List of Australian political memoirs
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This is a list of Australian political memoirs:
Labor
- Father of the House: The Memoirs of Kim E. Beazley by Kim Edward Beazley
- A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record of the First Keating Government by Neal Blewett (1999)
- Through the Wall: Reflections on Leadership, Love and Survival by Anna Bligh (2015)
- As It Happened by John Button (1998)
- Be Just and Fear Not by Arthur Calwell (1972)
- The Cameron Diaries by Clyde Cameron (1990)
- Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man by Bob Carr (2002)
- Diary of a Foreign Minister by Bob Carr (2014)
- I Do Recall: Reflections on a Social and Political Journey by Jeff Carr (2008)
- My Life and Times by Joe Chamberlain (1998)
- Roosters and Featherdusters by Brian Chatterton (2013)
- The Fights of My Life by Greg Combet (2011)
- Cold Tea for Brandy: A Tale of Protest, Painting and Politics by Joan Coxsedge (2007)
- Public Life, Private Grief: A Memoir of Political Life and Loss by Mary Delahunty (2010)
- Felicia: The Political Memoirs of Don Dunstan by Don Dunstan (1981)
- I Had 50,000 Bosses: Memoirs of a Labor Backbencher 1946-1975 by Gil Duthie (1984)
- Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary by Gareth Evans (2014)
- Big Blue Sky: A Memoir by Peter Garrett (2015)
- Sticks and Stones by Arthur Gietzelt (2014)
- My Story by Julia Gillard (2014)
- Hayden, An Autobiography by Bill Hayden (1996)
- Politics, Death and Addiction by Carolyn Hirsh (2013)
- The Hawke Memoirs by Bob Hawke (1994)
- A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones (2006)
- Speaking For Myself Again: Four Years With Labor and Beyond by Cheryl Kernot (2002)
- Matters for Judgment: An Autobiography by John Kerr (1978)
- The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham (2005)
- Machine Rules: A Political Primer by Stephen Loosley (2015)
- The Memoirs of Norman John Oswald Makin by Norman Makin (1982)
- Stirring the Possum: A Political Autobiography by Jim McClelland (1989)
- Tales From The Political Trenches by Maxine McKew (2012)
- Carpenter to Cabinet: Thirty-Seven years of Parliament by George Pearce (1951)
- My Reminiscences by George Reid (1917)
- Living Politics by Margaret Reynolds (2007)
- Whatever It Takes by Graham Richardson (1994)
- Catching the Waves: Life In and Out of Politics by Susan Ryan (1999)
- 'The Good Fight: Six Years, Two Prime Ministers and Staring Down the Great Recession by Wayne Swan (2014)
- Straight Left by Tom Uren (1995)
- Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister by Peter Walsh (1995)
- Chops for Breakfast: A Lucky Generation in an Age of Accelerating Change by Bob Whan (2014)
Liberal
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| 100px ||{{sort|Brown|}}Neil Brown || Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1985-87 || On the Other Hand: Sketches and Reflections From Political Life || 1993 ||
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| 100px||{{sort|Buttfield|}}Dame Nancy Buttfield || Senator for South Australia 1968-74 || Dame Nancy: The Autobiography of Dame Nancy Buttfield || 1992 ||
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| 100px ||{{sort|Chikarovski|}}Kerry Chikarovski || Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales 1998-2002 || Chika || 2004 ||
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| 100px ||{{sort|Chipp|}}Don Chipp || Senator for Victoria 1978-86 || Chipp || 1987 ||
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| 100px ||{{sort|Costello|}}Peter Costello || Treasurer of Australia 1996-2007 || The Costello Memoirs || 2009 || Melbourne University Publishing
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| 100px ||{{sort|Cramer|}}Sir John Cramer || Minister for the Army 1956-63 || Pioneers, Politics and People: A Political Memoir || 1989 || Allen & Unwin
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| ||{{sort|Dean|}}Gordon Dean || MP for Herbert 1977-83 || A Simple Country Lad: A Kind of Autobiography || 2007 ||
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| 100px ||{{sort|Gullett|}}Jo Gullett || MP for Henty 1946-55 || Good Company, Henry "Jo" Gullett: Horseman, Soldier, Politician || 1992 ||
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| 100px ||{{sort|Howard|}}John Howard|| Prime Minister 1996-2007|| Lazarus Rising || 2011 || Harper Collins
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| 100px ||{{sort|Killen|}}Sir Jim Killen|| MP for Moreton 1955-83 ||Killen: Inside Australian Politics||1985||
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| 100px||{{sort|Lyons|}}Dame Enid Lyons|| MP for Darwin 1943-51 ||My Life: The Illustrated Autobiography of Dame Enid Lyons||1949||
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|rowspan=2|{{sort|Menzies|}}Sir Robert Menzies
|rowspan=2| Prime Minister 1939-41 and 1949-66
| Afternoon Light: Some Memories of Men and Events
| 1968
|rowspan=2| Cassell Australia
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| The Measure of the Years
| 1970
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|100px ||{{sort|Robb|}}Andrew Robb|| Minister for Trade and Investment 2013-16 ||Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons||2011||
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Other Parties
- The Andren Report: An Independent Way in Australian Politics by Peter Andren (2003)
- Cleary, Independent by Phil Cleary (1998)
- Backbench: Behind the Headlines by Peter Fisher (2011)
- Untamed and Unashamed: Time to Explain by Pauline Hanson (2007)
- The Tumult and the Shouting by Frank McManus (1977)
- The Peter Nixon Story: An Active Journey by Peter Nixon (2012)
- The Independent Member for Lyne by Rob Oakeshott (2014)
- Against the Tide by B. A. Santamaria (1981)
- Having a Go: The Memoirs of Sid Spindler by Sid Spindler (2008)
- Windsor's Way by Tony Windsor (2015)