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Running the Show: B. A. Santamaria Selected Documents: 1938-1996
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Hardcover. B.A. Santamaria was a political activist and traditionalist Catholic layman, an important figure in one of the key political events in Australia history, the disastrous 1954 split in the ALP. Santamaria produced many working documents for his employees, supporters and members, published here in the public realm for the first time. Editor(s): Morgan, Patrick. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGH; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1125.
B.A. (Bob) Santamaria was perhaps the most controversial figure in recent Australian politics. An anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was also one of the most prolific writers in Australia's history and a strong campaigner for social justice, and his impact on this country's social conscience was profound.
In the 1940s he founded the Movement in Australia, an anti-Communist organisation. He was known to earlier generations as a key figure in the tumultuous Split in the Australian Labour Party in the 1950s, and to later ones as a public commentator on his TV program Point of View and in his weekly ... Read more
B.A. (Bob) Santamaria was perhaps the most controversial figure in recent Australian politics. An anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was also one of the most prolific writers in Australia's history and a strong campaigner for social justice, and his impact on this country's social conscience was profound.
In the 1940s he founded the Movement in Australia, an anti-Communist organisation. He was known to earlier generations as a key figure in the tumultuous Split in the Australian Labour Party in the 1950s, and to later ones as a public commentator on his TV program Point of View and in his weekly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522854978
SKU
V9780522854978
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99-40
About
B.A. (Bob) Santamaria (1915-1998) was employed for his whole working life of six decades by four organisations: Catholic Action, the 'Movement' to oppose Communist union influence, the National Catholic Rural Movement, and the National Civic Council. He was educated at St Joseph's and St Kevin's Christian Brothers Colleges, and at the University of Melbourne. In 1939 he married Helen ... Read more
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