Union Jack
Dale Lorna Jacobsen
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: CopyRight Publishing
Publisher Place: Brisbane
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition
Description: 213 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. I Never Knew My Grandfather, But Was Determined To Find Out About Him. He Was A Member Of The Australian Railways Union And Helped Into Bringing Corrupt Politicians To Account, An Action That Deeply Affected Jack's Life And Family.
Publishers Description: I never knew my grandfather; he died too youong and long before I was born. details of his life were sketchy: he had migrated from the coalfields of Wales as a young man; had taken his bride to live in a navy camp on the Mary Valley bbranch line; he held a position of importance in a railway union.Determined to fill in the blank canvas that was Jack OLeary, I trawled through nearly a century of redcords at the Rail. Tram and Bus Union in Brisbane. A fascinationg tale of political intrigue emerged that reached to the very top of the Australian government.
ISBN: 9781876344801
(145849)
