With total access to ALP and national archives, McMullin has produced a frank and authoritative record of the influence and development of all seven Labor parties--namely those in the six states--and the Federal Labor Party, which formed the first labor government soon after Australia became a nation in 1901. The book concentrates on the achievements of the Governments of Fisher, Hughes, Scullin, Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, and Hawke.

The Light on the Hill: The Australian Labor Party 1891-1991

Politics & Social Sciences

McMullin, Ross

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

Showcasing the extraordinary vigor and scintillating humor of a remarkable artist, writer, and historian, this recollection captures the essence of “the most famous Australian in the world.” Absorbing, illuminating, and lavishly illustrated, this fascinating story traces the life and times of Australia's first official war artist and political cartoonist. The beautiful reproductions of Dyson’s cartoons and etchings and the in-depth analysis of his work give a unique blend of art, history, and biography.

Will Dyson: Cartoonist, etcher, and Australia's finest war artist

Augus & Robertson Publishers

Pompey Elliott was a remarkable Australian. During the Great War he was a charismatic, controversial, and outstandingly successful military leader. An accomplished tactician and 'the bravest of the brave', he was renowned for never sending anyone anywhere he was not prepared to go himself.This biography finally tells his fascinating story. It vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and his achievements as well as the controversies he aroused during his years as a soldier.

Pompey Elliott

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.

Updated to include a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, rich biography of the great Australian general vividly examines Elliott's origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and the achievements as well as the controversies that he aroused during his years as a soldier. Also highlighted are notable battles Elliott influenced, including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Bretonneux, and numerous aspects of Australia's history during his lifetime.

For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World War I was catastrophic. It is hardly surprising, then, that Australians evaluating the consequences of the conflict have tended to focus primarily on the numbing number of losses ― on the sheer quantity of all those countrymen who did not return. 
That there must have been extraordinary individuals among them has been implicitly understood, but these special Australians are unknown today. This book seeks to retrieve their stories and to fill the gaps in our collective memory. Farewell, Dear People contains ten extended biographies of young men who exemplified Australia’s gifted lost generation of World War I. 
Among them are accounts of an internationally acclaimed medical researcher; a military officer described by his brigadier as potentially an Australian Kitchener; a rugby international who became an esteemed administrator and a rising Labor star; an engineer who excelled on Mawson’s Antarctic mission; a visionary vigneron and community leader who was renowned for successful winemaking at an unusually young age; a Western Australian Rhodes scholar assured of a shining future in the law and/or politics; a Tasmanian footballer who dazzled at the highest level; and a budding architect from Melbourne’s best-known creative dynasty who combined an endearing personality with his family’s flair for writing and drawing. 
This magisterial book tells their stories for the first time. In doing so, it enriches the story of Australia immeasurably.

Farewell, Dear People: biographies of Australia’s lost generation

Leaders & Notable People

Scribe US

Pompey Elliott at War: In His Own Words

History

Australia & Oceania

Scribe Publications

Hell of a Time

Ayton, Philip Owen

Text Publishing Company

Hundreds of Australian first-person narratives of World War I have been published, but none more riveting than this one. The wartime letters and diaries of Pompey Elliott, Australia’s most famous fighting general, are exceptionally forthright. They are also remarkably illuminating about his volatile emotions. Pompey not only wrote frankly about what happened to him and the men he was commanding; he was also frank about what he felt about both. Having arranged a no-secrets pact with his wife for their correspondence before he left Australia in 1914, he adhered to that agreement throughout the conflict. Moreover, Pompey expressed himself with vivid candour in his diaries and other correspondence. He wrote rapidly and fluently, with fertile imagery, a flair for simile, and an engaging turn of phrase. His extraordinary letters to his young children turned even the Western Front into a bedtime story. Pompey was prominent in iconic battles and numerous controversies. He was wounded at the Gallipoli landing, and four of his men were awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine. No one was more instrumental than Pompey in turning looming defeat into stunning victory at both Polygon Wood and Villers–Bretonneux. No Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command. Ross McMullin, the author of the award-winning and best-selling biography Pompey Elliott, has collected Pompey’s words from a variety of sources and shaped them into a compelling narrative. This book will transform our awareness of Pompey's importance in the dramatic final year of World War I.

Pompey Elliott at War: in his own words

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