The making of the AWU

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Title:

The making of the AWU

Author:

Merritt, John, 1936-

ISBN:

9780195546675

Personal Author:

Merritt, John, 1936-

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Physical Description:

x, 432 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Corporate Subject:

Australian Workers' Union -- History.

Subject Term:

Labor unions -- Australia -- History.

Sheep shearers (Persons) -- Australia -- History.

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Summary

Although shearers have been the heroes of the Australian labour movement's most enduring legends, here John Merritt argues that their reputation as militants has been greatly exaggerated. Based on union and pastoralists' records, this book is a comprehensive account of the events that produced the legends and offers many challenges to the historiography of the 1890s.

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