The light on the hill, the Glossary
"The light on the hill" is a phrase used to describe the objective of the Australian Labor Party.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Adam Bandt, Australian Greens, Australian Labor Party, Ben Chifley, Blue Sky Mining, City upon a Hill, Keating!, Midnight Oil, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, Sermon on the Mount, Sydney Trades Hall, The Forgotten People.
- 1949 in Australia
- 1949 speeches
- Australian political catchphrases
- History of the Australian Labor Party
Adam Bandt
Adam Paul Bandt (born 11 March 1972) is an Australian politician and former industrial lawyer who is the leader of the Australian Greens and federal MP for Melbourne.
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Australian Greens
The Australian Greens (AG), commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia.
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Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.
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Ben Chifley
Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician and train driver who served as the 16th prime minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949.
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Blue Sky Mining
Blue Sky Mining is the seventh studio album by Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil, released on 9 February 1990 under the Columbia Records label.
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City upon a Hill
"City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount.
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Keating!
Keating! is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating.
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Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar).
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My Friend the Chocolate Cake
My Friend the Chocolate Cake are an Australian chamber pop group formed in 1989 by mainstays David Bridie on vocals and keyboards and Helen Mountfort on cello and backing vocals (both ex-Not Drowning, Waving).
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Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: Sermo in monte) is a collection of sayings spoken by Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7).
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Sydney Trades Hall
The Sydney Trades Hall is a heritage-listed trade union building located at 4-10 Goulburn Street in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
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The Forgotten People
"The Forgotten People" is a 1942 Australian political speech and campaign slogan by Robert Menzies, an Australian politician who was Prime Minister of Australia 1939-1941 and again 1949-1966. The light on the hill and The Forgotten People are Australian political catchphrases.
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See also
1949 in Australia
- 1949 Australian coal strike
- 1949 in Australia
- 1949 in Australian literature
- Black Armada
- Directive for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Security Service
- Lorenzo Gamboa
- Pilbara strike
- SS Bombo
- The light on the hill
1949 speeches
- Harry S. Truman's 1949 inaugural address
- On the People's Democratic Dictatorship
- The Question Concerning Technology
- The light on the hill
Australian political catchphrases
- Cinderella state
- It's Time (Australian campaign)
- Ladder of opportunity
- The Forgotten People
- The light on the hill
- The only poll that counts...
- The quiet Australians
History of the Australian Labor Party
- 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
- Alleged CIA involvement in the Whitlam dismissal
- Attempted assassination of Arthur Calwell
- Australian Labor Party split of 1916
- Australian Labor Party split of 1931
- Australian Labor Party split of 1955
- Faceless men
- Federal Labor Party (NSW)
- Frontbench of Arthur Calwell
- Gair Affair
- History of the Australian Labor Party
- Industrial Groups
- Labor–Green Accord
- Loans affair
- Nevanas affair
- Orange Grove affair
- Sankey v Whitlam
- The light on the hill
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_light_on_the_hill
Also known as Light on the hill.