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An account of the Australian Labor Party’s tumultuous history from 1931 to 1967. It describes the ALP’s catastrophic split in the 1950s and other events leading up to Gough Whitlam’s ascension to the leadership.
Recounts the tumultuous events of the Australian Labor Party from 1931 to 1967 including the great split of 1955.
Part 1 of the history of the Australian Labor Party which covers the period from its founding to the 1930s. Includes the first 2 of its splits in World War 1 and the Great Depression.
My thoughts on the events from the previous episode that followed Harold Holt’s disappearance.
Footnotes:
2:11-Alan Reid, The Power Struggle (Shakespeare Head Press Pty Limited Sydney 1969) p 109
2:47-W J Hudson, Casey, (Oxford University Press Melbourne 1986) p 308
4:19-John McEwen, John McEwen-His Story (Barton ACT, Page Research Centre, Kindle) 1662
7:05-National Archives of Australia, “[Personal Papers of Prime Minister Gorton] John McEwen and William McMahon rift”, 27-66
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4982141
12:06-John McEwen, John McEwen-His Story (Barton ACT, Page Research Centre, Kindle) 1727
13:03-Ian Hancock, John Gorton He did it his way (Hodder Headline Australia Pty Ltd) p161
The events following the tragic disappearance of Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia in 1967.
Describes the feud between Billy McMahon and John McEwen
Footnotes
3:30-Billy Mackie Snedden and M Bernie Schedvin, Billy Snedden an unlikely Liberal (South Melbourne: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd 1990), 127.
3:44-Patrick Mullins, Tiberius with a Telephone the life and times of William McMahon (Brunswick Victoria: Scribe Publications 2018) 184
4:23-Paul Hasluck edited by Nicholas Hasluck, The chance of Politics (Melbourne Victoria: The Text Publishing Company) 185
3:44-Patrick Mullins, Tiberius with a Telephone the life and times of William McMahon (Brunswick Victoria: Scribe Publications 2018) 557
7:02-Patrick Mullins, Tiberius with a Telephone the life and times of William McMahon (Brunswick Victoria: Scribe Publications 2018) 7-16
12:46-John McEwen, John McEwen-His Story (Barton ACT, Page Research Centre, Kindle, )292
18:44-National Archives of Australia, “[Personal Papers of Prime Minister Gorton] John McEwen and William McMahon rift”, 31
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4029447
33:10-Sarah Newton, Maxwell Newton (Fremantle Western Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Terrace Publishing 1993), 163
43:41: Trove, National Library of Australia (Kenneth Anderson interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection sound recording)
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214924634/listen/3-30
43:46-Trove, National Library of Australia (Peter Howson interviewed by Jonathon Gaul sound recording)
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214950313/listen/8-1820
Part 1 of 1967: A difficult year for Harold Holt.
Footnotes
9:06- Tom Frame, The life and death of Harold Holt (Crows Nest Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2005), Chapter 12 4 of 21.
11:11-Tom Frame, The life and death of Harold Holt (Crows Nest Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2005), Chapter 12 5 of 21.
14:15-Parliament of Australia , Hansard 13 May 1966, 1913 https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Decade%3A%221960s%22%20Year%3A%221966%22%20Month%3A%2205%22%20Day%3A%2213%22;rec=0;resCount=Default
22:30-National Library of Australia Trove
Interview with Peter Howson, 14 November 1973 and 14 December 1973
National Library of Australia Trove
Interview with David Fairbairn 24 March 1976
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214950313/listen?searchTerm=Peter%20howson
29:33-Parliament of Australia , Hansard 13 May 1966, 1913
Peter Howson, edited by Don Aitkin, The Howson diaries (Ringwood Victoria : The Viking Presss), 345
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221574583/listen/1-2910
Background: Australia since federation.
Footnotes
3:39- “Parliament of Australia ,” The Australian Constitution”, https://www.aph.gov.au/constitution
5:47- Paul Kelly, The end of certainty the story of the 1980s (St Leonards Sydney: Allen and Unwin 1992), 1.
15:56-Alan Reid, The Gorton Experiment (St Leonards Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press 1971), 89.