LEADER 03681nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910462894803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-74224-142-5 010 $a1-74224-631-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000341724 035 $a(EBL)1184831 035 $a(OCoLC)840119775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036754 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12468895 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036754 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042620 035 $a(PQKB)11166729 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1184831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1154621 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1184831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10675229 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1154621 035 $a(OCoLC)831117829 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000341724 100 $a20130409d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAir disaster Canberra$b[electronic resource] $ethe plane crash that destroyed a government /$fAndrew Tink 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSydney, NSW, Australia $cNew South$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (458 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-357-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; Prologue; Part I: The political rise of the Anzac generation; 1. Nose first; 2. Some had fought; 3. Others hadn't; 4. Anzac generation into Parliament; 5. Menzies backs Lyons; 6. Fairbairn, Menzies and Street enter Federal Parliament; 7. Fairbairn, Gullett and Street back Menzies; 8. Australia's leadership malaise; 9. Menzies' resignation; 10. Menzies trumps Page; 11. Menzies PM; 12. Menzies' right-hand men; 13. The war cabinet; 14. Cincinnatus; 15. France falls; 16. The flying MP 327 $a17. Minister for civil aviation18. Minister for air; 19. Flight Lieutenant R.E. (Bob) Hitchcock; Part II: The air disaster; 20. The Lockheed Hudson; 21. Laverton; 22. Laverton to Essendon; 23. Essendon; 24. Essendon to eternity; 25. A dreadful calamity; 26. The Canberra inquests; 27. The air force inquiries; 28. The judicial inquiry: The players; 29. The judicial inquiry: The hearing; 30. The judicial inquiry: The findings; Part III: A wartime government destroyed; 31. The political fallout; 32. A hung Parliament; 33. Menzies goes to London; 34. Menzies digs in overseas 327 $a35. The prime ministerial stand in36. Menzies returns; 37. A political lynching; 38. Coles brings down the government; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn August 1940 Australia had been at war for almost a year when a Hudson bomber - the A16-97 - carrying ten people, including three cabinet ministers, crashed into a ridge near Canberra. In the ghastly inferno that followed the crash, the nation lost its key war leaders. Over the next twelve months, it became clear that the passing of Geoffrey Street, Sir Henry Gullett and James Fairbairn had destabilized Robert Menzies' wartime government. As a direct but delayed consequence, John Curtin became prime minister in October 1941. Controversially, t 606 $aAircraft accidents$zAustralia$y1940$xPolitical aspects 607 $aAustralia$xPolitics and government$y1901-1945 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAircraft accidents$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a320.994 676 $a994/.04/0924 700 $aTink$b Andrew$0998479 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462894803321 996 $aAir disaster Canberra$92459325 997 $aUNINA