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The Story of the National Union of Printing Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Bundock, Clement J, 1959
History of the National Union of Printing, Books, Bindings and Paper Workers.Significant to history of unions and the labour movement in the United Kingdom.Paper. Front cover: dark blue with white text.Front cover: author's name and title.national union of printing, books, bindings and paper workers, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, united kingdom, history, printing industry, unions, printers -
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Goldrush doctors at Ballaarat, 1977
Biographical book about medical practitioners in Ballaarat (Ballarat) goldfields between 1850-1860.Ballarat region - social history.PaperFront cover: title and author's name.medical practitioners, ballaarat, ballarat, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, doctors -
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The History of the Municipal Employees Union in Victoria 1885-1985, Best, Alleyn, 1986
One hundred years' history of the Municipal Employees' Union - 1885-1985.Significant to the history of labour unions in Australia.Paper - book. Front cover: green background; artistic impression of working men in green; text in green and black.Front cover: title and author's name.municipal employees union, federated municipal and shire council employees' union of australia, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions, history, municipal employees, best, alleyn -
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Tas Bull: An Autobiography. Life on The Waterfront, Tas Bull, 1998
An autobiography by Tas Bull who was an Australian trade union leader. Tas Bull became General Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation from 1984 to 1993 and was also an office bearer in the ACTU in the late 1980s-early 1990s.Significant to the history of trade unions - particularly the Waterside Workers' Federation.Paper - book. Front cover: black background; blue and black photograph - male with an MUA inscription on the back of t-shirt; red and black portrait photograph; white text. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, bull, tas, unions, waterside workers' federation, seaman's union of australia, delegates, international transport workers' federation, history, autobiography, actu, australian council of trade unions -
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'A bit of a rebel' : the life and work of George Arnold Wood, Crawford, RM, 1975
George Arnold Wood (1865-1928) was an historian who founded the Australian Anti-War League in 1902 with W.A. Holman and others. He also co-founded the Teachers' Guild of NSW. Biographical. Significant to the history of the Boer War, Teachers' Guild of NSW and Wood's research into Australian history.Paper; book. Front cover: orange background; black and white caricature of George Arnold Wood on the front; black text.Front cover: author's name and title.george arnold wood, historians, australian anti-war league, w.a. holman, teachers' guild of nsw, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, boer war, australian history, crawford, raymond maxwell, crawford, rm -
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Footprints : history of the plumbers union, Crawford, George, 1997
History of the Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees Union of Australia (1928 - 1993).Significant to the labour/trade union movement in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; black and white text; union shield.Front cover: author's name and title.plumbers union, plumbers and gasfitters union, unions, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, labour, wages, nsw, plumbers -
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Freedom in Australia, Campbell, Enid and Whitmore, Harry, 1966
This book is predominantly about Australian civil rights, the legal system (law enforcement, crime, police powers) and treatment of the sick.Legal processes and treatment of the sick.Paper; book.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, civil rights, legal system, law enforcement, crime, police, whitmore, harry, prosecution, arrest, rights, sickness, liberty, freedom of information -
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The Origins of Political Surveillance in Australia, 1983
Cain discusses issues free speech and political surveillance in WWI. The book includes the history of intelligence agencies that started in WWI, but also surveillance of communists and spying on the left in Australia during peace time.Significant to matters of national security, freedom of speech and movement and the use of intelligence agencies during and post WWI.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and green theme with white dots, dark male head with eye accentuated; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.cain, frank, wwi, world war i, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, surveillance, intelligence agencies, free speech, civil liberties, communism, spying -
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Herbert Morrison: portrait of a politician, 1973
Biography of Herbert Morrison (1888-1965), a former British labor party politician who held positions of Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.Significant to Labor Party history in the United Kingdom.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; blue and black photo of Morrison on a podium addressing a crowd of people; black, red and blue lettering.Front cover: authors' names and title.labor party - united kingdom, morrison, herbert, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, home secretary - united kingdom, foreign secretary - united kingdom, deputy prime minister - united kingdom, biography, donoghue, bernard, jones, gw -
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Felicia: the political memoirs of Don Dunstan, Dunstan, Don, 1981
Don Dunstan was a South Australian state politician known for progressive reforms. He was premier of South Australia over the periods June 1967-April 1968 and June 1970-February 1979. He resigned from politics in 1979 and died in 1999.The book forms part of Labor Party history in South Australia and is of an autobiographical nature.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white photograph of Don Dunstan; red and yellow lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, dunstan, don, south australian parliament, premier - south australia, politics, politicians -
