Jack Lang: The Australian Who Almost Started a Civil War
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- Jack Lang was so popular he almost started a civil war in Australia. Yet for some reason, very few people know about this man, so I had to make a video on him.
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Sources used:
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
"The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010" by David Clune and Ken Turner
"Jack Lang and the Great Depression" by Frank Cain
"A Concise History of New South Wales" by John S Croucher
"1932" by Gerald Stone
"The Turbulent Years" and "I Remember" by Jack Lang
“Non-Communist Labor Party” is such a hell of a name
It was obviously meant to send a message to Labour. Ballsy move tbh.
Similar to the DLP of the mid 50's to mid 70's
The Australians should have called it Free market Socialist Party.
@@kevinloving3141 Thanks for letting us know what to name our parties. And Labor isn't socialist, any more than Canada's Liberal party is socialist
Hella based
Is this a ploy to convince the Kaiserreich devs to make an Australian Civil War?
God I hope
I would love that
I pray and wish
They've already reworked Australasia & have no intentions of changing it any time soon. Believe me, I tried.
That said, they're planning a New Zealand rework at some point.
@@Hawkatana Once I finish my uni for this year that's the first thing on my to-do list
“Every bloke a king!”
Every *mate* a king
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We was kangs sitting on our milk box thrones while sucking on the sweet nectar called center link
@@patriot1724 have a sook : )
Considering “Lang” is just the word Long in German, it’s a perfect parallel.
Jack Lang Dang
@@Palladiosios JACKY LANG DANG!
So many American last names are just german words
@@smeagscientist I believe there was a massive influx of European migrants in the 19th century
@@garrettallen7427 huey long dong and jack lang dang
Australian History: CRIMINALLY Overlooked.
It's a great pun title option.
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I saw what he did there.
@@Bubby3D probably because it’s not nearly as influential as American, European, or Asian history
Lol
@@carstarsarstenstesenn nah they just don't teach us anything about australia past 1920
How does one go to the bank and say:
"yo hi uh, I'd like to withdraw *all the government's money* in cash thanks"
Carefully
I would like to to withdraw all money that keeps the country working
”k. 500 dollar bills, right?”
using unemployed lumber Jacks who don't mind breaking a few kneecaps. Tax collectors aren't near as beefy.
Must help that you can't call the police, because they're all there loading the money into the trucks.
He’s not well known inside Australia either.
I’m Australian, enjoy history, and have never heard of him until now.
Great video.
I mainly know of him as having been an influence on Keating
they don't dare touch any of this in modern schooling. i wonder why..?
Same
Im british but i live there and i havent either
We need to make him more known.
Damn beat me to it! Epic work! LANG IS GREATER THAN LENIN
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Was literally going to regurgitate some of your talking points on this from one of your old pods but it would seem I don’t need to
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*AUSTRALIAN UNION STATE EVERY MATE A KING*
Kaiserreich
Much Huey Long.
FOR GOD, COB AND COUNTRY
Imagine if Jack and Huey met. Would've been the ultimate meetup
"Lang, meet Long, Long, this is Lang."
@@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts dang
Dang if long met lang id bet long and lang would get along very well
Long Dong and Lang Schlang
Migjt even cause a small political ideology to be createdaround there shared vallues
From Lang to Long, it only takes a character.
Accidental pun at the end?
@@camacaron06 Sorry?
@@EdoardoLusuardi At the end of what you says it says it only takes *A* character, if you take away the A in Lang and replace it with O it makes Long so it’s a sort of accidental pun
@@camacaron06 I mean, that was sort of the joke, but that's even more specific. Very good.
apparently it also only takes a translation from german to english.
Jack lang: wants to abolish the uppers house
Queensland: laughes
For those who don't get the joke, Queensland which is the state directly north of New South Wales does not have an upper house and is the only Australian State to not have one.
Just so you know why, the upper house at the time not only got paid a Salary but also got paid an extra daily rate for each sitting day and various other allowances also paid based on sitting days. the Labor government of the day didn't like it because it was an appointed body. the body got up to shenanigans like refusing to Rise and wile they continued to sit they refused to pass any legislation using the deadlock they themselves created to justified their refusal to rise. the minor parties (who couldn't get anyone in the upper house) and conservatives who where jack of the waste of money where complicit in the plot to dissolve the body.
