A lighthearted account of how World War II affected Britain and how the country accepted the realities war time.Relevant to British history in the context of the Second World War.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - united kingdom, world war ii, war, social change, social customs, social commentary

Codes of practice - dangerous goods & railway workers. See also, Occupational Health and Safety Legislation and The Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (https://www.rissb.com.au/).Relevant to the history of workplace practices and occupational health and safety.Paperbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, railways, codes of practice, dangerous goods, locomotives, occupational health and safety, workplace rights

A history of private bus services in Victoria. Includes many anecdotal accounts as well as illustrations.Relevant to history and development of industry and employment possibilities in Victoria.Paper; book. Front cover: light green background; artistic impression of a male driving a Geelong bus; black lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, public transport, buses, buses - private, businesses, employment, history

The author documents and analyses case studies of eleven strikes and lockouts from 1911 to 1968.Relevant to the history of the labor movement and industrial action in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; black and white image of a strike rally; red and black lettering.Front cover: editors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, strikes, industrial relations, industrial action, unions, lockouts

A personal memoir from the widow of Martin Luther King Jr who was a prominent campaigner for civil rights in the USA. He was assassinated in 1968. Covers the history of the civil rights movement in the USA.Biographical relevance - Martin Luther King Jr. Relevant to social history - USA.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white photo of the author and Martin Luther King; black background; white and pink lettering. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, biography, king, martin luther, king, coretta scott, civil rights, social customs, politics, baptists, racial discrimination, racial equality, assassinations, history

A history of the AMWU. The AWMU is an Australian trade union that was part of campaigns for the Eight Hour Day, maternity leave, superannuation, apprentice rights and family-friendly conditions. 1.The AMWU: Politics and Industrial Relations, 1852-2012 /​ Greg Patmore 2.The Hope of the World: The Amalgamation of ADSTE and the AMWU /​ Andrew Dettmer 3.One Big Metal Union? The Impact of Union Amalgamation in Western Australia /​ Bobbie Oliver 4.Off to the Mystery Picnic: Mobilising Young Engineers in Victoria, 1941-1961 /​ Keir Reeves 5.The Female Confectioners Union, 1916-1945 /​ Cathy Brigden 6.The Melbourne Typographical Society and the Melbourne Trades and Labour Council, 1874-76 /​ Andrew Reeves 7.Australia Reconstructed /​ Andrew Scott 8.Celebration of a Union: The Banners and Iconography of the AMWU /​ Andrew Reeves pt. 2 AMWU People 9.The Struggle Continues: Laurie Carmichael Talks /​ Andrew Dettmer 10.Three Tassie Women and Their Union Experiences /​ Robyn McQueeney 11.`Red' Fred - Left in the Right Time and Place: A Political Analysis of Fred Thompson /​ Cora Trevarthen 12.Unity Commands Respect: Memories of EZ /​ Glenys Lindner 13.A Self-contained City: Metalworkers and the Midland Railway Workshops, 1904-1994 /​ Ric McCracken 14.The AMWU Queensland Coal Shop Stewards /​ Chris Harper. Relevant to the history of trade unions and the labour movement, particularly the AWMU.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia background - feint pictures; colour picture of union banner; red and black lettering. Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amwu, australian manufacturing workers union, history, amalgamated metal workers' and shipwrights' union, social conditions, labor movement, amalgamations - unions, industrial relations

An account of some of Australia's best economic, political and social reform, including interviews with Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Rudd and Whitlam's confidant Graham Freudenberg. Table of contents: Three years late to the party The Gough shock A gathering crisis The ingredients for a crack-up Testing the nation's constitution The age of the rorter The siren song of the quarry The drover's dog has his day Learning to let go A license to reform Getting ahead of the game The cult of property Recession as nation-builder The dynamic duo dissolves The last serious election Rolling back the years Passing the tests He of the never ever Tuning in to globalisation The last rich nation standing. Relevant to Australian history, economics, social reform and politics.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; colour photographs of Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and the character Kath (from the TV show Kath and Kim); red, black and blue lettering.Front cover: author's name and title; quotes from Annabel Crabb and Don Watson.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, economics, politics, social history, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, rudd, kevin, fraser, malcolm, whitlam, gough, howard, john, hawke, bob, freudenberg, graham, social reform, prime minister, society and culture

Set in the Great Depression. About unemployed people living in Collingwood and the role of the Methodist mission in caring for poor people in the area.Relevant to Australian history in the Great Depression, particularly in Collingwood.Paper; book. Front cover: brown theme/background; picture of houses and a cobblestone street; brown lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labor council, collingwood, the great depression, unemployment, methodist mission, methodist church, city missions, missionaries, history, social history

An oral history relating to the Great Depression and the personal hardships that were suffered by families. Relevant to Australian social and workplace history, especially during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; artistic impression of working class people, including a banner that reads "work not dole"'; red, yellow and white lettering. Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, the great depression, work for the dole, oral histories, wages, economic conditions, social history, history, australian history, economics, employment, unemployment

