the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia at Maralinga. He was reviled by the right as is indicated in Roderick Meagher's portrait in Quadrant, and associated with Edmund Campion, Patrick White, Manning Clark and Donald Horne. Family McClelland married three times: in 1947 to Nora Fitzer with whom he adopted two children but divorced in 1968 in 1968 to Freda Watson who brought three stepchildren. She died in 1976 in 1978 to Gillian Appleton. Notes References Bibliography Portraits: Jim McClelland, Quadrant, June 2005 – 49:6 [Accessed 4 March 2006] James McClelland, (1988), Stirring the Possum: A Political Autobiography, Penguin, Sydney James McClelland, (1989), An Angel Bit The Bride Penguin Gillian Appleton, (2000), Diamond Cuts: An Affectionate Memoir of Jim McClelland Macmillan External links From the State Memorial Service for Jim McClelland at The Whitlam Institute website 1915 births 1999 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia 1975 Australian constitutional crisis Australian royal commissioners Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for New South Wales Members of the Cabinet of Australia People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne 20th-century Australian lawyers 20th-century Australian politicians People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II