Andrew Fisher An Underestimated Man

This book gives a new perspective to a very important Australian Prime Minister who had fallen into obscurity despite his considerable achievements. This book reveals how significant Andrew Fisher is in Australian history and his various contributions to the ALP and the Australian nation. Until Bob Hawke, Andrew Fisher was Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister. This title shows that the current Prime Minister, Treasurer, Governor-General are following in a long tradition of Queenslanders in positions of power. There is increasing interest in Andrew Fisher as seen by the publication of David Day's 2008 biography. Australians take for granted the presence of their federal government yet it is impossible to overestimate, as this full biography reveals, the role Andrew Fisher played in its development. The book also reveals the skills with which Fisher led the ALP in its early years and his important contributions as wartime Prime Minister and as High Commissioner in London. Andrew Fisher: An Underestimated Man attempts to account for the obscurity of one of Australia's greatest reformers.