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Humble and Obedient Servants." The Administration of New South Wales, Volume II, 1901-1960, by Peter J. Tyler; State Records of New South Wales in conjunction with UNSW Press, 2006, $59.95.
FOLLOWING CLOSELY on the heels of Hilary Golder's excellent first volume is this worthy successor. It covers the period from Federation through to the end of the remarkable reign of Wallace Wurth, Chairman of the New South Wales Public Service board from 1939 until 1960. Tyler has produced an efficient and well-written history of New South Wales administration in the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. He sets his boundaries early, and sticks to them as far as possible. ...