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My parents married on 11 July 1925 at Marrickville in Sydney. They devoted their lives to the welfare and future of their four sons.
My father ‘somewhere on the Western Front’. A gas attack damaged his lungs, which contributed to his death at age 59.
Plate 2
It was a short walk from home to Earlwood Primary School. Here I am aged six, sixth from the left in the third row. World War II ended the year before.
Dad’s garage in 1954, just after going ‘one brand’. It was at the corner of Wardell Road and Ewart Street, Dulwich Hill, Sydney. I loved working there.
Plate 3
The Canterbury Boys High School debating team of 1956 (second from the left, front row). Debating gave the priceless discipline of marshalling arguments.
I played in the CBHS Second XI in 1956 (second from the right, front row). Captain Ian Sharpe, on my right, later a professor of economics, was a good leg spinner.
Plate 4
Before a family wedding early in 1955. Dad’s health was failing; he died nine months later. The Howard brothers (from left to right): Stan, John, Bob and Wal.
With Mum at my law graduation early in 1961. My hearing problem made university quite taxing. It also meant I could not go to the bar.
Plate 5
A safe federal seat: Janette and I show elation after the Liberals picked me for Bennelong in December 1973. It was a marathon day.
Plate 6
Our wedding day at St Peter’s, Watsons Bay, 4 April 1971.
A polling booth at Gladesville Public School on election day, October 1980. Fraser’s retreat on taxation would later disappoint me.
Plate 7
This family photo was taken after Richard’s birth in September 1980. Melanie, looking cute, is aged six. I am holding Tim, approaching three.
Plate 8
Late 1975 with Melanie and Janette on the front lawn of our Wollstonecraft home, the scene of many news conferences in the 1970s and ’80s.
Family photos from the 1980s. Weekends were filled with the children’s activities. There was always sport.
I loved reading to them as well.
Plate 9
I became leader of the Liberal Party in September 1985 in amazing circumstances. The euphoria soon faded.
The Liberal campaign launch for the election of 1987 struck a real chord, but ‘Joh for PM’ made victory impossible. We didn’t pick up enough speed to win.
Plate 10
Janette and I on election night 1987. Despite a 1 per cent swing to us, Hawke won four seats.
On the verandah at Wollstonecraft in 1988. Future Directions was launched later that year. It was a clear statement of my philosophical beliefs.
Plate 11
On the eve of the 1996 election, enjoying one of many family holidays at Hawks Nest. During a beach walk, the idea came to me for the Natural Heritage Trust policy from Telstra sale proceeds.
Plate 12
Election night, March 1996 — victory at last!
Watching Lleyton Hewitt’s US Open victory in the lounge room of the Australian ambassador’s residence, Washington, 9 September 2001.
Plate 13
With Richard, Tim and Janette, paying respects at Ground Zero, New York, January 2002. The raw emotion was still strong.
After my victory speech in Sydney on election night 2004. It was the Coalition’s fourth straight win. Unexpectedly, we won control of the Senate.
Plate 14
A proud father with his daughter: Melanie at her graduation from Sydney University, May 1996. All of my children took law degrees.
About to give away Melanie on her wedding day, September 2003.
Plate 15
With George and Laura Bush on the verandah of the White House before an official dinner, May 2006.
Intervarsity fencer Janette brandishes Cromwell’s sword in the ‘long room’ at Chequers. Cherie Blair and I admire her thrust but keep our distance.
Plate 16
With Melanie and my grandson, Angus, after voting on election day 2007.
Conceding defeat on election night 2007, with Richard, Janette, Tim and his future wife, Sarah. My Government left a stronger, prouder and more prosperous Australia.