@@stile8686 And that also happened in the 1920s just a few years before Lang tried it over in NSW
@@glenmcinnes4824 So basically no one liked it, left or right?
@@wannabehistorian371 The Right & Center liked it when it was working like it was supposed to, an electorally neutral check and balance against some fool populist passing some illegal or bank braking policy that would take decades to undo, but both sides used it for Shenanigans and it turned in to a giant Scam that did nothing but cost the treasury money and got in the way of running the state.
He moved to France and renamed himself Jacques Lang.
the french minister for culture and latterly education no less
@Shadow Master 3 It’s a joke.
@Shadow Master 3 Wow that’s cool!
But the joke is that the names are similar. The comment was a joke.
The French one is also called Jack and not Jacques
Fun fact: France also had a politician called Jack Lang. He was considered "number 2 of the government" under the socialists, but was defeated in his own constituency in the 2012 legislative elections (despite it being a socialist wave year)
Weird name for a French guy
He is more famous in France for being the minister of culture in the 80s and 90s and creating the music day (21st of june)
@@1000eau He's famous for more than that actually...
Please do more videos on Australian political history, it’s honestly insane.
That time the CIA supported a coup against prime minister Gough Whitlam in the 70s, Prime minister Bob Hawke holding the record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds and Prime minister Harold holt going for a swim in the ocean and disappearing. And yes, Australia is a real place
not sure about that cia coup against Whitlam but honesty who knows charter might have been planning something
Tony Abbott eating a raw onion.
Wasnt there an australian president who shat himself in a mcdonalds?
@@astrokaizer yeah, our current prime minister shat himself in a McDonald's in 1997 lmao
There isn't really much to Holt. He was an old man with heart issues who had been warned not do strenuous exercise. He went swimming anyway to impress his mistress
You should also do a video on Queensland's longest serving premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. He was often named 'The Hillbilly Dictator' and as a state premier Sir Joh (he had himself appointed a sir) , tried to become Prime Minister and in so, destroyed his own government and party, with many of his cabinet ministers going to prison in the years after his government!
And to top it off he only avoided prison himself because he had stacked the jury.
Would love an in-depth video on him and his antics he pulled up here in the deep north (Queensland)
The best part was the honest members of his own government taking advantage of a Four Corners episode while he was overseas on a trade deal. God he was a blight on the state.
Even more entertaining. Outlawed men walking three abreast as it was a "gang".
One thing I loved about Joh was how he described giving a media press briefing as 'feeding the chooks' (chooks is Australian for chickens).
Joh also played a part in the dismissal of then Prime Minister Whitlam. One horrible politician taking out another horrible politician, only to be taken out himself a decade later.
Another fun fact is the Sydney Harbor Bridge was made with British metal and was on loan from British banks. After the bridge was opened, the banks raised the interest rates considerably. Jack Lang responded by paying no interest rates at all, claiming that the British banks already made a profit from their steelworks, and the interest rates were offensive, so he just refused to pay them. That put the British Government offside. NSW didn't get ripped off by the British banks, thanks to Jack Lang.
It was made from British steel that was formed using Australian iron. How ironic is that
Everytime I hear about an obscure politician from the 1930s, I think about how it would play into Kaiserreich
Well you can elect Lang in Kaiserreich actually. I did it in my Australasian Republic.
@@devinrichards4559 what does he do
@@timvanrijn8239 Kinda just becomes Prime Minister / President. I can't remember the full process of becoming a republic and getting him elected but I know it involves having him split off from the labor party to form his Lang Labor Party.
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The Queen's representaive in Australia is Governor-General; the equivalent in NSW (and other States) is Governor - no generals there. And in the 1920's the currency was pounds, not dollars
@The Nova renaissance Very true, but I was referring to the nomenclature of the Governor's in general. I really should have said the monarch
Yeah, I've written a fair bit of Australian history, although mostly Vic and Tas. I was going to let those errors "go through to the keeper" because they're not that important to the story. Overall I though it was a pretty good video especially as the only non Australian on TH-cam who has covered much of our past is The History Guy who has done things like Eureka, Cowra Breakout, CSS Shenandoah, etc. Hopefully this is the start of other non Australians making vids on our history. (I'm happy to fact check any manuscripts.)
