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Author Bowen, Chris, 1973- author.

Title Labor People : the Stories of Six True Believers / Chris Bowen
Published Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 245 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- About this Book -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Gregor McGregor: The First Number Two -- Early Life -- Entering Politics -- Royal Commissions -- Opposition and Return to Government under Fisher -- Campaigning and Majority Government -- Chapter 2 Lilian Locke: The Labor Suffragist -- Early Life and the Battle for Suffrage -- Suffrage and Reform -- From Politics to Family Law -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Frank Tudor: A Leader for the Darkest Days -- Early Life -- Into Parliament -- 1917 Election -- The Second Plebiscite
Tudor, Ryan and the No Campaign -- Tudor, Ryan and the 1919 Election -- Labor Tragedy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 John Dedman: A Man Curtin and Chifley Could Rely On -- Early Years -- Entering Politics -- In Parliament -- Minister for Education? -- The Creation of the CSIRO -- 1946: Deputy Labor Leader? -- Postwar Rebuilding -- Taking Our Place in the World -- Bank Nationalisation -- 1949 and Beyond -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Gertrude Melville: A Tough Pioneer -- Early Life -- Battles for Control -- A Labor Candidate -- The Lang Split and the 1932 Election -- Into Local Government
Legislative Council -- Leading Loyal Labor Women through the Tumultuous1950s -- Police Brutality -- The End -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Ken Wriedt: A Quiet Achiever -- Early Years -- Into the Labor Party -- Into the Senate -- Minister for Primary Industry -- 1975 -- The Wilderness Years -- Retirement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Gregor McGregor -- Chapter 2: Lilian Locke -- Chapter 3: Frank Tudor -- Chapter 4: John Dedman -- Chapter 5: Gertrude Melville -- Chapter 6: Ken Wriedt -- Index -- About the Author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 22, 2021)
Subject Australian Labor Party -- Biography
Australian Labor Party -- History
SUBJECT Australian Labor Party fast
Subject Politics and government
SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
Subject Australia
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781922464743
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9781922464736
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