A Local Man: A Play About Ben Chifley

Ellis & McLachlan, Bob / Robin

ISBN 10: 0868197769 / ISBN 13: 9780868197760

Published by Currency Press, 2005

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Signed by Author. Size: Small Octavo. 64 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre & Plays; Australia; Politics & Government. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0868197769. ISBN/EAN: 9780868197760. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 32994: 313 For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Local Man: A Play About Ben Chifley
• Publisher: Currency Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0868197769
• ISBN 13: 9780868197760
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theatre & Plays

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Synopsis

Ben Chifley has been called Australia's best-loved prime minister. His life story, from engine driver to prime minister, with his steadfast loyalty to his humble origins throughout his political career, has become one of Australia's iconic legends. This book presents a portrait of this great Australian statesman.

Synopsis

This title presents an intimate portrait of a great Australian statesman. Ben Chifley has been called Australia's best-loved prime minister. His life story, from engine driver to prime minister, with his steadfast loyalty to his humble origins throughout his political career, has become one of Australia's iconic legends. Late in the afternoon of 9 June 1951 in his modest home in Bathurst, Ben returns to write a key speech he is to deliver the following day at the ALP conference in Sydney. Having recently led his party to its second defeat at the polls, it is a time of challenge for the Labour leader. The dreams Ben Chifley had for post-war Australia lie shattered and his health is failing. His life now seems but an epilogue to earlier times of aspiration and power. It is a time for decisions. It is equally a time for reflection by Chifley on his life as a national political leaders and as a man - a local man. He died in Canberra on 13 June 1951.