From Dust and Rabbits. The First Eighty Years 12+

🔖 From Dust and Rabbits is a particularly apt title as anyone who is familiar with Hopetoun and the Mallee country of western Victoria can attest. Dust storms were frequent and rabbit was a principal item of diet. To get by in the Mallee required strength, determination and a high degree of self-discipline. Life there was a constant battle and Len’s is a classic Australian story of a young man from a poor but supportive family, who overcame all sorts of obstacles to have an extraordinary career. Len Glare's career took him to the highest levels of the Public Service and to head the administration of the then largest superior court in Australia, the Family Court.At age 16 Len went to Melbourne and became a qualified telegraphist and Morse code operator. Following a spell in RAAF National Service he returned to the Post Office and met his wife Barbara and they married in 1956. The book describes Len's long climb in the Public Service, including insights into the workings of the Public Service. Very unusually for a person of his training and background, Len and the family moved to Canberra where he joined the Attorney-General’s Department and eventually became Deputy Secretary. Len covers his relationship with various political figures, including ten Attorneys-General. A highlight was his involvement, at the direction of Gareth Evans, in organising spy flights by the RAAF over Tasmania during the dams dispute.Len also covers his involvement in the investigation of the viol...