Notes: The Australian gold rushes attracted many skilled tradesmen to Australia. Some of them had been active in the Chartist movement in Britain, and subsequently became prominent in the campaign for better working conditions in the Australian colonies. Workers began winning an eight-hour day in various companies and industries in the 1850s.
Format: dry plate, glass negative 8 ¼” x 6 ½” (210mm x 165mm) Horace Hodgkinson
Date Range: 6 October 1890
Location: Sussex and Erskine Streets, Sydney
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons
Terms of use: please acknowledge - Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies Collection
Repository: Blue Mountains Library
library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of Local Studies Collection: HO 8073 Box 16
Provenance: Horace Edward Hodgkinson (1862-1937), Charles Edward Hodgkinson (1890-1979), Shayne Cullen (née Hodgkinson)
Links:
TRADES MOVEMENTS. (1888, March 27). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved July 1, 2024, from
nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13672818
Australia and New Zealand
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day#Australia_and_New_Ze...