Yeah, it’ll be nice to see things like the 1975 Whitlam Crisis, or Joh Bjekle-Pietersen and 1980’s Aussie Politics being covered.
@@aeigdiusflaviusquintus1337 It would be a very brave video maker to cover any political issue that is still in living memory... unless they want an especially heated and nasty comments section. That's why they mainly do very old political stuff or more recent non political subjects.
@@Dave_Sisson bro NOBODY cares about the Whitlam dismissal. Comment section will be fine. Maybe the Howard gun buyback would generate a flame war, also the NBN I guess but pfft Whitlam is old old old news.
Now THIS is how you rule an Australian state
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He also mentored Paul Keating who would go on to become a Labor Prime Minister in the 90s
A very young Malcolm Turnbull also visited Jack Lang all the time
Keating got Lang readmitted to the Labor Party in the early 70s.
Keating was voted out in 1996.
the lizard of Oz?
Paul Keating knew his stuff and this is why.
Jack Lang is also barely known in Australia. My history teachers did a great job of teaching us about WWI and WWII and the colonial period, but missed out pretty much everything. When I graduate and get out there teaching I won't make the same mistake.
Same mistake? Your teachers taught you what they were told to not what they wanted.
sadly you dont get much choice in what you teach these days.
@@aussiemilitant4486 Not in high school or public. Colleges and Universities have more choice in what they teach.
"The colonial period" did you learn about Jandamarra and the Aboriginal heroes of the Frontier Wars?
Well done. My late Mom met Jack Lang as a child when she was introduced to him by her Mother on Central Railway Station in Sydney. My Mum remembered Jack as being a well dressed and polite gentleman, humble and kind. He ruffled her hair and told her she looked like Shirley Temple. To Australians Jack Lang was a hero of the people who's social policies addressed poverty and issues facing the working class. God rest his soul.
Plus he challenged the corrupt nature of the banks, which is apparently why he got dismissed like Gough Whitlam.
7:07 - The Australian Dollar wasn't yet a thing, it was the Australian Pound.
Yeah I spotted that too. And at one stage he spelt Labor "Labour" but then it was right next screen.
Was also unsure if this was just an older spelling and maybe I didn't realise.
Yep, that and the fact that Lang, as a state politician, wasn't in a position to bring in such a scheme.
When he says 'he's not very well known outside of Australia'. Dude, barely anyone knows about him in Australia itself! That's why your channel and Friendlyjordies are bloody legends for bringing him and his amazing legacy into the public consciousness! On ya mate!
I know it's a bit of an old comment, but the reason that the Murdoch/Liberal Party doesn't allow people to study Australian History is Labor built the country and the Liberals ruined everything. It's funny how if you take all of the awesome history out of Australia, the Labor Party basically disappears from the history books.
Anyone with a reasonable grasp of Australian history knows about Lang & his sacking; it's comparable to the Whitlam dismissal. If you hadn't heard of him before then go back to the school you attended & ask for a refund.
@@sentimentalbloke185 You misunderstand. The Libs had such a massive stranglehold on education for so long that the curriculum itself is the issue, not the kids.
You're basically saying "Kids need to pay more attention to the lessons they aren't allowed to be given." Makes no sense.
It's a miracle the Whitlam Dismissal was taught at all given how anti-union and anti-Labor the history curriculum was when I was at school.
@@nelsonstewart5999 Nonsense. What does 'Libs had a massive stranglehold on education' even mean?
@@sentimentalbloke185 Look up the changes John Howard made to the curriculum for starters.
America: Long
Australia: Lang
China: Hong
Ireland: Larkin
Japan: Ling
Excellent. You have now contributed more to Australian history than most Australian schools.
Honestly
My koala grandfather once voted for Jack Lang while he was in Australia.
wdym by he was in Australia ? wasn't he in Australia when he died ?
@@spacepenguin4304 That means he got shipped off to overseas before his demise...
Go eat a Eucalyptus leaf
@@basedbattledroid3507 (insert koala noises)
That time an American taught me the history of my country.
He's not known because he was buried. By the Liberal/National party because he was too much of a threat. And by Labor because he became seriously racist in his later years after leaving politics. He was one of the biggest supporters of the 'White Australia' policy that ran from the 30s to the 60s.
He still got a full state funeral and is honoured by the Labor party. Truely a large personality but a complex character.
