Labor Party, with his "light on the hill" speech seen as seminal in both the history of the party and the broader Australian labour movement.

Early life

Chifley was born at 29 Havannah Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, on 22 September 1885. He was the first of three sons born to Roman Catholic parents: Mary Anne (née Corrigan) and Patrick Chifley II. His father, a blacksmith, was

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