Selected Events in Trade Union History Shearers Strike (1891)

Summary

Queensland shearers go on strike for seven months when pastoralists begin employing non-union labour at lower wages. Eventually the Shearers' Union money is exhausted and they agree with pastoralists on a dispute settlement
procedure.

Archival resources

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

• Diary of Shearer's Strike, 1891, by Charles Thomas Wyatt, 1891, F337; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

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

• Rose Scott-Cowen Papers 1879-1919, 1879 - 1919, OM71-23; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Books

• Svenson, S., Industrial War: The Great Strikes 1890-94, Ram Press, Wollongong, 1995, 107 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Bolton, Geoffrey and Gregory, Helen, '1891 Shearers Strike leaders: railroaded?', Labour History, vol. 62, 1992, pp. 116-126. Details