The white Australia policy started for 1901 referred to the immigration restriction Act the first act of the government after Federation.
@@timcoffey1169 I was more thinking of its formalisation just before the 30s when they started kicking out foriegn labourers but I guess if you extend it to all the anti-chinese stuff it counts
Paul Keating who was Australian prime minister from 1991 - 1996 was a big fan of Jack Lang who he worked for as a young man in the 1960's before entering federal parliament.
Lang had a small Sydney newspaper named the Century and Keating came to his office twice a week for eight years to help him with the newspaper proofs.
It's obvious Lang had a significant effect on young Keating who became the Labor member for the federal seat of Blaxland at the age of 25 and in future years Keating became a devastating debater in federal parliament as he skewered many a political opponent with his aggression and wit.
It would be fair to say that Keating served a very useful apprenticeship under Lang and certainly adopted many of his political philosophies and "take no prisoners" attitude.
@@greg9246 The wit of Keating is still unmatched. He did indeed do his opponents slowly and thoroughly.
Gonna be a sad day when he dies. We already lost Hawke last year.
@Shadow Master 3 The Nationals were founded in 1920 and the Liberals in 1944, even then as the successors to the UAP, so they were really founded in 1931.
From a proud Aussie, thank you so much for covering a lesser-known part of our history. Australia’s past is often overlooked and it makes me so happy to see it get some of the credit it rightfully deserves!
yeah we need more credit for this sick mess 😂😒
criminally overlooked. good pun. i respect.
Yes
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This makes me miss Brain4Breakfast
Yes
Lang>Long.
Also, moment to appreciate that at the start of video you perfectly overlayed and lined up the map of NSW on the map of Australia
Both with a vision: to end the threat of the Syndicalist bastards and make every man a king! :)
Lang was a monstrous racist who supported white Australia laws
Imagine, a Kaiserreich campaign where the Non-Sindicalist Labor Party goes to war with the Paternalistic Emu Corps.
Bro how could you talk about Jack Lang and not mention how he mentored Paul Keating, a future prime minister? That's like one of the most important parts of his story
Because this is about jack lang not Paul keating
@@briannawaldorf8485 maybe the real Paul Keating was the friends we made along the way
my grandmother told me i would not exist were it not for Jack Lang. "Jack Lang Saved Your Family!"
My god, there’s two of them
This is like that time Louisiana's governor became a dictator.
You should research Queensland’s Joh Bjelke-Petersen
@@bigburlyunclerory There can never be a video long enough to cover the shenanigans that is QLD under Bjelke-Petersen
@@irishgodfatherchris Insanely corrupt and strange man
@@bigburlyuncleroryHuey Long and Jack Lang fought for the working class Sir Jo was the opposite
@@murtog1 bullshit their mean were antithetical to the emancipation of the working class.
"Kaiserreich having obscure characters"
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Takes me back to Year 11 History class learning about Lang Labor. I enjoyed that so much I'm an historian now. Great job EmperorTigerstar!
Fun fact: I'm actually related to the Governor-General who served while Lang was Premier.
Also, the e in Canberra is silent.
Not Governor-General. Governor of N.S.W.
@@PhilipCunningham1788 No, I meant the Governor-General. As in the one on the federal level.
Wait you are related to Issac Issacs?
@@WordBearersChaos Yep. Can't say I like the guy, though.
My great-grandfather was a friend of Jack Lang’s and another early member of the Labor Party (and an engineer on the harbour bridge); my grandfather had told me stories of the family stockpiling guns and readying to march to Canberra, it’s great to learn the backstory behind that weird moment in my family’s history.
Hey Tigerstar, as an Aussie (Vic represent) I've never heard of this story and I absolutely love it. Also if you ever need help with Aussie pronunciation I can lend a hand because whilst words probably should be read some way, Australians don't pronounce it properly (seriously we pronounce it Cam-bra)
And it’s the labor party not Labour Party
@@hehnothinpersonalkid5323 after wondering *why* it's spelt "Labor" given AusEn is "labour" i googledit, and it's really kinda funny. the Wikipedia page is pretty well sourced - apparently, in the 1910s, a US-born Labor politician favoured their spelling reform and chose to omit the "u" on some documents, and that just stuck.
which is an interesting and rather early example of US influence on Australia
(edited cuz i accidentally pressed post before finishing my comment)
@@elfinvale wow! Great fact.
