Title Andrew Fisher : prime minister of Australia / David Day

Published London ; Sydney : Fourth Estate ; Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 2008

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Description xi, 496 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm regular print Contents 1. 1862-1874 --2. 1874-1885 --3. 1885-1893 --4. 1893-1899 --5. 1899-1901 --6. 1901-1907 --7. 1907-1909 --8. 1909-1911 --9. April - August 1911 --10. August 1911 - March 1913 --11. April 1913 - April 1915 --12. 25 April - 30 October 1915 --13. November 1915 - November 1918 --14. 1918 - 1928 Summary "The life of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, including childhood in Ayrshire, Scotland; immigration to Qld; activities in the labour movement; career in politics; marriage and family; circumstances surrounding three periods as prime minister; WWI and Gallipoli involvement; period as high commissioner in London; decline through dementia"--Provided by publisher Analysis Biography & autobiography (Australia) Political parties & ideologies (Australia) Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography:pages [479]-488 Subject Fisher, Andrew, 1862-1928. Australian Labor Party -- History. Politicians -- Australia. Politicians -- Australia -- Biography. Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography. Prime ministers -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 1851-1901 Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009599 Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2009367112 ISBN 9780732276102 (hbk.) 9780732276119 (paperback)

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