• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • The impact of the 1890 Maritime strike on the formation of the Labour Party in Queensland

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    65879_1.pdf (242.6Kb)
    Author(s)
    Bowden, Bradley
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bowden, Bradley
    Year published
    2010
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The Maritime Strike of 1890 has famously been described as the 'great turning point in the history of Australian Labor'. This paper argues that, at least in Queensland, the strike had no marked effect. Industrially, the strike affected relatively few workers, given that the shearing season was already over in the northern colony. Nor did the strike have a marked political impact. The decision to form a Labor Party was made prior to the strike's commencement. In Queensland the Labor Party, and the labour movement more generally, were the creation of decades of achievement, not one or two tumultuous events.The Maritime Strike of 1890 has famously been described as the 'great turning point in the history of Australian Labor'. This paper argues that, at least in Queensland, the strike had no marked effect. Industrially, the strike affected relatively few workers, given that the shearing season was already over in the northern colony. Nor did the strike have a marked political impact. The decision to form a Labor Party was made prior to the strike's commencement. In Queensland the Labor Party, and the labour movement more generally, were the creation of decades of achievement, not one or two tumultuous events.
    View less >
    Conference Title
    Globalisation and Labour in the Pacific: Re-evaluating the 1890 Maritime Strike Symposium Proceedings
    Publisher URI
    http://www.nzwalmi.aut.ac.nz
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2010. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
    Subject
    Industrial Relations
    Economic History
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35273
    Collection
    • Conference outputs

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander