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B.A. Santamaria
Author: Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria
language: en
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Release Date: 2008
"B.A Santamaria was a political activist and traditionalist Catholic layman prominent in public affairs in 20th century Australia. He was a key figure in the disastrous split in the Australian Labor Party in 1954, one of the key events in Australian polit
The Pope's Battalions
Author: Ross Fitzgerald
language: en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date: 2003
A prophet whose confident prophecies were frequently proved wrong, B.A. Santamaria profoundly affected 20th century Australian political life. Although he rarely gave interviews and never held elected office, Santamaria became widely known through his regular commentaries in the "Australian" and in his magazine "News Weekly".Building on his battle against Communist influence in the trade unions, Santamaria boldly attempted to capture the ALP and transform it into a European-style Christian Democrat party. The ensuing split was disastrous, demoralising the ALP, and casting Santamaria out of the Labor fold for all time.
Santamaria
Author: Gerard Henderson
language: en
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Release Date: 2015-08-03
B.A. Santamaria was one of the most controversial Australians of our time. An ardent anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was fiercely intelligent and a natural leader, polarising the community into loyal followers and committed opponents. In the 1940s Santamaria created the anti-Communist organisation 'The Movement'. In the 1950s he was a key figure in the tumultuous split of the Australian Labor Party. He subsequently enjoyed great influence as a public commentator on his television program Point of View and in his weekly column in The Australian. Santamaria had a strong social conscience and spent much of his time helping the underprivileged. Although he began as an advocate and champion of the Catholic Church, he spent much of his last decades opposing some of its activities. Published for the 100th anniversary of Santamaria's birth, Santamaria: A Most Unusual Man is an authoritative biography from Gerard Henderson, a close colleague until a disagreement saw the two men estranged and never reconciled.