Great Australian Speeches
Great Australian Speeches

Author: Pamela Robson

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 1940-01-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1742662218

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Great Australian Speeches brings together a diverse and often moving collection of more than 40 speeches ranging from colonial times to the present day. Some have resonated with power enough to shape the nation; others encapsulate the best … and worst … of the Australian character. This selection proves that stirring oratory is not simply the preserve of politicians and military figures. Bushranger Ned Kelly makes a speech within a speech as his death sentence is passed, interrupting the address of Judge Barry with words of defiance. Also featured are singer Nellie Melba's farewell speech (the irony of which neither speaker nor listeners appreciated at the time); Miles Franklin's tribute to Henry Lawson 'who gave us this kingdom as our own'; and Richie Benaud's moving eulogy to cricketing legend Donald Bradman. Iconic political speeches include Governor Phillip's message to the First Fleet on landing at Sydney Cove; the opening address of the Federal parliament by MP William Groom, ex-convict; Robert Menzies' 'Forgotten People' speech of 1942; Mick Dodson's 'Stolen Generation' protest of 1997; the 'dismissal' declarations of Gough Whitlam and Governor General John Kerr; and Kevin Rudd's statesmanlike 'Sorry …' speech of 2008.

Great Speeches
Great Speeches

Author: Edward Humphreys

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing

Published: 2023-07-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1398827878

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Great Speeches collects over 40 of the most powerful and stirring addresses delivered in history. It captures significant historical events of the past 400 years in the words of their participants, from speeches given in times of war and sorrow to those delivered in moments of hope. This classic collection includes such famous speeches as: • Susan B. Anthony - 'On a Woman's Right to Vote' • Winston Churchill - 'Their Finest Hour' • John F. Kennedy - 'Ich bin ein Berliner' • Nelson Mandela - 'Inaugural Address' • Greta Thunberg - 'You have stolen my dreams and my childhood.'

Men and Women of Australia!
Men and Women of Australia!

Author: Michael Fullilove

Publisher: Viking

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780670075737

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Even in our digital age, speeches remain the principal currency of public life. There is no better way to argue a case or sway an audience. In Men and Women of Australia!, speechmaker and former prime ministerial adviser Michael Fullilove has gathered the finest Australian speeches delivered since Federation - speeches that have inspired us and defined us as a nation. Each one is a time capsule, a window onto a debate or controversy from our history. Fully revised and updated, with perceptive introductions to each speech and a foreword by Graham Freudenberg, this edition includes Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations and Julia Gillard's Misogyny speech - two speeches that captured the country's imagination. Among others are Noel Pearson's Hope Vale speech, Les Carlyon on Fromelles, Geoffrey Rush on acting the goat, Tim Winton on our oceans, Tony Abbott's speech on closing the gap, and Malcolm Turnbull's tribute to Robert Hughes. Also included are speeches by notable visitors to Australia - leading figures of the twentieth century such as Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi. Drawn from politics, history, sport and culture, Men and Women of Australia! is the definitive collection of Australian speeches. 'A highly readable collection that nicely balances seriousness and wit.' The Age

Well May We Say
Well May We Say

Author: Sally Warhaft

Publisher: Black (Aus)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781863952774

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In a time when little attention is paid to public speaking, this bestselling collection provides a reminder that this country has a unique and distinguished tradition of public oratory. Included here are speeches by Paul Keating, Patrick White, Geoffrey Blainey, Ben Chifley, Sir William Deane and many more. From the inspirational to the eulogising, from the political to the satirical, from the sacred to the controversial, the speeches in this long overdue anthology are each deftly introduced by innovative researcher Sally Warhaft. This is the definitive collection. Now in its third reprint.

Stirring Australian Speeches
Stirring Australian Speeches

Author: Michael Cathcart

Publisher: Melbourne University

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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Arthur Phillip, Caroline Chisolm, Peter Lalor, Henry Parkes, Daniel Mannix, Enid Lyons, Miles Franklin, Ben Chifley, Jim Cairns, Malcolm Fraser, Paul Keating, John Howard.

Australia Day
Australia Day

Author: Stan Grant

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 146070780X

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'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away.' Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, bestselling memoir Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows this is not where the story ends. In this book, Australia Day, his long-awaited follow up to Talking to My Country, Stan talks about our country, about who we are as a nation, about the indigenous struggle for belonging and identity in Australia, and what it means to be Australian. A sad, wise, beautiful, reflective and troubled book, Australia Day asks the questions that have to be asked, that no else seems to be asking. Who are we? What is our country? How do we move forward from here? Praise for Talking to My Country: 'A story so essential and salutary to this place that it should be given out free at the ballot box' The Australian 'Deeply disturbing, profoundly moving' Hobart Mercury 'Grant will be an important voice in shaping this nation' The Saturday Paper Talking to My Country won the 2016 Walkley Book Award and the Special Award at the 2016 Heritage Awards, and was shortlisted in the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards, the Nib Waverley Library Awards and the 2017 ABIA Awards.

