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Selected Events in Trade Union History Brisbane General Strike (1912)

From
1912
To
1912
Functions
Strike

Summary

The refusal by the Tramways Company's to recognise union members' right to wear union
badges results in a general strike across Brisbane.

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

  • The Brisbane general strike of 1912, 1950, VF 331.8929 mor; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Edited Books

  • Murphy, D.J. (ed.), The Big Strikes, Queensland 1889-1965, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Queensland, 1983, 303 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Morrison, A.A., 'The Brisbane general Strike of 1912', Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 4, no. 4, 1950, pp. 125-144. Details

Bruce A. Smith