Abstract:During the first four decades of this century there were few Hobartians more widely known than Walter Alan Woods or 'Father Woods' as he was often called. The benign title had no religious association...During the first four decades of this century there were few Hobartians more widely known than Walter Alan Woods or 'Father Woods' as he was often called. The benign title had no religious associations; for rightly or wrongly this well-groomed, dapper, stoutish, almost bald, jovial, impish man regarded himself the 'Father of the Tasmanian Labor Party'. Those of us whose parents belonged to the Tasmanian Workers' Political League (forerunner of the island's Labor Party) and the elect of the Hobart socialist groups saw much of Woods because he was always in evidence, playing children's games at the picnic meetings of members and their families.Read More
Publication Year: 1966
Publication Date: 1966-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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