15 Minutes of... THE FACE OF POLITICS

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	13 Neville Chamberlain Photograph by Elliott C. Fry, c.1937. Silver gelatin print, signed and titled , studio stamp verso, 20.5 x 16cm. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) was Conservative MP from 1918, Minister of Health from 1924, and British Prime Minister (1937-1940). Accused of appeasing Hitler to secure “…peace for our time”. After his death, Churchill said that he acted 'with perfect sincerity, and strove to the utmost of his capacity to save the world from the awful, devastating struggle' of World War II.	$490
	14 Herbert Vere Evatt - Epherma (1) Photograph by Monte Luke. c.1930s /later printing. Silver gelatin print, 20 x 15cm. Together with (2) Typescript letter signed, by H.V. Evatt to Master Ralph Renard from Parliament House, Canberra, 6th June 1955. 1p, 4to. The photograph was possibly taken at the time Evatt become a Justice of the High Court. In the letter, Evatt wrote that he "apprecieated receiving such a well written letter from a lad 15 years of age, who is taking such a keen interest in the affairs of the Australian Labour Party…,, particularly in relation to the stand I have taken to uphold the democratic principles against the acts of a small disruptive clique…" In March 1955 the ALP Federal Executive began the process to disband "the Groupers". The ALP then formally split. Seven Victorian Federal MPs left the Caucus to become the Anti-Communist Labor Party, eventually the Democratic Labor Party. For decades the bitterness of this turbulent time was felt within the Labour Party.	Two (2) $490
	15 Lloyd George After Spy. The Right Honorable D. Lloyd George (the golfer), c.1910. Colour lithograph, published as a Supplement to The World, 30.8 x 20.2cm. Very rare. Lloyd George (1863-1945), Welsh Liberal MP 1906-1916 (Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908) and British Prime Minister from 1916-1922, introduced old age pensions (1908) and a national insurance scheme (1911), paving the way for the establishment of the modern Welfare State after 1945.	$1,350
	16 Phillip Parker King Autograph letter, signed by Phillip P. King, to E. Thompson, regarding the Australian Agricultural Company, dated 8th October 1840. 1p, folded 4to. "Private" letter to Honble E.O(?) Thompson, regarding the AAC, a fund for Religious Education, and the Peel Rv and Liverpool Plains Land Grants. Phillip Parker King (1791-1856), son of Phillip Gidley King, was a renowned hydrographer and one of the first Australian-born to reach eminence outside the colony. He became Commissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company in 1839. It was a turbulent period for the company, as people attempted to break the monopoly in coal mining. The Peel Rv and Liverpool Plains Land Grants had been major holdings of the company.	$1,100
	17 J.T. Lang - Ephemera (1) Autograph, ink, dated 15.1.1935, pasted to autograph book page along with a pen and ink sketch of Lang. (2) J.T. Lang, Communism is Treason, Express Newspapers Ltd, Sydney, n.d. (c.1947). (3) John T. Lang, Communism in Australia, Century Publications, Sydney, c.1945. John Thomas (Jack) Lang (1876-1975): Treasurer in the NSW Labor government of 1920-21; Premier and Treasurer of the State twice (1925-27 and 1930-32). His second term, which coincided with the worst years of the Great Depression, ended with the dismissal of his government by the State Governor. Defeated as an independent federal MP in the general election of 1949.	Three (3) $490
	18 Liberal Party - Ephemera (1) Stop the Red Rash, c.1950. Pamphlet, 8vo, 4pp. (2) Liberal Party Platform - Rehabilitation & Re-Establishment, c.1947. Pamphlet, 8vo. (1) Pamphlet against Communism. (2) The Liberal Party's program for assisting men and women who had served in World War II back into civilian life.	Two (2) $190
	19 Robert Menzies - Ephemera (1) State Funeral… Order of Service. The Late the Right Honourable Sir Robert Gordon Menzies. At the Scots' Church, Russell Street, Melbourne. Friday 19th May 1978, 1978. Black imitation leather, gold lettering, 4pp, 4to. (2) Photograph by Central Press Photo, London. (Robert Menzies, Lindsay Hassett & Freddie Brown), 1951. Silver gelatin print, stamped, 16.4 x 21.5cm. (2) Shows the cricket-loving Menzies with the England and Australian cricket captains. Robert Gordon Menzies (1894 -1978) is Australia's longest serving Prime Minister, keeping the top job for 17 years (1939-41 and 1949-66). Changes made during the so-called 'Menzies Era' have shaped Australian politics today.	$950