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The Australian Labor movement 1850-1907 : historical documents / extracts from contemporary documents, Ebbels, RN et al, 1983
Beginnings of the Australian labour movement and the ideas and circumstances that shaped it over the period 1850-1907.Australian labour movement history - 19th Century.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.australian labour movement, australian labor party, alp, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, politics, australian history, 1850-1907, ballarat trades hall -
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The printers of Melbourne : the history of a union, Fitzgerald, RT, 1967
History of various printing unions in Melbourne up to 1966.Pertinent to union history in Australia.Paper; book; red, black and white cover with a drawing of men operating old printing presses.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions - printing, melbourne, history -
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The Life and Death of Harold Holt, Frame, Tom, 2005
Biography. A profile of the life and circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967.Relevant to Australian political history and the Liberal Party.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photograph of Harold Holt; light blue text.Front cover: author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, liberal party, holt, harold, frame, tom, biography, liberal party of australia, politics, politicians, prime minister -
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A Gippsland union : the Victorian Coal Miners Association 1893-1915, Gardner, PD, 2003
Members of the Victorian Coal Miners Association, were locked out of the Jumbunna Coal Mine in 1903. The book charts the long battle between capital and labour that lasted seventy weeks.Significant to union history - particularly the Victorian Coal Miners Association - and industrial action. Paper; book. Front cover: old black and white picture of miners with their banner; white text.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, victorian coal miners association, strikes, unions, jumbunna coal mine, industrial disputes, coal miners -
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David Stewart and the WEA, Higgins, EM, 1957
Biography of David Stewart (carpenter and educationalist). Through the labour movement, Stewart campaigned for a programme of workers' education. Stewart established a branch of the WEA in Sydney in 1913.Relevant to history of adult education and social history in NSW. The WEA is still in existence and offers courses in languages, the visual arts and humanities.Paper; book. Front cover: orange and white portrait photo of Stewart; red and black text. Front cover: author's name and title.workers educational association, stewart, david, education, labor movement, workers' education, adult education, wea, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council -
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Under the hook : Melbourne waterside workers remember working lives and class war, 1900-1980, Lowenstein, Wendy et al, 1982
An oral history of rank and file wharfies - history of working on the Melbourne waterfront.Relevant to the history of trade unionism and especially waterfront workers.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of two men; red and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oral histories, wharfies, waterfront workers, unions, maritime workers' union, maritime workers' strike, class wars -
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Black armada : Australia & the struggle for Indonesian independence, 1942-49, Lockwood, Rupert, 2013
Account of Australian assistance to the Indonesian rebellion against the Dutch.Relevant to the history of foreign relations in the region. Paper; book. Front cover: white background; various two-tone pictures including images of Evatt and Chifley; black, green and red text. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, boycotts, foreign relations, indonesia, indonesia - revolution, australian history -
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Out of the wilderness : the return of Labor, Lloyd, CJ et al, 1974
The return of Labor to government in 1972 to 1974.Relevant to Australian political history and history of the ALP.Paper; book. Blue and white cover with black and white portrait photographs.Front page: title and authors' name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, whitlam, eg, whitlam, gough, australian labor party, alp, elections, government, whitlam government - dismissal, parliament, mcmahon, william, prime minister -
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Secrets of State: A Detailed Assessment of the Book They Banned, Munster, George, 1982
Secret (leaked) government documents dealing with East Timor, US military bases in Australia, the Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean, the Shah’s regime in Iran and the Vietnam War. Originally published as "Documents on Australian Defence and Foreign Policy 1968-1975" - this edition was previously banned and all unsold copies were destroyed by the government.Significant to Australian foreign relations in the period 1968-1975.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; pictures of newspapers and a book; red and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, east timor, us military bases, soviet navy, vietnam, iran, vietnam war, documents on australian defence and foreign policy, government leaks, shah of iran -
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The general strike, Morris, Margaret, 1976
The General Strike took place in 1926 in Britain. The nine day strike across many industries was called by the Trades Union Congress to protect pay rates and working conditions for coal miners. Relevant to the General Strike and to history of trade unionism in Britain.Paper; book. Cover: collage - picture of 6 men superimposed over a copy of the British Worker; background is white with red text; blue spine.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, general strike - britain, trades union congress - britain, tuc - britain, unions, strikes, industrial action, miners, coal miners, wages -
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Prelude to power : the rise of the Labour Party in Queensland 1885-1915, Murphy, Denis et al, 1970
