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dc.contributor.authorBowden, Bradley
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T04:21:06Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T04:21:06Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.issn00236942
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/27516467
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/121423
dc.description.abstractThroughout the late nineteenth century, Ipswich was Queensland's leading provincial industrial centre, with the town and its surrounding district containing the colony's main railway workshops and the vast bulk of its coal mines. Reflecting this industrial base, organised labour in Ipswich secured some notable achievements. Trade unionism established a presence in the railway workshops as early as 1865, while the coal mining electorate of Bundamba was the first in Queensland to elect a 'labour' member of parliament, Thomas Glassey, in 1888. These early achievements were, however, more apparent than real. Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, social and political power in Ipswich continued to reside with a small number of ruling families who were able to successfully resist any challenges to their authority. This paper will explore the reasons for this elite's domination of an Ipswich society where the bonds of locality proved stronger than any sense of class identity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Society for the Study of Labour History
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom77
dc.relation.ispartofpageto100
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLabour History
dc.relation.ispartofvolume72
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2202
dc.title'Some mysterious terror': The relationship between capital and labour in Ipswich, 1861-96
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Peer Reviewed (HERDC)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBowden, Bradley


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