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Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand Volume 9, 1961 - Issue 36
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The eight hour day and the development of the Labour movement in Victoria in the eighteen‐fifties

Helen Hughes University of Queensland
Pages 396-412 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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  • 1850 . Argus , 19 Nov.
  • Murphy . Th History of Capital and Labour , 154 Murphy was under the impression that this union died until the 1860s, but it was revived in 1856, see below.
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  • 11 June 1884 . The Report of the Committee appointed by the Victorian Operative Masons Society to Inquire into the origin of the Eight Hours Movement in Victoria 11 June , Melb. Adopted Annual Meeting, 1912.
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  • 1856 . Age , 2 Apr.
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  • 1856 . Argus , 3 July
  • 1857 . Age , 4 June
  • 1857 . Age , 1 Jan.
  • 1857 . Age , 14 Nov.
  • Baker , D.W. A. ‘TheOrigins of Robertson's Land Acts’ . Hist. Studs. , vol. 8 166 no. 30
  • 1857 . Age , 27 Apr.
  • 1857 . Age , 1–5 Aug.
  • Gollan , R. 1890–1894 . ‘The Trade Unions and Labour Parties’ .
  • Hist. Studs. , vol. 7 ( no. 25 ) 17
  • Philipp , J. “ ‘TradeUnion Organization in New South Wales and Victoria 1870–1890’ ” . University of Melbourne . M.A. thesis
  • Nairn , N.B. ‘TheRole of the Trades and Labor Council in New South Wales, 1871–91’ . Hist. Studs. , vol. 7 ( no. 28 ) 421

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