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Selected Events in Trade Union History Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1884)

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    Delegates Intercolonial Trades Union Congress, 1884, courtesy of Photograph appearing between pp. 496 and 497, W.G. Spence, "Australia's Awakening", The Worker Trustees, Australia, 1909..
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1884
Melbourne, Victoria
To
1884
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Congress

Summary

This Congress was held in Melbourne in April 1884. Sixty-nine delegates attended, representing all colonies except Tasmania and Western Australia. The Congress passed a resolution supporting payment of Members of Parliament.

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 1879 First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
       1884 Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
             1885 Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                   1886 Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                         1888 Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                               1889 Sixth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                     1891 Seventh Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                           1898 Eighth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress

Published resources

Conference Proceedings

  • MacKinnon, Hamilton (ed.), The Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress. Official Report of the Debates. During the 22nd,23rd,24th and 25th April 1884, in the Trades Hall Council Chamber, Melbourne with introductory preface by the Editor, Melbourne Trades Hall Council, Melbourne, 1884, 149 pp. Details

Digital resources

Title
Delegates Intercolonial Trades Union Congress, 1884
Type
Image
Source
Photograph appearing between pp. 496 and 497, W.G. Spence, "Australia's Awakening", The Worker Trustees, Australia, 1909.

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Bruce A. Smith

Created: 28 June 2001, Last modified: 17 January 2002