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	Ben Chifley in Bathurst NSW
		As a tribute to him and his wife Elizabeth, Ben Chifley’s home is maintained by the city of Bathurst providing a glimpse of life during the first half of the 20th century.
		Of 'special' note is that Ben Chifley was born (1885) and raised in Bathurst.
		From the youngest locomotive driver in the state Ben Chifley entered parliament as the member for Macquarie (
	www.bathurst-nsw.com /BenChifley.html (159 words)

	Ben Chifley - Definition, explanation
		Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Chifley was the son of a flsmith of Irish Catholic descent.
		Chifley saw the strike as a move by the Communist Party to challenge Labor's place as the party of the working class, and he sent in the army to break the strike.
		Chifley, like Curtin, has been made a secular saint by the labour movement, but the basis of the "Chifley legend" is somewhat different.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/be/ben_chifley.php (1132 words)

	NSW Heritage Office Website - Online Database
		Ben was from a Catholic background, and Elizabeth from a Presbyterian family, and in the context of the times theirs was considered a 'mixed marriage', hence the distant location of the wedding to avoid embarrassment to family and friends.
		Ben Chifley’s House is of state significance for its associations with the significant activity of housing a national leader, Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia 1945-1949.
		Ben Chifley’s house is of local significance for its ability to exemplify the domestic tastes and styles of mid-20th century working class families in the Bathurst area and its associations with local technical innovations such as the introduction of domestic telephones and domestic gas heating (HO)
	www.heritage.nsw.gov.au /07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=5051590 (3411 words)

	Ben Chifley, July 1945 - December 1949
		Chifley is apt to speak to them bluntly, luridly, and very, very clearly, so that they never repeat the offence, and their ears burn for days afterwards.
		On the eve of the federal elections of 1940, Ben Chifley was hospitalized with double pneumonia, but was able to get ‘reluctant medical leave' to ‘show the flag’ in his electorate.
		Despite carrying an enormous workload, Ben Chifley was ‘always approachable and never seemed flustered or hurried.’ 8 He had a ‘masterful way of transforming chaos into order,’ and was seen as ‘a very informal, unconventional sort of cove’ by one reporter.
	john.curtin.edu.au /behindthescenes/pms/chifley.html (1200 words)

	Ben Chifley
		An unpretentious, self-educated man who spoke with a working class accent, Chifley was dedicated to social reform and saw the Labor movement as "bringing something better to the people, better standards of living, greater happiness..." Ben Chifley was born in Bathurst on September 22, 1885, of working class parents.
		Chifley was determined to retain uniform taxation laws and to keep a tight rein on the economy to prevent inflation.
		Chifley and Lawrence Hartnett, the managing-director of the American-owned General Motors-Holden Company in Adelaide were enthusiastic, but the parent GM company would not supply any finance.
	members.tripod.com /virtaus4/volume6/prime_ministers/ben_chifley.htm (1325 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Ben Chifley became an engine driver, which was a skilled and responsible position.
		She was a Presbyterian; Chifley left the Roman Catholic Church to marry her and never returned.
		Chifley is perhaps best remembered for his summation of the Labor party's objective as "the light on the hill" in a speech to a party conference in June 1949.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Ben_Chifley (1219 words)

	Australia's Prime Ministers - Meet a PM - Chifley
		Ben Chifley, briefly in London for an Imperial Conference in April 1946, enjoys the spring sunshine in Kew Gardens with his head of Postwar Reconstruction, HC Coombs.
		Chifley was Treasurer in the Curtin Labor government in 1941 and was a prime mover of the economic organisation for the war.
		In Opposition, Chifley was against RG Menzies’ proposal to ban the Communist Party — a major issue at the federal election of April 1951.
	primeministers.naa.gov.au /meetpm.asp?pmId=16 (259 words)

	Ben Chifley
		He was largely raised by his grandfather, who lost all his savings in the bank crash of 1892: Chifley acquired his lifelong hatred of the private banks early.
		Although Frank Forde was officially Curtin's deputy, Chifley became the minister Curtin most relied on, and he controlled most domestic policy while Curtin was preoccupied with the war effort.
		Chifley, like Curtin, has been made a secular saint by the labour movement, but the basis of the "Chifley legend" is somewhat different.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Ben_Chifley (1070 words)

	Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra, Australia
		Chifley spent most of her time in Bathurst and rarely came to Canberra, even when her husband became Prime Minister.
		Chifley was elected to represent Macquarie in the Federal Parliament for the first time in 1928.
		Chifley did not attend in order to work in his room at the Hotel Kurrajong where he suffered the massive heart attack that would end his life.
	www.hotelkurrajong.com.au /chifley.html (367 words)

