The Seven Dwarfs and the Age of the Mandarins: Australian Government Administration in the Post-War Reconstruction Era

In
the history and folklore of Australia’s Commonwealth Public Service, the idea
of the ‘Seven Dwarfs’ has been remarkably persistent. Originally a witty
epithet applied to a powerful group of senior public servants, the term has
come to represent the professionalisation of Australian government
administration during the Second Worl