This is Volume Two of an authoritative two-volume work containing biographies of the 13 Colonial Premiers to 1901 and the 26 State Premiers in the 20th century, up to and including Bob Carr.The portraits are detailed, scholarly and entertaining. Each has a real depth of scholarship while remaining sufficiently concise to satisfy those seeking a quick overview of particular periods or facets of NSW political history.Volume Two, authors include, as well as distinguished scholars, practitioners of politics. Rodney Cavalier uses his Cabinet diaries to provide a fascinating, insideras account of the premiership of Barrie Unsworth. Graham Freudenberg writes with insight and lucidity of Neville Wran.Volume One and Volume Two are available as individual purchases or as part of the Set. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.You can work through an informal template in each chapter to learn about childhood and family background, formative ... is also the last time that NSW Labor fulfilled the myth that it is a Catholic party supported by ordinary Catholics in a State that is nominally Christian. ... an act worthy of a great and successful gambler, he hedged his bets by having his funeral staged inside the walls of a place of worship.
Title | : | The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005: 1901-2005 |
Author | : | David Clune, Ken Turner |
Publisher | : | Federation Press - 2006-01 |
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