Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon
Description:Chapters: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Ford "J. F." Cairns (4 October 1914 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War, for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also a prominent economist, and a prolific writer on economic and social issues. James Ford Cairns was born in Carlton, then a working-class suburb of Melbourne, the son of a clerk. He grew up on a dairy farm north of Sunbury. His father went to the First World War as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Forces, but became disillusioned with the war and lost his respect for Britain. He did not return to Australia. Following the war he essentially deserted his family, and he travelled to Africa where he committed suicide after a stay of six or seven years. Cairns attended Sunbury State School and later Northcote High School, where he completed his Leaving certificate. Though life during the Depression was difficult with his mother having to work to provide for the family, and with himself having to make a three-hour daily commute by train, he was a good student, excelling academically and athletically. Later Cairns had to abandon his studies to support his family, and in 1933 he joined the Police Force, becoming a detective and working in the surveillance squad. While working he studied at night and completed an economics degree at the University of Melbourne. He was the first Victorian policeman to hold a tertiary degree. In 1939 he married Gwen R...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=30110We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon. To get started finding Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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30
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157038379
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon
Description: Chapters: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Ford "J. F." Cairns (4 October 1914 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War, for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also a prominent economist, and a prolific writer on economic and social issues. James Ford Cairns was born in Carlton, then a working-class suburb of Melbourne, the son of a clerk. He grew up on a dairy farm north of Sunbury. His father went to the First World War as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Forces, but became disillusioned with the war and lost his respect for Britain. He did not return to Australia. Following the war he essentially deserted his family, and he travelled to Africa where he committed suicide after a stay of six or seven years. Cairns attended Sunbury State School and later Northcote High School, where he completed his Leaving certificate. Though life during the Depression was difficult with his mother having to work to provide for the family, and with himself having to make a three-hour daily commute by train, he was a good student, excelling academically and athletically. Later Cairns had to abandon his studies to support his family, and in 1933 he joined the Police Force, becoming a detective and working in the surveillance squad. While working he studied at night and completed an economics degree at the University of Melbourne. He was the first Victorian policeman to hold a tertiary degree. In 1939 he married Gwen R...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=30110We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon. To get started finding Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarramembers of the Australian House of Representatives for Yarra: James Scullin, Jim Cairns, Frank Tudor, Stan Keon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.