Albert George Ogilvie

Australian politician

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Tasmania

  • Tasmania
    In Tasmania: Self-government and federation

    …but the Labor premier (1934–39) Albert George Ogilvie outshone other Australian politicians in responding to the economic problems. One of his skills was obtaining federal grants to diminish Tasmania’s comparative poverty. Informed, wholehearted, and realistic in criticizing the Axis powers, Ogilvie might have challenged Lyons for national leadership had both…

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