..... no one pronounces it cam-bra
@@macfin4862 depends on wether you have a broad Aussie accent or not... Definitely heard cam-bra, also heard can-bra, both with two syllables. The main point is (at least on my opinion), I've never heard it pronounced with three syllables as in can-ber-ra by an Aussie.
Thank you for this video, I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video in Jack Lang for ages!
Thanks for the coverage of Lang my friend. I agree very much that so much of our history is either swept to the side or just unknown altogether. He also makes an appearance in KR as an anti-syndicalist labor member and later on as a potential prime minister.
If you ever want some more interesting stories from the 30s and 40s hit me up, I've got quite a few books and documents that could help with research
Cheers mate. Any good book recommendations for around that time?
@@victorcode2075 Apologies for the delay friend, If you want some more stuff on Lang I think Problems in Australian History: The Depression of the 1930s covers a lot of the period pretty well but there are a lot of other specific books I can suggest.
What are you more interested in looking at?
Huey *Long*
Jack *Lang*
Thank you for segmenting your videos! it makes it easy to repeat it in case I don't understand somethingl I appreciate your videos very much! Thank you for putting in the effort
Huh, had heard of him before but didn’t really know much of this part of our history. Good video!
I now really want an alternate history video on an Australian civil war
I am making a joke Australia mod if Western Australia seceded. I don't think I am brave enough to make a proper historical Lang Civil War mod on my own though so I am also waiting.
@@loomhigh If Western Australia Did secede, which they should do, the rest of Australia would go broke.
As an Aussie I am honestly impressed that others outside our country know how much of a bloody legend Lang was.
Thankyou.
Thanks for the great vid!
Thanks for another very interesting video.
Auburn is hardly "outside of Sydney ".
The one in Melbourne is
Back then in the 20’s it was yeah. But as Sydney expanded, places like Paramatta which were considered different cities got enveloped into sydney
urban sprawl......
You should Do a video on queenslands worst premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson
Thanks for the video, very interesting.
I enjoyed your video. Thank you.
Why do Americans insist on pronouncing Canberra “can-Berrah”
That's how you pronounce it in the general American accent
Well for anybody wondering it’s pronounced Can-Bruh but mashed together
I'm American how do I pronounce it
@@michaelanderluh6372 Can-bra
Well since the British failed to teach Aussies how to properly speak English it falls to us. :)
Glad to see someone else cover Australian Political history other than myself. Just a few notes: You seemed to mix up State and Federal election near the end of the video. Another note is near the end of his life Lang Would take on a man by the name of Paul Keating as his protegee, Keating would go on to be Prime Minister in some respects bringing Lang legacy to the top job. If you or you followers are interested I have done several videos on Australian political history.
Brilliant work as always.
I’m always so glad to see people talk about Australian history. Lots of weird stuff happens down here.
Lang gang for life!
A shame we (referring to humanity as a whole, I’m not Australian) don’t have politicians like this anymore
Heckler/Supporter: Give us guns Jack! JTL: Give you guns, last Saturday we gave you pencils and you did not know what to do with them. (Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, Sydney a week after his dismissal by AVM Sir Phil.)
Jack Lang is a local legend. Shame almost nobody knows about him-good on you for making this video.
That was some incredible history. That was so amazing. I love it.
Wow. Well, I’m bringing this up in the Kaiserreich discord!
Wait, that’s a thing? Would you happen to have an invite link?
@@a-cell4564 discord.com/invite/kaiserreich
Does this work?
Whats this kaiserreich thing ?
I've never heard of it.
@@carlwesternut2434 Hoi4 mod
@@historiansayori2089 Thanks for the invite!
I'm so happy more people are finding out about absurd Australian history like jack as it can be very entertaining and important to know
Fascinating stuff, thank you sir
Was not expecting this topic! I bang-on about Jack Lang all the time! I'm always saying how wrong it is that Australian's have largely forgotten him. Excellent video!
You left out one thing, 4 years before his death in 1971 Jack Lang was readmitted to the ALP thanks in no small part to the agitation of his protege and future Prime Minister Paul Keating.
Goodness it's weird hearing an American talk about this niche piece of Australian history! Glad you found us interesting!
thank you for doing a video on an Australian legend
Lang was quite the interesting man whom I had never heard of. Thank you for talking about him.
