The New Guard (Part 1)

Published: Dec. 24, 2015, 10:38 a.m.

It\u2019s 1932 in Sydney: The Harbour Bridge is almost complete after nine years and the whole country continues to struggle with the economic disaster of the previous decade.\n\nBut for well-heeled Sydney lawyer and ex-WWI officer Eric Campbell, the biggest peril of the Great Depression was not mass unemployment or starvation: It was NSW premier Jack Lang\u2014aka the ALP\u2019s \u201cRed Wrecker\u201d\u2014and his dangerously socialist platform.\n\nAs Sydney enters a long hot summer, Campbell starts to plot how he and the New Guard can take Jack Lang out of the picture for good.\n\nThis is a tale of passion and politics in a time of global financial crisis. The rise and fall of Eric Campbell\u2019s New Guard: the fascist army that gatecrashed the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and plotted to overthrow the NSW premier in a military coup.