Barbara Winter
Barbara Winter was born in Western Australia in 1931, and graduated from the University of Western Australia with an Honours degree in modern languages. She won a scholarship that enabled her to study at the Karl-Ruprecht University in Heidelberg, 1954-1955, before returning to teaching in Western Australia and Queensland. She gave up teaching in 1977 for domesticity and a writing career. Bruce Muirden’s book on the Australia-First Movement left her wondering whether he had given a fair account of the events, and she determined to try to reach the heart of the matter through documents that became available in the National Archives of Australia. This developed into a Master of Arts thesis for the University of Queensland. The thesis has been re-worked into a book for general readers interested in Australian affairs, as well as for academics who may need to know the extensive ramifications of this strange phenomenon. Barbara Winter was born in Western Australia in 1931, and graduated from the University of Western Australia with an Honours degree in modern languages. She won a scholarship that enabled her to study at the Karl-Ruprecht University in Heidelberg, 1954-1955, before returning to teaching in Western Australia and Queensland. She gave up teaching in 1977 for domesticity and a writing career. Bruce Muirden’s book on the Australia-First Movement left her wondering whether he had given a fair account of the events, and she determined to try to reach the heart of the matter through documents that became available in the National Archives of Australia. This developed into a Master of Arts thesis for the University of Queensland. The thesis has been re-worked into a book for general readers interested in Australian affairs, as well as for academics who may need to know the extensive ramifications of this strange phenomenon.
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The Australia-First Movement
$17.00 (GST-inc)Australia First is a good slogan that has been adopted by several quite different political ideologies. This book deals with the movement that began in a small way before 1914, developed slowly from about 1936, and came to an abrupt and inglorious end in March 1942. It grew out of the Victorian Socialist Party and the Rationalist Association
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The Most Dangerous Man in Australia?
$17.00 (GST-inc)During WWII and the years immediately following, several men were seen by the Australian Security Service as the most dangerous men in the Commonwealth. This history book uncovers the facts to invite its readers to make up their own mind.