History of General Motors Holden and the Holden car as part of Australian national identity.Relevant to employment at General Motors Holden and the history of the automobile industry in Australia. Co-author, Zangalis, was a Greek migrant who started employment (and union membership) at Holden in 1951. Paper; book. Front cover: images of newsprint, US flag and an old model Holden; indicated price is 2/6; yellow and black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gmh, general motors holden, history, history - automobiles, employment, culture, national identity, manufacturing

An oral history. "McQueen uses labourers' own words to retell their battles around scaffolding and shithouses, for the safe removal of asbestos, prompt and adequate compensation, and a decent burial. The stories start in convict times and cover the six states and the ACT. The labourers' struggle for health and safety is followed into their dismantling of the framework of fear erected by the Building and Construction Commission. By tracking on-the-job experiences of demolishers, dog-men, hod-carriers and navvies, McQueen confirms the conviction of an early official of the BLF, Ben Mulvogue: "A union constitutes a school for the working class, wherein they learn self-reliance, learn their rights, privileges, opportunities, as well as their possibilities. Every new demand for better physical protection of the workers ensures a great ideal development for a future generation.'"--Publisher's website. Relevant to the history of health and safety in the building industry and the building unions.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oh&s, occupational health and safety, workers health, building workers, unions, history, oral history

Relates to the resurgence of One Nation party in 2001 and analyses why the party did not disappear after the 1998 election.Relevant to Australian political history and particularly to Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; colour photograph of Pauline Hanson with two men with their heads on her shoulders; brown and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, one nation, hanson, pauline, elections, politics, government, pauline hanson's one nation, election campaigning, journalism, politicians

Social commentary - post-war Europe. Explores materialism, greed, ethics and society.Relevant to modern history and common needs.Paper; book. Grey, black and white cover.Front cover: Quote from Oliver Goldsmith, author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - modern, social commentary, political culture, social change, civilisation

The Australasian Gold Mine disaster happened in Creswick, Victoria in 1882. Twenty nine miners were trapped in a gold mine shaft with only five rescued - the remainder of the miners drowned.Relevant to the history of Creswick and gold mining in the 1800s. Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, creswick, mining, gold mining - creswick, australasian gold mine disaster, miners

History of ambulance services in country Victoria. Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ambulances, health services, hospitals, st john ambulance, ambulance victoria

An oral history: interviews with working and unemployed men and women across many industries. Includes interviews across rural and urban Australia. A companion book to Weevils in the Flour. Relevant to Australian workplace issues.Paper; book. Front cover: green background; colour picture of urban industrial area with smoking chimneys; yellow and white lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oral history, workplace relations, unemployment, employment, interviews, rural people, urban people, weevils in the flour

Ballarat Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees established in 1856.Relevant to the history of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council and the Eight Hour movement in Ballarat.Black and white photograph."Eight hours' day procession Ballarat."btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, eight hours anniversary committee, photograph, eight hours procession

Clare Wright writes about the multitude of women who were at the Ballarat goldfields and the critical roles that they played in the goldfields and the Eureka Stockade. Contents Introduction : dust and rattling bones Part 1. Transitions 1. A virgin country 2. Deliverance 3. Crossing the line 4. The road Part 2. Transformations 5. The gold diggers on '54 6. Winners and losers 7. The winter of their discontent 8. Parting with my sex Part 3 : Transgressions 9. Burning down the house 10. High camp 11. Crossing the line (reprise) 12. Bloody Sunday. Relevant to Australian and Ballarat history and especially facts around the story of the Eureka Stockade.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: blue and white Eureka flag background; white, fawn and blue lettering; sticker (The Stella Prize 2014 Shortlist).Front cover includes title and author's name; quotations from reviewers. Back cover: quotes from reviewers.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, women in history, goldfields, gold miners, gold mining - ballarat, history

The history of the revolution that led to America's declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776. Significant characters in this part of US history were John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Edmund Burke. Relevant to the history of the United States. The declaration of Independence document has become symbolic of human rights in the country - thus, the events leading to it were a catalyst to how American democracy is interpreted and practised.Paper; hardcover book; dust jacket; battle picture on the cover.Front cover: Title and author name. Back cover: Statements of praise by Dan Rather, Andrew Burstein, R.B. Bernstein and Edith B. Gelles.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, declaration of independence, american civil war, american revolution, independence - america, adams, john, adams, abigail, jefferson, thomas, franklin, benjamin, burke, edmund, war, democracy, rights, politics, government, history, united states of america, britain

