| Description |
508 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Prime ministers series ; 11 |
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Prime ministers series ; 11
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| Contents |
The Page family -- In pursuit of learning -- University days -- My medical career begins -- Trials of a country doctor -- Background to politics -- The Whirlpool of war and politics -- The First federal Country party -- Assault on the Hughes citadel -- The Death of the Hughes government -- The Advent of the Bruce-Page government -- Launching the Bruce-Page government -- The Banking structure -- Co-ordination of federal and state finance -- Scientic pioneering -- National transport -- Development and communication -- Founding a capital -- The Vicissitudes of the Bruce-Page government -- Defeat -- Boolneringbar -- The Scullin government in trevail -- New England secession and Lang's repudiation -- The First Lyons government -- The Lyons tariff controversy -- Agricultural planning and co-ordination -- The Crisis in the U.A.P. -- The Nineteen days -- Menzies and the Country party -- Clearing the decks -- Wartime journey -- Wartime representation -- War in the Pacific -- The Singapore crisis -- The Burma controversy -- The Defence of Ceylon -- Production and supply -- The Machinery of consultation -- The Battle of malaria -- National Health |
| Analysis |
Autobiography |
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Former Prime Ministers |
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Health services |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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History, 1901-1999 |
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Page, Earle |
| Notes |
"Prime minister of Australia 1939"--Cover |
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First ed. published: Truant surgeon : the inside story of forty years of Australian political life / by Sir Earle Page. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1963 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Page, Earle, 1880-1961.
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Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009599
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Moyal, Ann, 1926-
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| LC no. |
2001339261 |
| ISBN |
1863952748 |
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