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

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