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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Modest Member :The Life and Times of Bert Kelly
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'Bert Kelly, MP for the South Australian seat of Wakefield from 1958 to 1977, was one of the most influential parliamentarians in the history of the Commonwealth. He sought to change opinion within the parliament and community at large about protectionism and the harm tariffs had done to Australia since they were introduced by Alfred Deakin in 1902. ' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of the great man who is its subject - Bert Kelly, and also to the memories of my father, Sir Hal Colebatch, who shared and fought for many of Bert Kelly's values, and of my friend and teacher, Professor Patrick O'Brien.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ballan, Bacchus Marsh - Ballan area, Melbourne - Outer West / North West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Connor Court Publishing , 2012 .
      Extent: xiv, 367 pp.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 9781922168023 (pbk.)
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