AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY (MELBOURNE BRANCH)
The green bans preserved much in the built and natural environments and prompted important improvements to the culture of town planning, and environment and heritage legislation at State and federal levels. Mundey’s impact was profound. His commitment to the working-class and conviction about its vital ecological role made him an especially effective force for good. … Continue readingJack Mundey
Join us for the launch of Sean Scalmer’s new book on Graham Berry. Three time premier of Victoria, Berry was a hugely influential figure on Australia’s early political life. Democratic
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On this, the 50th anniversary of the 8 May 1970 Moratorium, we publish Ken Mansell’s “‘Taking to the Streets against the Vietnam War’: A Timeline History of Australian Protest 1962-1972”, which takes you through the myriad protests and events that led to the largest demonstrations Australia had ever seen. … Continue reading‘Taking to the Streets against the Vietnam War’: A Timeline History of Australian Protest 1962-1972
This year marks 75 years since the death of John Curtin. The Melbourne Branch’s Dr. Liam Byrne has written the forthcoming biography of John Curtin and James Scullin, being published
By Rowan Cahill What follows is in part a review, but also a commentary, and it benefits from the perspective of an insider. As Terry Irving notes in his Acknowledgements
Melbourne’s Moratorium demonstration of 8 May 1970 was the city’s largest public gathering ever and the highpoint of a movement that had been steadily building over a number of years
Over the summer of 2019/2020 Community Radio 3CR hosted a program entitled Activism, Struggle and Labour History which was made up of a variety of presentations that were given during the
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By Rowan Cahill The report that God is on the side of the Big Battalions is propaganda put out by the Big Battalion commanders. They hope thereby to spread alarm
By L W Maher Jacqueline Riding, The Story of the Manchester Massacre: Peterloo Foreword by Mike Leigh (An Apollo Book – Head of Zeus, 2018) On 16 August 1819, a very large
A notice from the Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD): CICD 60th anniversary celebrations – Sun 10/11, 2-5pm – Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, 110 Grey St, East Melbourne. On