Lionel Murphy

Lionel Murphy
Author: Jenny Hocking
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2000-08-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521794855

Now available in paperback, this new version includes an epilogue by the author.

Watching the Sun Rise

Watching the Sun Rise
Author: Jacqui Murray
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780739107829

Journalist and researcher Murray reviews the reporting on Japanese imperial aggression by the Australian mass circulation media in the years between Japanese attack on the Manchurian capital of Mukden in 1931 and the defeat of British and Australian forces by the Japanese in Singapore in 1942, which "was the final event that shocked a.

The Australian Study of Politics

The Australian Study of Politics
Author: R. Rhodes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2009-11-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 023029684X

The Australian Study of Politics provides the first comprehensive reference book on the history of the study of politics in Australia, whether described as political studies or political science. It focuses on Australia and on developments since WWII, also exploring the historical roots of each major subfield.

A Century of Social Change

A Century of Social Change
Author: Gough Whitlam
Publisher: Pluto Press (Australia)
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

Collection of essays from the fourth Whitlam Conference of Labor Historians documenting the history of the Australian Labor party and the wider labour movement. Contributors include Gough Whitlam, former Labor prime minister, and Graham Freudenberg, the official historian of the New South Wales branch of the ALP.

Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher
Author: Peter Bastian
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 670
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459603451

Hoping to set the record straight, this biography asks why one of Australia's greatest reformers has sunk into obscurity. Calling for a reevaluation of Andew Fisher's career, the discussion reveals the skill with which he led the Australian Labor Party in its early years and the political will he demonstrated as prime minister in three separate ...

Australian Books

Australian Books
Author: National Library of Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1991
Genre: Australia
ISBN:

Australian Politics

Australian Politics
Author: John Craig
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1993
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Student guide to references such as journal articles, memoirs, academic texts and other source material on Australian politics, first published in 1991 as the 'Australian Politics Notebook'. This second edition has been updated and includes additional references, comments on the 1993 elections, a profile of Paul Keating, and a new topic on political theory. Its seven chapters cover Federal parliament, the Cabinet, elections, parties, regional government and the public service. Five appendices include a chronology from 1945 to 1993, election dates and results, and the Constitution. Includes a glossary. The author is a senior lecturer in politics at Deakin University.