David Clune

David Clune was for many years the Manager of the NSW Parliament’s Research Service and also the NSW Parliament’s Historian. He has written extensively about NSW politics and history. He is the author with Gareth Griffith of Decision and Deliberation: the Parliament of NSW, 1856-2003, and the editor with Ken Turner of The Premiers of NSW, 1856-2005 and The Governors of NSW, 1788-2010. He was a member of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW Committee and the Governor Macquarie Bicentenary Committee and is a member of the Editorial Committee of Australasian Parliamentary Review. Dr Clune was awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal in 2001 and the Order of Australia Medal in 2011.

Publications

‘The State Labor Party’s Electoral Record in Rural NSW 1904-1981’ in Labour History, No. 47, November 1984.

‘The NSW Election of 1941’ in Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1984.

‘NSW Labor in the 1950s: the Cahill Government 1952-1956’ in Traditions for Reform in NSW: Labor history essays, Pluto Press, 1987.

‘The McKell Style of Government’ in Easson, M, ed., McKell, Allen and Unwin, 1988.

‘Parliamentary and Extra Parliamentary Labor: NSW 1941-1965’ in Labour History, No. 62, May 1992.

‘The Legislative Assembly of NSW 1941-1991’ in Legislative Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1992.

‘From McKell to McGirr’ in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. 79, Pts. 1 and 2, 1993.

‘The Decline and Fall of the Labor Government in NSW 1959-1965’ in Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 39, No. 3, 1993.

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, ‘QS Spedding’, Vol. 12, 1990; ‘JJ Cahill’, Vol. 13, 1993; ‘AG Enticknap’, Vol. 14, 1996; ‘J McGirr’, Vol. 15, 2000; ‘WF Sheahan’ and ‘FE Stewart’, Vol. 16, 2002; ‘WR Colbourne’, Supplement 1540-1980, 2005; ‘JT Kane’, Vol. 17, 2007; ‘A Landa’, and ‘JB Renshaw’, Vol. 18, forthcoming.

Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, ‘JG Arkins’, ‘J Dunn’, ‘D Grant’, Vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, 2004; ‘J Arnold’, ‘JA Mulvihill’, ‘J Ormonde’, Vol. 3, University of NSW Press, 2010.

‘NSW Political Chronicle’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, July-December 1996 to January-June 2002 (twelve chronicles).

Editor with Michael Hogan of The People’s Choice: electoral politics in twentieth century NSW, Parliament of NSW and University of Sydney, 2001, 3 vols. Author of chapters ‘1941’, ‘1947’, ‘1953’, ‘1959’ and with Ken Turner ‘1973’.

‘Back to the Future? The November 2001 Federal Election’ in Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, Autumn 2002.

‘Bob Carr: the unexpected colossus’ in Wanna, J, and Williams, P, eds., Yes, Premier: Labor leadership in Australia’s States and Territories, University of NSW Press, 2005.

‘Howard at the Crossroads? The October 2004 Federal Election’ in Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, Autumn 2005.

With Gareth Griffith, Decision and Deliberation: the Parliament of NSW, 1856-2003, Federation Press, 2006.

Editor with Ken Turner of The Premiers of NSW, 1856-2005, 2 vols., Federation Press, 2006. Author of chapters ‘SA Donaldson’, ‘CG Wade’, ‘GW Fuller’ and ‘JJ Cahill’.

‘Elections, policy and politics: an overview’ in Bramston T, ed., The Wran Era, Federation Press, 2006.

‘Michael Maher: a good local Member’ and ‘Reg Downing: a safe pair of hands’ in Turner, K, and Hogan, M, eds., The Worldly Art of Politics, Federation Press, 2006.

With Gareth Griffith, ‘Arena v. Nader and the waiver of parliamentary privilege’ in Winterton, G, ed., State Constitutional Landmarks, Federation Press, 2006.

Editor with Eamonn Clifford and Antony Green of Electoral Atlas of NSW, 1856-2006, NSW Department of Lands, 2006.

Editor with Ken Turner of Writing Party History: papers from a seminar held at Parliament House, Sydney, May 2006, New South Wales Parliament, 2007.

‘1858 and 1859’ in Hogan, M, Muir, L, and Golder, H, eds., The People’s Choice: electoral politics in colonial NSW, Federation Press, 2007.

‘NSW Premiers’ in Galligan, B, and Roberts, W, eds., Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, OUP, 2007.

‘ “Morris’ Minor Miracle”: the March 2007 NSW Election’ in Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 2007.

Editor with Ken Turner of The Governors of NSW, 1788-2010, Federation Press, 2009. Author of chapters ‘Frederic John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford’, ‘Sir Walter Edward Davidson’, ‘Sir David Murray Anderson’ and with Ken Turner ‘Marie Roslyn Bashir’.

‘The Development of Legislative Institutions in NSW 1823-1843’ in Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring 2010.

‘1843: The Year It All Began’ in Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, Autumn 2011.

‘NSW Political Chronicle’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, January-June 2011 -