Unity is Strength. A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999

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Unity is Strength. A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999

In April 1899, 28 men met in Coolgardie on the Eastern Goldfields to hold Western Australia's first Trades Union Council. It was the genesis of an organised labour movement that, by 1907 was to span the vast State. For 60 years the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia was unique, compris...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oliver, Bobbie
Format:	Book
Published:	API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University 2003
Subjects:	Political history Australian Labor Party Labour history Western Australia Trades and Labor Council Trade unions Political Parties
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36358

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