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Poor treatment by the Government of some returning World War 1 soldiers. Labour hire practices on Melbourne's waterfront in the 1920's & 1930's.
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An Ordinary Life - The story of Allan Whittaker.
Film, Stig Wemyss, An Ordinary Life - The story of Allan Whittaker, 2025
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The Story of Allan Whittaker. Allan Whittaker was an invalided soldier having been wounded at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. In 1928 he was a labourer on the waterfront at Port Melbourne and was involved in a workers' protest with respect to employment and conditions where he was shot and subsequently died several weeks later.
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