A Short History of AustraliaFirst published 1963 Includes index Bibliography: 269-270. |
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Page 160
... Union Steamship Navigation Company at Cir- cular Quay , Sydney . The union was claiming a voice not only on wages and conditions of employment but on the composition of society . When the men agreed to return to work on 2 January , 1879 ...
... Union Steamship Navigation Company at Cir- cular Quay , Sydney . The union was claiming a voice not only on wages and conditions of employment but on the composition of society . When the men agreed to return to work on 2 January , 1879 ...
Page 171
... union or non - union labour for a contract to shear their sheep . When the pastoralists began to employ non - union labour , or what the unions called ' black ' or ' scab ' labour , the wharf labourers in Sydney and Melbourne refused to ...
... union or non - union labour for a contract to shear their sheep . When the pastoralists began to employ non - union labour , or what the unions called ' black ' or ' scab ' labour , the wharf labourers in Sydney and Melbourne refused to ...
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... union of the two parties . The result was a fusion of the two into the Liberal party with Deakin as leader in May 1909. The ob- jective was the union of all liberals throughout the com- monwealth , to secure in Parliament liberal ...
... union of the two parties . The result was a fusion of the two into the Liberal party with Deakin as leader in May 1909. The ob- jective was the union of all liberals throughout the com- monwealth , to secure in Parliament liberal ...
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