	Peter Garrett : 2005 Chifley Memorial Lecture
		Chifley’s accomplishments were many but he seems by all accounts to have been able to diligently undertake an exacting profession whist remaining down to earth.
		Chifley had consistently adopted the attitude that the best form of campaigning was to inform people of what he had achieved and to tell them what to expect in the future.
		Chifley's legacy itself is now contested and spun by those with differing goals than to merely record his accomplishments and note his failures.
	www.petergarrett.com.au /c.asp?id=39 (4119 words)

	Ben Chifley: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		...Ben Chifley Ben Chifley Joseph Benedict Chifley, usually known as plain Ben...produced by Ben and Jerry 's is Cherry Garcia, named after the musician Jerry Garcia....
		Labor leader Ben Chifley, a softly spoken former engine driver, died in June 1951.
		Joseph Benedict Chifley, usually known as plain Ben Chifley, (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 - 1949.
	www.encyclopedian.com /be/Ben-Chifley.html (286 words)

	The Rt Hon Ben Chifley
		Chifley was Treasurer in the Curtin Labor government in 1941 and was a prime mover of the economic organisation for the war.
		Chifley was elected leader of the Labor Party after John Curtin died in July 1945.
		In Opposition, Chifley was against RG Menzies' proposal to ban the Communist Party - a major issue at the federal election of April 1951.
	www.alp.org.au /people/chifley_ben.php?print=on (232 words)

	Ben Chifley
		Ben Chifley wurde in Bathurst als ältester dreier Söhne von Patrick und Mary Anne Chifley, geb.
		Ben Chifley legte somit den Grundstein für die multikulturelle Gesellschaft, die man heute in Australien vorfindet.
		Juni 1951 erlitt Ben Chifley in seinem Hotelzimmer in Canberra einen fatalen Herzanfall.
	www.weblexikon.de /Ben_Chifley.html (1038 words)

	Ben Chifley Tree - ANBG
		In 1949 an evening phone call from Lindsay Pryor to Prime Minister Ben Chifley was all it took to arrange an official tree planting at the Botanic Gardens a couple of days later.
		The oak, the tree actually planted by Chifley, was moved as a mature plant to Commonwealth Park in the late 1960s as it was considered inappropriate for a 'native' Gardens.
		In the 1980s the eucalypt was in serious danger of dying due to the surrounding soil and mulch being piled to deep at its base where it was rotting.
	www.anbg.gov.au /anbg/memorials/chiffley-plaque.html (215 words)

	National Museum of Australia - Ben Chifley
		After the war, Chifley introduced a number of social welfare reforms, and laid a strong basis for post-war reconstruction, but eventually lost the support of the electorate because people disagreed with too much government regulation of the economy.
		Joseph Benedict Chifley - always known as Ben - was born in Bathurst, NSW, on 22 September 1885.
		As State President of "Federal" Labor, Chifley was instrumental in restoring unity to NSW Labor in 1936.
	www.nma.gov.au /schools/school_resources/resource_websites_and_interactives/primeministers/ben_chifley (1137 words)

	Ben Chifley Summary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Joseph Benedict Chifley was born of Irish-Australian parentage at Bathurst, New South Wales, on Sept. 22, 1885.
		During his absence from federal government Chifley was active in local government and prominent in the politics of divided Labour, which maintained a branch of the Federal party in opposition to the New South Wales State Labour group of Premier J. Lang.
		In 1936 Chifley was appointed member of the Royal Commission on Banking and Monetary Reform, and when World War II began, his recognized capacity, integrity, and experience made him a valuable director of labor regulation and supply in the Department of Munitions.
	www.bookrags.com /Ben_Chifley (1642 words)

	AA - Chifley Square - March/April 1998
		Declaring the forecourt of Sydney's Chifley Tower as a realm for public relaxation, the City of Sydney and Hassell have revamped a formerly neo-classical plaza with bold glass architecture, towering palms and an "ironic" steel statue of a Labor Party deity.
		In acknowledging the character of Ben Chifley, the intended effect is one of restraint.
		Chifley Square is fortunate in being surrounded by some of the more interesting towers in the CBD and these can now be seen and appreciated within the curtilage of the new square.
	www.archmedia.com.au /aa/aaissue.php?issueid=199803&article=10&typeon=2 (1228 words)

