So Monstrous A Travesty: Chris Watson and the world's first national Labor government
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A century ago, Australia led the world in progressive social initiatives. Admiring visitors crossed the globe to inspect this advanced social laboratory. Chris Watson’s 1904 ministry, the culmination of Australian Labor’s astonishingly rapid rise, was the first national Labor government in the world.
This book is the story of that pioneering government.
Its accomplished prime minister, little known today, led a cabinet that included two future prime ministers, together with a practically bl...



