Includes index.

Contents:
Introduction -- The federal scene -- Billy Hughes -- George Pearce -- Archie Cameron -- Portraits in King's Hall -- Hotel Kurrajong -- Public servants -- Into parliament -- Eric Harrison -- John Spicer -- Howard Beale -- Wilfred Kent Hughes -- Philip McBridge -- The middle years -- Death of Dr H.V. Evatt -- Richard Casey -- Athol Townley -- Garfield Barwick -- Shane Paltridge -- Allen Fairhall -- William Wentworth -- Kim Beazley -- Arthur Calwell -- The crisis -- Harold Holt -- Holt as Prime Minister -- Holt's death -- The party meeting -- Aftermath -- The next phase -- John McEwen -- John Gorton -- Don Chipp -- David Fairbairn -- William McMahon -- The McMahon government -- It's time -- Gough Whitlam -- Billy Snedden -- Malcolm Fraser.