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Autore |
MacCallum Mungo (Mungo Wentworth), <1941-> |
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Titolo |
The Whitlam mob / / Mungo MacCallum |
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Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black, Incorporated, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Australia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Copyright; THE WHITLAM MOB; Contents; Prologue; THE WHITLAM MOB; Gough Whitlam; Lance Barnard; Lionel Murphy; Jim Cairns; Clyde Cameron; Bill Hayden; Rex Connor; Tom Uren; Fred Daly; Frank Crean; Kim Beazley; Al Grassby; Jim McClelland; Don Willesee; Moss Cass; Jim Cope; The Rest; Don Dunstan; Graham Freudenberg; Margaret Whitlam; THE OTHER MOB; Robert Menzies; Harold Holt; John Gorton; Billy McMahon; Billy Snedden; Malcolm Fraser; Doug Anthony; Andrew Peacock; James Killen; Bill Wentworth; David Fairbairn; Phillip Lynch; Magnus Cormack; Reg Withers; Don Chipp; Peter Howson |
Edward St JohnMichael Hodgman; Vince Gair; Joh Bjelke-Petersen; John Kerr; Epilogue |
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"We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra ..."In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam government's key figures - from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns - as well as "the other mob" in opposition - Billy McMahon, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and many more.The Whitlam Mob addresses some crucial questions: What was the night of the long prawns? Who was the playboy of the parliament? And who was "the toe-cutter"?This is Mungo at his best: vivid and barbed, nostalgic but always clea |
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