110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches
110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches

Author: Michael Winkler

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1742533884

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Don Bradman on his 'small' contribution to cricket. Roy Masters on getting the best out of the hard men of Western Suburbs Rugby League FC. John Howard on cycling legend Sir Hubert Opperman. Cathy Freeman on lighting the Olympic flame. Phonse Kyne on making sure his players made history for the right reasons. Jeff Fenech hollering 'I love youse all!' to a packed-out stadium. Ranging from the eloquent and stirring to the downright funny, these are Australia's greatest sporting moments, seen through the eyes of the winners and losers, experts and legends of all our favourite sports. Entertaining and informative, 110 PER CENT casts a keen eye over Australia's sporting history, and confirms there's much more to sport than the score line (as long as you're winning). Adam Gilchrist ? John Landy ? Dallas Brooks ? Frank Lowy ? Alan Jones ? Kevin Sheedy ? JJ Giltinan ? Alfred Deakin ? Keith Miller ? Les Darcy ? Anthony Mundine ? Kim Hughes ? Ric Charlesworth ?Norman Brookes ? Victor Trumper ? Bob Rose ? Bob Skilton ? Lionel Rose ? Marjorie Jackson ? Sir Robert Menzies ? Max Walker ? Shane Gould ? William Dean ? Rod Laver ? Kieren Perkins ? Ron Barassi ? John Singleton ? Casey Stoner ? Rod Marsh ? Malcolm Blight ? Debbie Flintoff-King ? Alan Killigrew ? Geoffrey Blainey ? Greg Chappell ? Andrew McLeod ? Jack Gibson ? Johnny Lewis ? Steve Waugh ? Leisel Jones ? Lindsay Hassett ? Danny Green ? Louise Sauvage ?Lucas Neill ? Bob Hawke ? Laurie Lawrence ? Mark Webber ? Ray Connelly ? Stuart O'Grady ? Ted Whitten ? Tom Hafey and more

Lend Me Your Ears
Lend Me Your Ears

Author: William Safire

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1066

ISBN-13: 9780393040050

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William Safire's invaluable and immensely entertaining Lend Me Your Ears established itself instantly as a classic treasury of the greatest speeches in human history. Selected with the instincts of a great speechwriter and language maven, arranged by theme and occasion, each deftly introduced and placed in context, the more than two hundred speeches in this compilation demonstrate the enduring power of human eloquence to inspire, to uplift, and to motivate. For this expanded edition Safire has selected more than twenty new speeches by such figures as President Bill Clinton, Senator Robert Dole, General Colin Powell, Microsoft's Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, Edward R. Murrow, Alistair Cooke, the Buddha, and the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. They prove that even in a digital age the most forceful medium of communication is still the human voice speaking directly to the mind, heart, and soul.

For the True Believers
For the True Believers

Author: Troy Bramston

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9781862879478

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Front cover images: Bob Hawke, ACTU Congress, 15 September 1979 (Fairfax, © Michael Rayner); Gough Whitlam on the steps of Parliament House, 11 November 1975 (Australian Labor Party); Paul Keating, National Press Club, March 1996 Election Campaign (Newspix); John Curtin, wartime rally, 1942 (Fairfax).Graham Freudenberg, Australia's greatest speechwriter, says "the Australian Labor Party was built on speeches." This book brings together great Labor speeches which give voice to the party's enduring values and achievements, and place it and its principal figures at the centre of historic events.There are speeches that stir the imagination and inspire, speeches that appeal to humanity, speeches of sorrow and redemption, speeches that urge moderation and caution, speeches that call for courage in the face of adversity, speeches that seek to mute the trumpet sound of war, speeches that attack the forces of conservatism, and speeches which celebrate and mourn the party's fallen.Chris Watson articulates Labor's purpose as "a light upon a mountain" - four decades beforeBen Chifley's famed "light on the hill" speech John Curtin tells a hushed parliament that "a great naval battle is proceeding"Gough Whitlam declares "It's time" for a new Labor governmentBob Hawke's urges South Africa's apartheid leaders to listen to "the spirit of men and women yearning to be free"Paul Keating's belief in Labor as "the people who can dream the big dreams and do the big things"Kevin Rudd says "We are Sorry" to the stolen generations of Aboriginal AustraliansClip from the author, reproduced with permission from The Australian:http://video.theaustralian.com.au/2305217661/Labors-greatest-speeches

A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches
A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches

Author: Richard Crosscup

Publisher: Dorset Press

Published: 1993-06-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9781566190343

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This book is an anthology of speeches that have been important both in their own time and in their influence on history. From Cicero to Disraeli, from Garibaldi to Gandhi, and from Patrick Henry to Mao Tse-Tung, those thinkers and doers whose recorded words have been of significance in the progress of mankind are represented in this book.