Big Fella: Jack Lang and the Australian Labour Party, 1891-1949
Few figures in Australian political history generated as much passion, loyalty and hatred as Jack Lang — twice Premier of New South Wales, champion of the working class, and the man whose defiant stand against the federal government during the depths of the Great Depression led to his dismissal by the Governor in 1932. In this definitive biography, distinguished historian Bede Nairn traces Lang's extraordinary life from his roots in the labour movement through to his long twilight years, revealing a complex and contradictory figure whose confrontational style and unshakeable convictions transformed both New South Wales politics and the Australian Labor Party itself. Authoritative, richly detailed and compellingly argued, The 'Big Fella' is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the turbulent forces that shaped modern Australia.
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Few figures in Australian political history generated as much passion, loyalty and hatred as Jack Lang — twice Premier of New South Wales, champion of the working class, and the man whose defiant stand against the federal government during the depths of the Great Depression led to his dismissal by the Governor in 1932. In this definitive biography, distinguished historian Bede Nairn traces Lang's extraordinary life from his roots in the labour movement through to his long twilight years, revealing a complex and contradictory figure whose confrontational style and unshakeable convictions transformed both New South Wales politics and the Australian Labor Party itself. Authoritative, richly detailed and compellingly argued, The 'Big Fella' is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the turbulent forces that shaped modern Australia.