	Workers Online : History : 1999 - Issue 17 : The Light on the Hill
		Chifley suggests that the aims of the labour movement are more than simply offering a path of advancement for the ambitious few, or attaining power for its own sake.
		One of the primary aims of Chifley's speech was to foster unity behind the Labor Government, and to undercut support for the industrial action of miners during 1949.
		Chifley, rightly or wrongly, saw this action as sectional and damaging to the wider movement, and the image of 'the light on the hill' was designed to appeal to miners' wider sympathies.
	workers.labor.net.au /17/c_historicalfeature_chifley.html (1597 words)

	Bathurst Regional Council: About Bathurst Region: Ben Chifley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born and raised in Bathurst, Ben Chifley was one of Australias most respected Prime Ministers, being highly regarded by people from all political viewpoints.
		For Chifley, the bitter experience of the Great Strike in 1917 and his involvement and concern with his Union took him on a path which led to federal politics.
		Ben Chifley was always a warm and humorous man relishing (and embellishing) a good joke or story.
	www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au /about/1754/1756.html (392 words)

	Ocean View Verandah - 14 June 2001
		My maternal grandfather was private secretary to Ben Chifley during his years as Prime Minister back in the late forties.
		Eventually, perhaps when Chifley lost the election to Menzies, Granddad moved on to become official secretary to the governor general, which he did for over 20 years.
		Ben Chifley's memorial obelisk quotes him, saying "If an idea is worth fighting for, no matter the penalty, fight for the right, and truth and justice will prevail." That, I think, is one of the important myths of our culture.
	www.users.bigpond.com /kayoz/journal/entries/2001/june01/140601.html (478 words)

	Australian Republican Movement - Speeches & Articles - Neville Wran 19-08-98 'It's time'
		Central to Ben Chifley's commitment to the men and women of Australia was his commitment to full employment, social security and wider educational opportunities.
		Chifley's record in government constitutes a record of achievement not paralleled in the history of our country.
		I have not the slightest doubt that if he were alive in our contemporary society, Ben Chifley would be in the forefront in recognising the value of having our own Head of State, its unifying effect and the healing balm it will provide.
	www.republic.org.au /ARM-2001/speeches&articles/spa_wran4.htm (2224 words)

	1949 Australian coal strike at AllExperts
		The strike by 23,000 coal miners lasted for seven weeks, from 27 June, 1949 to 15 August, 1949, with troops being sent in by the Ben Chifley Federal Labor Government to the open cut coal mines in New South Wales on 28 July, 1949, with the workers returning to work defeated two weeks later.
		Chifley told the Labor caucus, "The Reds must be taught a lesson", while Arthur Calwell threatened to put communists and their sympathisers into concentration camps.
		Archival evidence shows that Chifley received regular reports from the Commonwealth Investigation Service, (the forerunner of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) on the campaigns and policies of the Communist Party of Australia.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/1949_australian_coal_strike.htm (713 words)

	Chifley
		This is reversed in the statue as the frame and external skin are structurally interdependent.
		This particular structure carries the likeness of Prime Minister Joseph Benedict Chifley and is derived from a small grainy photo of him posing for a group portrait with members of Atlee’s British cabinet in 1947.
		A pivotal and largely forgotten figure, Chifley was responsible for post-war reconstruction,initiating many policies and projects that helped define modern Australia including immigration and multiculturalism, the founding of the CSIRO and The Snowy Mountains Scheme amongst others.
	www.simeon-nelson.com /chifley.html (607 words)

	Ben Chifley Memorial - 21/06/2000 - PRIV - NSW Parliament
		The Labor Party branch members made the particularly appropriate suggestion, given Ben Chifley's personal feelings, that a scholarship endowment be established at Charles Sturt University, for example, to assist young people who are not from wealthy backgrounds to gain a tertiary education.
		Chifley believed strongly that the path to success for the working class lay in better education, which was clearly the key to betterment.
		The problem was quickly resolved, but Ben Chifley remains in that pre-eminent position in the Lithgow council chambers because, to the people of Lithgow in particular, Ben is royalty.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA20000621033 (646 words)

	Ben Chifley - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		He was one of the founders of the AFULE, the engine drivers' union, and an active member of the he was one of the leaders of a prolonged strike which resulted in his being dismissed.
		Chifley finally won his seat back in 1940, and the following year he became Treasurer (finance minister) in John_Curtin's Labor government.
		Although Frank_Forde was officially Curtin's deputy, Chifley became the minister Curtin most relied on, and he controlled most domestic policy while Curtin was preoccupied with the war effort.
	www.erdmond.com /Ben_Chifley.html (882 words)

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