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dc.contributor.convenorGreg Patmore, John Shields
dc.contributor.authorBowden, Bradley
dc.contributor.editorGreg Patmore, John Shields, Nikola Balnave
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2007-03-21T21:20:40Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/2885
dc.description.abstractOne of the key characteristics of late nineteenth century labour was its youth. During the period 1885 to 1900 this attribute was particularly pronounced in Queensland where nearly half the population was under 20 years of age. While labour historians have long recognised that child and youth labour was associated with sub-standard employment, little attention has been paid to the ways in which this disproportionately large demographic shaped both the operation of the overall labour market and patterns of trade union organisation. This paper argues that both can only be understood in the context of the labour supply pressures exerted by an exceptionally large youth cohort. The wide-scale use of child labour was, however, a product of specific temporal and geographic experiences. By 1900 the nation's demographic profile was rapidly maturing as the birth rate slowed dramatically.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Society for Study of Labour History and the Business and Labour History Group
dc.publisher.placeSydney
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameNinth National Labour History Conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleThe Past is before us: Proceedings of the ninth national labour history conference
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2005-06-30
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2005-07-02
dc.relation.ispartoflocationSydney
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode340301
dc.titleA world dominated by youth: child and youth labour in Queensland, 1885-1900
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBowden, Bradley


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