Overview
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 decriminalised 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
This book title, Don Dunstan (The Visionary Politician Who Changed Australia), ISBN: 9781760631819, by Angela Woollacott, published by Allen & Unwin (August 19, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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