Dick Hamer : the liberal Liberal / Tim Colebatch.
Dick Hamer : the liberal Liberal / Tim Colebatch.
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2014.
Call Numbers
H 2015/1832 , G 2015/2912
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 505 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Before Politics -- 1.Beginnings -- 2.Childhood -- 3.From law to war -- 4.Tobruk -- 5.From El Alamein . . . -- 6.. . . to East Yarra -- pt. II The Bolte Years -- 7.Melbourne in the 1950s -- 8.Politics before Bolte -- 9.Henry Bolte -- 10.Hamer enters politics --...
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Publisher
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2014.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2014.
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Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2015.
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Summary
He was the reforming leader who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished capital punishment, and outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace. Hamer and his team ended the demolition of the inner suburbs, preserved the...
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Full title
Dick Hamer : the liberal Liberal / Tim Colebatch.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-475) and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/0832 : Submission for Premier's History Award 2015.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/1832 : Submission for National Biography Award 2015.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/1832 ; Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2015.
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©2014.
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H 2015/1832 , G 2015/2912
Record Identifier
74VK7z8PXgJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7z8PXgJd
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ISBN
9781925106138
DDC
994.506092
MMS ID
991022805239702626
