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Rockhampton, Queensland : Central Queensland University Press, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges mostly clean with a small stain on bottom inside edge Card covers have some edge wear and some bumped corners Hughie Williams overcame tremendous odds to reach the top. He was reserve for the Australian wrestling team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and represented his country in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. From the late 1960s he stood up as a staunch left-wing opponent of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. Involved in reforming the Queensland Labor Party in the 1980s, he became a senior vice-president, before becoming embroiled in a decade-long dispute within the Transport Workers' Union. He was subjected to 'witch hunts' and death threats, attacked under parliamentary privilege, gave evidence…
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by Johnson, Murray
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- Title No Holds Barred: Hughie Williams: Olympic Wrestler and Trade Union Heavyweight
- Author Johnson, Murray
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Central Queensland University Press
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781876780456 / 1876780452
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007617355
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 2003. x, 168pp, bw ills, endnotes. Or pictorial card. Minor edge wear. 'Hughie Williams overcame tremendous odds to reach the top. He was reserve for the Australian wrestling team at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and represented his country in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. From the late 1960s he stood up as a staunch left-wing opponent of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. Involved in reforming the Queensland Labor Party in the 1980s, he became a senior vice-president, before becoming embroiled in a decade-long dispute within the Transport Workers' Union. He was subjected to 'witch hunts' and death threats, attacked under parliamentary privilege, gave evidence against corruption at the 1990-91 Cooke Inquiry into Trade Unions, and in May 2000 was elected Federal President of the Transport Workers' Union'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.
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