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Synopsis
Don Dunstan was one of the most significant political figures of 20th-century Australia. As Premier of South Australia, he blazed a trail of reform. But his influence reached far beyond his home state. He was seen as the architect of a new kind of Australian society, and his decade in office marked a golden age.
This is the first comprehensive biography of a larger than life figure. Angela Woollacott recounts how he battled Adelaide's conservative establishment to win office for Labor, and then pioneered Aboriginal land rights, abolished the death penalty, supported women's rights, relaxed censorship and drinking laws, and decriminalized homosexuality. He worked against the White Australia Policy, and was an ardent supporter of the arts and food. Although he was much loved by the public, Dunstan's career was marked by controversy and vilification, with scandal surrounding his personal relationships.
Dunstan's life story helps us to appreciate just what a watershed era the 1960s and 1970s were in Australia, and to see how one small state could, for a time, lead a nation.
"A fitting tribute." —Penny Wong
"Whitlam and Dunstan were the Washington and Jefferson of modern Australian Labor politics." —Mike Rann
"Angela Woollacott's biography captures what was so special about him." —Maggie Beer
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About the Author
Angela Woollacott is the Manning Clark Professor of History at the Australian National University and an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1760631817
- ISBN 13 9781760631819
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages344
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