With total access to ALP and national archives, McMullin has produced a frank and authoritative record of the influence and development of all seven Labor parties–namely those in the six states–and the Federal Labor Party, which formed the first labor government soon after Australia became a nation in 1901. The book concentrates on the achievements of the Governments of Fisher, Hughes, Scullin, Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, and Hawke. x, 502 p. : ill., ports ; 25 cm. First Edition. #0419 Australian Labor Party — History. | Australia — Politics and government.