| Description |
ix, 357 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Preface -- Part one. Early days, big dreams, first steps -- Reaching for a bigger sky -- Thursday's child ... -- Up, up and away : greasing palms and taking flight -- Laying the foundations -- The bells are ringing ... -- Getting bigger, getting connected and getting involved -- "You lose some and you win some" -- Part two. The loans affair -- It's time -- The forces align -- Shuttle diplomacy and the odd close shave -- A day in the House -- An ambush backfires -- The end of the affair -- "An illegal proposal emanating from an illegal meeting"? -- Profits, prophets and what might have been -- Did the loans affair bring Whitlam down, and why did the loan project fail? -- Part three. New arenas, new battles; and questions arising -- Waking the city -- Time with the Trust -- Through the '90s -- New business, new territory -- Governing the city -- A fork in the road? -- Appendix A : Gerry Karidis's projects |
| Summary |
As an adventurous eighteen year-old, Gerry Karidis left behind his family in Greece and migrated to Australia for a new life. After a decade of struggle he was to turn his experience and entrepreneurial drive to the world of property development. In this engaging memoir Gerry reveals for the first time the extent of his involvement as 'the Adelaide connection' in the federal political crisis known as the Loans Affair of 1974-75 and just how close to success the money hunt came. Building, Always Building also records Gerry's public campaigns to forge a policy framework that would foster the re-population of the inner city of Adelaide, restrict urban sprawl, and protect public housing for those who need it most. Gerry maintains that his greatest motivation was 'to give people confidence to exceed their own expectation' |
| Analysis |
ALP |
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Adelaide |
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Australian |
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Autobiography |
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Biography & autobiography |
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Building industry |
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Constitutional Crisis 1975 |
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Greek Australians |
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Land development |
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Political influence |
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Politics & government |
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Real estate |
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South Australia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Karidis, Gerry, 1937-
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Architects and builders -- Australia -- Biography.
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Architects and housing developers -- Australia.
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Greeks -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1972-1975
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Abbey, Brian.
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| ISBN |
9781862549678 (paperback) |
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