Jack Lang: The Australian Who Almost Started a Civil War

Jack Lang was so popular he almost started a civil war in Australia. Yet for some reason, very few people know about this man, so I had to make a video on him.

Sources used:
"The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010" by David Clune and Ken Turner
"Jack Lang and the Great Depression" by Frank Cain
"A Concise History of New South Wales" by John S Croucher
"1932" by Gerald Stone
"The Turbulent Years" and "I Remember" by Jack Lang

[friendlyjordies]

Damn beat me to it! Epic work! LANG IS GREATER THAN LENIN

[TheCoal]

Is this a ploy to convince the Kaiserreich devs to make an Australian Civil War?

[zwan]

Considering “Lang” is just the word Long in German, it’s a perfect parallel.

[s]

He’s not well known inside Australia either.
I’m Australian, enjoy history, and have never heard of him until now.
Great video.

[ComradeIskandr]

How does one go to the bank and say:
"yo hi uh, I'd like to withdraw *all the government's money* in cash thanks"

[herebejamz]

Australian History: CRIMINALLY Overlooked.

It's a great pun title option.

[Joniclem]

“Non-Communist Labor Party” is such a hell of a name

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Imagine if Jack and Huey met. Would've been the ultimate meetup

[EdoardoLusuardi]

From Lang to Long, it only takes a character.

[Viguier]

He moved to France and renamed himself Jacques Lang.

[thomasburgess]

You should also do a video on Queensland's longest serving premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. He was often named 'The Hillbilly Dictator' and as a state premier Sir Joh (he had himself appointed a sir), tried to become Prime Minister and in so, destroyed his own government and party, with many of his cabinet ministers going to prison in the years after his government!

[nathanielnicol]

Jack lang: wants to abolish the uppers house
Queensland: laughes

[drivernephi]

Please do more videos on Australian political history, it’s honestly insane.
That time the CIA supported a coup against prime minister Gough Whitlam in the 70s, Prime minister Bob Hawke holding the record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds and Prime minister Harold holt going for a swim in the ocean and disappearing. And yes, Australia is a real place

[Julio]

Fun fact: France also had a politician called Jack Lang. He was considered "number 2 of the government" under the socialists, but was defeated in his own constituency in the 2012 legislative elections (despite it being a socialist wave year)

[Austtube]

Another fun fact is the Sydney Harbor Bridge was made with British metal and was on loan from British banks. After the bridge was opened, the banks raised the interest rates considerably. Jack Lang responded by paying no interest rates at all, claiming that the British banks already made a profit from their steelworks, and the interest rates were offensive, so he just refused to pay them. That put the British Government offside. NSW didn't get ripped off by the British banks, thanks to Jack Lang.

[quentenwalker]

The Queen's representaive in Australia is Governor-General; the equivalent in NSW (and other States) is Governor - no generals there. And in the 1920's the currency was pounds, not dollars

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Now THIS is how you rule an Australian state

[westsaxon]

He also mentored Paul Keating who would go on to become a Labor Prime Minister in the 90s

[jamesgeorge]

Everytime I hear about an obscure politician from the 1930s, I think about how it would play into Kaiserreich

[dazzlerjohnwatchman]

Well done. My late Mom met Jack Lang as a child when she was introduced to him by her Mother on Central Railway Station in Sydney. My Mum remembered Jack as being a well dressed and polite gentleman, humble and kind. He ruffled her hair and told her she looked like Shirley Temple. To Australians Jack Lang was a hero of the people who's social policies addressed poverty and issues facing the working class. God rest his soul.