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Weevils at work : what's happening to work in Australia : an oral record, Lowenstein, Wendy, 1997
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 -
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Alice Henry: The power of pen and voice, Kirkby, Diane, 1991
Biography of Alice Henry, Australian suffragist, journalist and unionist. She also became prominent in the USA trade union movement. Relevance to trade unionism, women's suffrage and feminism. Biographical interest.Hardback; purple cover; pink, white and black lettering; 254 pages.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, feminism, women's issues, trade unions, trade unions - history, biography -
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Australian history: The occupation of a continent, Mellor, Suzanne, 1978
Australian history includes coverage of: Indigenous matters; white settlement; Macquarie; convicts; immigration; pastoral era; politics; gold rush; unions; identity; federation; wars; the great depression.Treatment of issues relating to the Ballarat Reform League and the Eureka Stockade. One chapter covering craft unions, unskilled workers, Trades Halls, women's issues, industrial action, and ALP and unionism.Paperback; yellow with black lettering; 411 pages.Front cover: title and authors' names Title page: the name CULNANE has been written in red.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, gold mining - ballarat, eureka stockade, ballarat reform league, unions - history -
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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