Labour History
A Journal of Labour and Social History
Number 96 * May 2009
Articles
Governor Macquarie's Job Descriptions and the Bureaucratic Control of the Convict Labour Process Bill Robbins 1
'We have no means of redress unless we strike': Class, Gender and Activism in the Melbourne Tailoresses' Strike, 1882-83 Danielle Thornton 19
'In bramble of chicanery belated justice stands': Early Judicial Interpretations of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 (Vic) Rohan Price 39
From Labourism to Social Democracy: Labor Governments and Fiscal Policy in the Australian States 1911-40Geoffrey Robinson 57
Template for a Labor Faction: The Industrial Section and the Industrial Vigilance Council of the NSW Labor Party, 1916-19 Michael Hogan 79
Against the Odds: Establishing the Miscellaneous Workers Union in Tasmania, 1949-59 Michael Hess 101
Under Pressure: The Whitlam Labor Opposition and Class Struggle, 1967-72 Ashley Lavelle 117
Reassessing the Victorian Trades Hall 'Split' of 1967-73 Cathy Brigden 135
Exploding the Stability Myth: Structural Change in the Australian Trade Union Movement, 1969-85 Kerrie Saville 155
Dole Bludgers, Taxpayers and the New Right: Constructing Discourses of Welfare Verity Archer 177
Research Report
The ACTU Congress of 2006 and its Aftermath Ed Davis 191
Report
How Unions Brought the Workers Back to Labor Peter Lewis
Heritage Report
The Old with the New: Refurbishing the Sydney Trades Hall and Reclaiming Union History Neale Towart
Conference Report
LabFem2: Feminist Working Class History in Europe and Beyond Stockholm, Sweden, August 28-31 2008 Cathy Brigden
Obituaries
A Legend Among True Believers: Clyde Cameron (1913-2008) Bill Guy
Balmain Legend, 'Issy' Wyner (1916-2008) Larry Wyner
Oral Historian and Activist, 'Studs' Terkel (1912-2008) Sarah Gregson
Book Reviews
Greg Patmore Pro Dean Professor of Business and Labour History E + B Economics and Business (H69) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 p 61 2 9036 9200 | f 61 2 9351 4567 e [mailto]g.patmore@econ.usyd.edu.au[/mailto] | w [url]http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au[/url]