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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Maurice Blackburn : Champion of the People
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'After his father died when Maurice Blackburn was a child, Maurice was brought up by a mother who was descended from Melbourne’s gentry and was determined to raise him as a gentleman who would achieve greatness as a judge or a prime minister. However, Blackburn had humbler aims. With the support of his wife, he wanted instead ‘to make life better for the ordinary men and women of the country’. He went on to do so, defending the rights of working people as a leading barrister in the courts and as a politician in the parliaments of Melbourne and Canberra, and became much loved and admired across the political spectrum.

'A socialist and internationalist all his life, who was twice expelled from the Labor Party for his principles, Blackburn became a leading opponent of conscription in both world wars, a supporter of rights for women, an advocate for peace, and a tireless campaigner for transforming Australia so that it served the interests of all its people.

'Part love story, part gripping political thriller, the poignant story of the much-lauded Maurice Blackburn exposes a time when influence-peddling was rife, when political possibilities seemed limitless, and when a man of principle could still make a big difference to the course of Australian politics.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2019 .
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      Extent: 336p.p.
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      • Published November 2019.
      ISBN: 9781925713787, 9781925938067

Works about this Work

Stephen Holt Review of David Day, Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People Stephen Holt , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , August no. 5 2021; (p. 265-269)

— Review of Maurice Blackburn : Champion of the People David Day , 2019 single work biography
'Senior Labor politicians and trade unions in Australia have long needed to draw on a reliable supply of good legal advice.' (Introduction)
Stephen Holt Review of David Day, Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People Stephen Holt , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , August no. 5 2021; (p. 265-269)

— Review of Maurice Blackburn : Champion of the People David Day , 2019 single work biography
'Senior Labor politicians and trade unions in Australia have long needed to draw on a reliable supply of good legal advice.' (Introduction)
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