Labor People
Labor People How much do you know about the history of Australia's oldest political party, the Australian Labor Party? But what about the names behind the big names? You know the big names: Curtin,…
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Labor People
How much do you know about the history of Australia's oldest political party, the Australian Labor Party? But what about the names behind the big names? You know the big names: Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Hawke and Keating.
In Labor People, Chris Bowen brings to life six great Australians and servants of their party and tells their story. The unsung and overlooked True Believers who have been the backbone of the Labor Party for 130 years? Spanning the 1890s to the 1970s, in paying tribute to these Labor warriors, he also tells an important part of the history of Labor and Australia.
Who was the first loyal deputy and lynchpin of the earliest Labor governments? Which leading advocate of votes for women went on to play an important but unrecognised role in Australia's literary history? Who did Labor turn to in its darkest First World War hours when its very existence was under threat? Who