Title The premiers of Queensland / edited by Denis Murphy ... [and others]

Edition [Third edition] Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 2003

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W'PONDS	994.30099 Mur/Poq 2003		AVAILABLE

Description xxiv, 482 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 23 cm regular print Contents Introduction: the politics of Queensland / D.J. Murphy and R. B. Joyce -- 1. Robert Philp: capitalist as politician / G.C. Bolton -- 2. William Kidston: a tenacious reformer / D.J. Murphy -- 3. Thomas Joseph Ryan: big and broad-minded / D.J. Murphy -- 4. Edward Granville Theodore: ideal and reality / D.J. Murphy -- 5. William McCormack: forgotten Labor leader / Kett Kennedy -- 6. Arthur Edward Moore: odd man in / Brian Costar -- 7. William Forgan Smith: dictator or democrat? / Brian Carroll -- 8. Edward Michael Hanlon: a city bushman / Kenneth W. Knight -- 9. Vincent Clair Gair: Labor's loser / Brian Costar -- 10. George Francis Reuben Nicklin: 'honest Frank' the gentleman Premier / Brian Stevenson -- 11. Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: 'the populist autocrat' / James Walter -- 12. Michael John Ahern: the conservative reformer / Paul Reynolds -- 13. Wayne Keith Goss: the rise and fall of a meticulous controller / John Wanna -- 14. Robert Edward Borbidge: in the shadow of Bjelke-Petersen / Rae Wear -- 15. Peter Douglas Beattie: the inclusive populist / Noel Preston Summary Specialist historians and political commentators analyse the premiers' individual styles and assess their most significant contributions Analysis Premiers Queensland History Biography Notes Includes index Previous ed.: 1990 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [422]-462) Notes Also available online (as at 10/10/2011) at: http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/book/4db5a59bdb8d35f6f892a57da003f4bc Subject Prime ministers -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography. Politicians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography. Premiers (Australia) -- Biography. Premiers (Australia) -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography. Premiers -- Queensland -- Biography Premiers -- Queensland -- Biography Premiers -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography SUBJECT Queensland -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001531 -- 1976- Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Queensland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001531 Queensland -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001531 -- 1851-1901 Queensland -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001299 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Murphy, D. J. (Denis Joseph), 1936- LC no. 2004380393 ISBN 0702231738 :

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