My siblings and I were introduced to him by my dad in 1971 when I was 6 years old and we each got his autograph.
Dad was always a fan of his, so we ended up always knowing about him, but when I met him I was too young to understand who he was, and at the time just thought he was some old relative or something.
you knew lang and thought he was but a smelly old man. nice
"Lang, meet Long, Long, this is Lang."
Thank you! love from victoria
Sir Philip Game was Governor of New South Wales i.e. he was the King's representative in NSW matters. The Governor-General is a different person; he or she is the monarch's representative in federal matters. Both were at the opening of the Harbour Bridge although neither was invited to cut the ribbon.
He also created the Fête de la musique (or World Music Day.) What a Man!
it always struck me as odd as to how lang could be keatings political mentor with their vastly differing views, lang would be rolling in his grave at seeing what keatings australia has become since the 80s
this should have more views lang was a legend and so is emperor tigerstar
stumbled across your video today and am glad i did. i'm a Queenslander and somewhat unfamiliar with NSW political history (even tho NSW, being the most populous and oldest state, tends to dominate the country's consciousness), including Jack Lang. much appreciated hearing an American talk about Australia, given it's usually the opposite!
I mean, it's a really interesting story, and I love knowing about these "unknown" bits of history, but why would he be known outside of Australia, if none of his actions affected other countries in any way (at least from what you tell in the video)? Either way, it was a great video.
Not only that, Australia's population in the anglosphere even today is *TINY* and it's not like Canadian politicians or British politicians are commonly known either unless they were global leaders in the middle of massive foreign policy crises. Australia's population is lower than North Korea's.
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes
Dang, North Korea has that many people?
@@newtfigton8795 Granted, North Korea's are barely higher, but the point was to illustrate how small Australia is relative to how much people talk about it.
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes Yes, Australia punches well above its weight.
As a side note, Canberra is pronounced more as "CAN- Braa."
The goods standard is something that a hundred percent should’ve been implemented. Australia’s manufacturing industry has basically been destroyed and a policy like that could saved so many jobs.
Very interesting, I did not know about the plot to kidnap the GG. An interesting story I know is that during the 1960s Lang got to know and become friends with Paul Keating. Keating was then elected to the Federal Parliament in 1969 and got Lang readmitted to the Labor party in 1971. Keating then went on to become Federal Treasurer during the 1980s and Prime Minister from 1991-96.
You should do this about the 1986 Illinois governors election and La Rouche, super obscure despite being incredibly recent. I can link sources if you want.
After skimming through LaRouche's and the 1986 gubernatorial's Wikipedia pages this topic already sounds very promising. Hope we get a video on this sometime
The Dollop have an episode about Lyndon La Rouche that's pretty amazing
Lang’s progressive legislature along with his bullish personality almost remind me of Teddy, as if he was his Australian counterpart, love it!
Great video mate, very interesting to hear foreigners talking about Australian history! For future reference though, Canberra is pronounced "Canbra". And as a Melbournian I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't tell you to say "Melburn" 😁
As a young man I saw Jack Lang - aged 92 - give an impassioned speech against the Vietnam war. He still had plenty of fire in his belly.
Aussie history is unknown to me. Love learning more about it.
Jordies loves Lang, and rightfully so.
And as for late 19 century/early 20th century Australian history, Mark Twain visited and nailed it. He said "the history of Australia reads like a series of beautiful lies".
Good job!
Wait Wasn't this video called "Australia's Huey Long" or am i seeing things wrong?
He probably changed the title
Was his full name jackelin language or jack a' langtern?
EmperorTigerstar, bro, the Kaiserreich team should really hire you to do research for them and advise on historical contents. You are awesome and great video btw.
Lang lived at Riverstone, NSW. I met a cabbie who drove Lang every day from there to ALP headquarters in Sydney, and according to him Lang was the only honest politician in the country.
Excellent. Just one note, it is pronounced CAN-BRA not CAN-BERRA
Same
There's a french politician with the same name.
Jack Lang still commuted (by train) to his office in Sydney well into his 80s. My grandfather (A staunch Labor man) pointed him out to me as we were travelling to Sydney ourselves (this would have been in the early 1960s). I saw him myself once or twice after that.
Awesome video! BTW Auburn is in Sydney