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Title True believers : the story of the federal parliamentary Labor Party / edited by John Faulkner & Stuart Macintyre
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2001

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Description xxxi, 328 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
regular print
Contents Foreword / Kim C. Beazley -- 1. The origins of Caucus: 1856-1901 / Frank Bongiorno -- 2. The first Caucus / Stuart Macintyre -- 3. Leading the world: 1901-16 / Ross McMullin -- 4. Back from the brink: 1917-29 / Bobbie Oliver -- 5. The growth of federal authority: 1929-40 / Terry Irving -- 6. Victory to defeat: 1941-49 / Graham Freudenberg -- 7. Crisis to crisis: 1950-66 / Sean Scalmer -- 8. Caucus under Whitlam: 1967-75 / Paul Kelly -- 9. The Hayden years: 1976-82 / Alan Ramsey -- 10. Labor in power: 1983-96 / Mike Steketee -- 11. Rejection to recovery: 1996 to May 2000 / Geoffrey Barker -- 12. Partner or rival? Caucus and Cabinet / Patrick Weller and Bronwyn Stevens -- 13. Reporting Caucus: The press and Labor crises / Clem Lloyd -- 14. Splits: Consequences and lessons / John Faulkner -- 15. Women in Caucus / Marian Simms -- 16. Critics of Caucus / Verily Burgmann -- 17. Caucus and the factions / Michelle Grattan -- 18. Rats / John Iremonger
App. 1. Officers of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party -- App. 2. Parliamentary positions held by members of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party
Summary This volume presents the unfolding story of 607 men and women who have made up the Australian federal Labor Caucus. It is a story of a century of change, the building of a nation through war and peace, economic depression and expansion, migration and development
Analysis ALP
ALP Caucus
Federal issue
History
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett Pty Ltd, in 2003 with ISBN 1741150507
Magill copy donated by Prof Lowitja O'Donoghue
Group Special Mention : Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Award 2001
Subject Australian Labor Party -- History.
Australian Labor Party.
Political parties -- Australia -- History.
SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
Author Faulkner, John, 1954-
Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-
LC no. 2001347343
ISBN 1865085278 (paperback)
1865086096 (hbk.)
186508610X (limited edition)