21 February 2008
Stanley Melbourne Bruce
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In the second of Verbatim's series on the politics of the 20s and 30s, memories of Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce. The successor to the fiery Billy Hughes, Bruce was regarded as energetic and shrewd, but his reputation has been overshadowed by his upperclass manners, his addiction to spats and his characterisation as 'an Englishman born in Australia'. Hear the real Stanley Melbourne Bruce on Verbatim this week.
