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Selected Events in Trade Union History Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1886)

From
1886
Adelaide, South Australia
To
1886
Functions
Congress

Summary

This Congress was held in Adelaide in October 1886. Seventy delegates attended, representing all colonies except Western Australia. The Congress passed a resolution supporting direct representation of labour in 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

  • Robinson, W.A. (ed.), Official Report of the Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress, held in Adelaide on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th of September 1886, Trades and Labour Council of South Australia, Adelaide, 1886, 104 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 28 June 2001, Last modified: 4 January 2002