Chifley

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Chifley

David Day

HarperCollins, 2002, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-547) and index

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Ben Chifley was probably Australia's greatest and most popular prime minister of the 20th century. Many of the policies that his Labor government introduced after World War II came to define modern Australia - a mass immigration scheme, improved social services, the beginnings of a free health scheme, a commitment to full employment, the opening up of access to university education, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a greater engagement with Asia, the promotion of an Australian sentiment, and a commitment to civil liberties amid the anti-communist hysteria of the time. But who was this man, a humble blacksmith's son who worked his way up from engine-driving on the railways in his hometown of Bathurst to lead his country in its postwar recovery? In this biography, Day uncovers rarely known details about Chifley's early life, from his years in the scarred goldfield country of central New South Wales through to his controversial marriage outside of his Catholic religion, his extramarital affairs and his opposition to conscription during World War I.

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