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Personal Experience, 1939-1946
Recollections of an Australian statesman's wartime service as Australian Minister in Washington, Minister of State in the Middle East, and Governor of Bengal.
Documents Relating to Appointment of H.M. Australian Minister at Washington (Right Hon. R.G. Casey) as Minister of State of the United Kingdom
Fourteen telegrams (9 between Winston Churchill and John Curtin, 4 between Richard Casey and John Curtin, 1 from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Commonwealth Government, New Zealand Government and the Government of South Africa) relating to Winston Churchill's appointment of Richard Casey in 1942 to the British War Cabinet and to British Minister of State in the Middle East.
A Delicate Mission
This book, with its illuminating introduction and notes, traces the evolution of Casey's 'delicate' role as Australian Minister to the United States during a critical time in Australia's history. It reveals Casey treading a fine diplomatic tightrope for America's support of Britain and Australia in the war, without risking aggravation of America's many powerful isolationists.
Black Jack McEwen
John McEwen, thirty-seven years a politician, twenty-three days a Prime Minister and always a farmer, was an extraordinary mix of a man. His staff revered him and his adversaries feared him. There was no one, friend or foe, who did not respect him. Orphaned at seven and raised in poverty, this self-educated soldier-settler overcame difficult beginnings to dominate the Australian political arena for twenty years. The success of the Liberal-Country Party coalition throughout the fifties and sixties is largely attributed to McEwen's strength and influence. Towering and formidable in both stature and personality, Black Jack's turbulent political career was never without controversy. His succession to the Prime Ministership in 1967, after the disappearance of Holt, followed one of the most notorious episodes of Australian political history when McEwen refused to serve under McMahon. Black Jack's commitment to developing Australian trade won him international respect and his influence on Australian economic and trade policy is enduring.
A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964
A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964 is the revised and expanded edition of a volume published by The Royal Historical Society in 1974. Up-to-date information on the papers of 323 ministers from the first edition is provided and its scope has increased from 323 ministers to include all Cabinet ministers until the resignation of Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Prime Minister in 1964. This Guide is a major research tool and a source of information on the personal papers of British Cabinet ministers.
Nobody's Valentine
"Valentine Alexa Leeper was born in Melbourne on Valentines Day, 1900, the daughter of Alexander Leeper (18481934), the brilliant but argumentative first Warden of Trinity College. Her long life might seem unremarkable: she lived simply in the family's Victorian suburban home, neither marrying nor travelling overseas, and was regarded by many as an eccentric, at times tiresome, blue-stocking. The hoard of letters Valentine Leeper wrote and received over nearly a century reveals her, however, as a remarkable woman. The letters also provide an intimate view of issues, great and small, of the turbulent twentieth century, through the eyes of a clear-minded observer. Valentine publicly condemned racism and any curtailing of freedom of speech, and extensively supported refugees and the rights of Aborigines and women. Like many women of her time and background, she was an active member of a network seeking social justice, but remained always her own person. At once a staunch traditionalist, and ahead of her time, she was a truly liberated woman"--Provided by publisher.
Introducing the Law
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