Songs of Australian heritage for voice. Melody line only with chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature for chords. Convicts, transportation and sea shanties. Pioneering, goldrush days and bushrangers. Shearers, drovers and bush life. Swagmen, Victorian expansion, sporting life and disasters. Contents: • According to the Act • The Albury ram • Another fall of rain • Australia's on the Wallaby • The bald-headed end of the broom • The ballad of Ben Hall • The ballad of the Kelly Gang • The banks of the Condamine • The big-gun shearer • The black velvet band • The blackboys Waltzing Matilda • Bluey Brink • Bold Jack Donohue • Bound for Botany Bay • Brisbane ladies • Cain killed Abel • The cane-cutter's lament • The carrier's song • The Catalpa • Charlie Mopps • Click go the shears • The cockies of Bungaree • Colonial experience • Coming down the flat • The convict maid • The currency lasses • The death of Alec Robertson • The death of Ben Hall • The death of Willie Stone • Denis O'Reilly • The drover's dream • The dying aviator • The dying stockman • Eight little cylinders • The Eldorado mining disaster • The exile of Erin • Farewell to Greta • Flash Jack from Gundagai • The flash stockman • Frank Gardiner • The freehold on the plain • The gaol song • The girls of the Shamrock Shores • The golden gullies of the Palmer • The gumtree canoe • The Hamfat man • Heenan and Sayers • Henry's downfall • Here's adieu to all judges and juries • I've been to Australia, Oh • Jim Jones at Botany Bay • Jog along til shearing • John Kanaka • The Lachlan Tigers • Leave her, jollies, leave her • Les Darcy • The limejuice tub • Look out below • Maggie May • Maids of Australia • Man of the Earth • The Maryborough miner • Moreton Bay • The morning of the fray • Morrisey and the Russian sailor • Musselman • The mustering song • My name is Edward Kelly • Nails • The new chum Chinaman • Nine miles from Gundagai • The nose on my old man • Oh, give me a hut • The old bark hut • The old bullock dray • One of the has-beens • The overlanders • Pint Pot and Billy • Pity poor labourers • Radcliffe Highway • The rigs of the time • Rolling home • The Ryebuck shearer • Sam Holt • Sign-on day • Sixteen thousand miles from home • South Australia • The springtime it brings on the shearing • The stockman's last bed • The Sunshine Railway disaster • Tambaroora Ted • The tattooed lady • Ten thousand miles away • The tent poles are rotten • Travelling down the Castlereagh • Tumba-bloody-Rumba • The two professional hums • Van Diemen's Land • The wallaby brigade • When we get our tuppence back • The wild colonial boy • Woolloomooloo Australian culture, folklore and history in songs.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: multicoloured background; picture of swaggy with guitar; picture of Eureka flag; black and green lettering. Back cover: red, orange and white background; Eureka flag; picture of a shearer with sheep; picture of a person in Ned Kelly armour playing a guitar on a horse; picture of woman facing the Ned Kelly figure; brand with the message "unsurpassed Australian made".Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: author bio; praise from Jack Pobar, swagman.songs, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, convicts, transportation, sea shanties, pioneering, gold, goldrush, bushrangers, shearers, drovers, bush life, sporting life, disasters, music

History of the Labour Party in Britain. Particularly, why the Labour Party was formed and why it became the second party in the state.Significant to the history of Labour in Britain with references to trade unions.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: blue background; picture of houses with a huge V on the horizon; yellow, white and black text. Front cover: "Seminar Studies in History"; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history, labour party - britain, unions, socialism, liberal party - britain, world war i, world war ii, voting and elections - britain

Biography of Jack Lang. Jack Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in his second term of government by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation.Relevant to the history of the ALP in NSW and the labour movement. Biographical interest - Jack Lang.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: picture of Jack Lang.Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: quote from author; synopsis of book content; laudatory comment by the Sydney Morning Herald; cover credits.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, lang, jack, alp, australian labor party, new south wales, financial agreements' legislation, premier, politics, government, governor - state, dismissal

Literature review. Contents - Volume 2 Transport and Communications Natural Disasters Women Immigration and Demography Aborigines Social Welfare Health Education Libraries and Museums Leisure Press The Administration of Justice Bushrangers AppendixRelevant to the history of Victorian state history, social customs and politics.Paperback book. Front cover: red background; picture of horses and carts - historical setting; white and black text. Back cover: picture of Bignell's New Hotel with flag.Front cover: Title and author name. transport, communications, natural disasters, women, immigration, demography, aboriginals, welfare, health, libraries, museums, leisure, press, law, law enforcement, bushrangers

Relates to mining work and history in Kalgoorlie, Northern Territory, South Australia, New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland.Relevant to Australian and New Zealand history, particularly around miners and mining.Paperbook book. Front cover: Name of journal, date and volume number; publisher's name. A drawing of "stamping batteries", Port Phillip Gold Mining Company, Clunes from Illustrated Australian News. Cover includes the words: "Embracing all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage." Back cover: Blank.mining, history, archaeology, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, the great depression, miners, work, welfare, class, maoris, mining - copper, mining - gold

The struggle between the Howard government and the labour movement over the Work Choices legislation. Includes interviews with key players - for example, Greg Combet and John Howard - and reported by Sally Neighbour.Relevant to the union movement and changes in workplace rights. Pertains to the history of the government of John Howard (1996-2007).VHS. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, workplace rights, workplace relations, fair work act, work choices, combet, greg, howard, john, prime minister, actu, australian council of trade unions, australian labour movement, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, four corners, australian broadcasting commission, abc

Joe Hill was a Swedish-American labor hero. He was a songwriter and cartoonist for the union. He was executed for alleged murder in 1914.Relevance to the union and labor movement culture and history in the United States. VHSbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hill, joe, labour movement - usa, songwriters, cartoonists, law, law enforcement