Selected Events in Trade Union History Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1888)

Summary

This Congress was held in Brisbane in September 1888. Sixty-four delegates attended, representing all colonies except Western Australia. The Congress passed a resolution supporting the Single Tax.

Related entries

Timeline

 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

• Official Report of the Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress, held Brisbane on the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th March 1888, with introductory preface by the Secretary Albert Hinchcliffe, Queensland Trades and Labour Council, Brisbane, 1888, 109 pp. Details