A study of the rise of the Labor Party in Queensland.Paper; book.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, alp - queensland branch, australian labor party, australian labor party - queensland branch, political science, politics, government -
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A culture of power : rethinking labour movement goals for the 1990s, Mathews, John, 1988
Rethinking labour movement goals for the 1990s.Pertinent to the labour movement's history and goals.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, socialism, working class, politics, unions, economy, alp, australian labor party -
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The ironworkers : a history of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Murray, Robert et al, 1982
History of the FIA from the early 20th century; has coverage of the steel industry that became significant through the first and second world wars. Relevant to union history in Australia and related industries.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background, images of banners and other pictures; red and blue text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, fia, federated ironworkers' association of australia, steel industry and trade, iron and steel workers, iron industries, balmain, mort's dock, wwi, wwii -
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Champions of the impossible : a history of the National Council of Women of Victoria, Norris, Ada May, Dame, 1978
National Council for Women, Victoria is an umbrella organisation for many women's groups and is a political lobby group for reform at local, state and national levels. The group has advocated for pay equality for women.Relevant to social and gender issues in Australia. The author has an impressive history as an advocate for social justice and women's rights. She received several awards throughout her lifetime including the United Nations' Peace Medal in 1975.Paper; book. Cover: black, red and white.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gender issues, national council for women, victoria, lobby groups, social reform, social history, lobbyists, wages, wages equality, women -
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Employer power and weakness : how local and global factors have shaped Australia's meat industry and its industrial relations, O'Leary, Patrick et al, 2012
This book explores the choices employers have made and the reasons behind those choices in the context of the national economy, global meat trade and period of severe booms and busts.Relevant to industrial relations and the Australian and global meat trade.Paper; book. Front cover: Purple and white background; colour picture of meat worker at work.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, meat industry, employers, globalisation, economy, australasian meat industry employees' union, meat industry and trade -- australia, employee relations, exports -
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Massacre at Eureka : the untold story, O'Brien, Bob, 1992
Untold story of the Eureka Stockade (3 December 1854). The rebellion at Eureka arose as a protest against compulsory mining licences for gold miners and led to the siege at the Stockade by colonial forces.Local significance. Relevant to the history of the Eureka Stockade that took place in Ballarat in 1854.Paper; book. Front cover: Red, blue and black background with an artistic rendition of the battle of Eureka. Yellow and white text. Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, eureka lead, gold mining - ballarat, mining licences - ballarat, civil disobedience, lalor, peter, scobie, james, ballarat reform league, bentley, james, humffray, john, southern cross, australian history -
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Enemies within : Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Sandline Crisis: the inside story, O'Callaghan, Mary-Louise, 1999
Julian Chan's government attempted to resolve the Bougainville Civil War using diplomatic means and eventually by military force. These attempts brought down the Chan government.Relevant to the political history of Papua New Guinea and the region. Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white military photograph; black and white text.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chan, julian, chan, sir julian, prime ministers - papua new guinea, sandline crisis, sandline affair, civil wars, politics, history, bougainville civil war, papua new guinea -
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A Century of Struggle: A History of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Victorian Branch, Purdham, Ken, 2002
History of the ETU Australia, its growth and achievements.Relevant to the history and growth of trade unions in Australia.Paper; hardback book; 2 copies. Front cover: blue, orange and black; white text; two-tone industry photographs.Front cover: Author name and title.electrical trades union of australia, victorian branch, etu, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, history -
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Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed, Peacock, Matthew, 2009
Matthew Peacock is an ABC journalist who researched the story of the company, James Hardy, that knowingly continued to sell asbestos products despite serious health risks to its employees and customers. Stories of past employees including the late Bernie Banton who publically crusaded against James Hardy.The book and its stories are significant to workplace health and safety in Australia and consumer safety.Paper; book. Front cover: red and black background; white and red text; photographs of Greg Combet, Bernie Banton and a man holding a banner that reads, "Killed by Asbestos".Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, banton, bernie, james hardy industries, occupational health and safety, asbestos, workers' compensation, political activists, unions, asbestosis, biography -
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A tapestry of Australia : The Sydney wharfies' mural, Reeves, Andrew, 1992
The wharfies' mural shows the combined history of the waterside workers and the labour movement from the 1800s to the late 1930s.Descriptive of the artistic representation of union history, the first world war and the depression.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and white with mural.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, wharfies' mural, wharfies, art and history, depression, unions, history, wwi, waterside workers federation, wwf, murals, labour movement