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Mr M History

What is the Barcaldine Academy?

What is the Barcaldine Academy?

Progress

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I want to represent Labor but don't know where to start?

Engage with other Labor members here

My personal checklist

Drafting a motion

The Origins of Australian Labor

4 Lessons

Module 1: Before Labor

Module 2: The Great Strikes

Module 3: The First Labor Parties

Module 4: Federal Labor

The First Labor Split (1916)

5 Lessons

Module 1: Road to the Referendum

Module 2: The Split

Module 3: The States

Module 4: The Aftermath

1916 Split: The Gold

The Second Labor Split (1931-1932)

4 Lessons

Module 1: The Onset of the Depression

Module 2: James Scullin's Response

Module 3: Tri-Labor Split

Module 4: The Joey Lyons government

The Third Labor Split (1955)

4 Lessons

Module 1: Tensions Emerge

Module 2: The Petrov Affair

Module 3: The Split

Module 4: The Legacy

NSW Labor

12 Lessons

Module 1: The Class of '91 (1891-1900)

Module 2: Road to Forming Government (1900-1910)

Module 3: The First Government (1910-1918)

Module 4: Enter Jack Lang (1918-1929)

Module 5: Lang Labor (1929-1939)

Module 6: The McKell Machine (1939-1952)

Module 7: The Survivors (1952-1965)

Module 8: Bob Askin... (1965-1976)

Module 9: Neville Wran (1976-1995)

Module 10: Glorious Failure (1995-2011)

Your Assignment

Victoria Labor

11 Lessons

Victoria Booklet

Module 1: Road to Labor (1889-1901)

Module 2: Making up for lost time (1901-1911)

Module 3: Party at War (1911-1920)

Module 4: Minority Government... (1919-1929)

Module 5: Relegation and Promotion (1929-1943)

Module 6: Majority Government (1943-1955)

Module 7: We blew it (1955-1982)

Module 8: Cain vs Kirner (1982-1992)

Module 9: Dominance (1993-2007)

Your Assignment

Queensland Labor

12 Lessons

Module 1: The Structure of Queensland Labor

Module 2: The T.J Ryan Years (1911-1919)

Module 3: Unions Collide (1918-1929)

Module 4: William Forgan Smith

Module 5: Moving towards danger (1942-1952)

Module 6: The Split (1952-1957)

Module 7: The Dry Season (1957-1989)

Module 8: Wayne Goss (1989-1996)

Module 9: Returning to the status quo (1996-2003)

Module 10: The 21st century (2003-2011)

Your Assignment

Western Australia Labor

12 Lessons

Western Australian Booklet

Module 1: Getting a WA Labor Party (1890-1906)

Module 2: Getting a Majority Government (1906-1916)

Module 3: A Party Divided (1916-1919)

Module 4: Collier vs Mitchell (1919-1936)

Module 5: Generational Inertia (1936-1953)

Module 6: Albert Hawke (1953-1959)

Module 7: Joe Chamberlain... (1959-1970)

Module 8: Charles Court... (1971-1983)

Module 9: WA Inc (1983-1993)

Module 10: The ghost of Brian Burke (1993-2017)

Your Assignment

South Australian Labor

9 Lessons

South Australian Booklet

Module 1: Getting the SA Labor Party

Module 2: The Road to Government (1897-1905)

Module 3: The Road to Majority Government (1905-1912)

Module 4: Crawford Vaughan (1912-1924)

Module 5: The Interwar Years

Module 6: Exile

Module 7: The Dunstan Era

Module 8: The New Order

Keating's Economy

6 Lessons

Module 1: Laying the Foundations

Module 2: Becoming Competitive

Module 3: Changing the Tax System

Module 4: The Unions

Module 5: Privatisation

Keating: The Gold

The Greens

4 Lessons

Module 1: Avengers Assemble

Module 2: The Labor Exodus

Module 3: The Rise

Module 4: Project 2040

Neville Wran

4 Lessons

Module 1: Police Minister

Module 2: Magistrates

Module 3: Luna Park

Module 4: The Other Ones

Practical Tutorials

2 Lessons

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Building Your Profile

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Western Australia Labor

Western Australian Booklet

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Download a PDF of the booklet right here. Use this to guide your notes as you prepare to rank the major WA Labor leaders.