Gough shock A gathering crisis The ingredients for a crack-up Testing the nation's constitution The age of the rorter The siren song of the quarry The drover's dog has his day Learning to let go A license to reform Getting ahead of the game The cult of property Recession as nation-builder The dynamic duo dissolves The last serious election Rolling back the years Passing the tests He of the never ever Tuning in to globalisation The last rich nation standing. Relevant to Australian history, economics, social reform and politics.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; colour photographs of Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and the character Kath (from the TV show Kath and Kim); red, black and blue lettering.Front cover: author's name and title; quotes from Annabel Crabb and Don Watson.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, economics, politics, social history, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, rudd, kevin, fraser, malcolm, whitlam, gough, howard, john, hawke, bob, freudenberg, graham, social reform, prime minister, society and culture