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NUMBER 96

May 2009


EDITORIAL v

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN vii

ARTICLES

Governor Macquarie's Job Descriptions and the Bureaucratic Control of the Convict Labour Process
Bill Robbins 1

'We have no means of redress unless we strike': Class, Gender and Activism in the Melbourne Tailoresses' Strike, 1882–83
Danielle Thornton 19

'In bramble of chicanery belated justice stands': Early Judicial Interpretations of the Factories and Shops Act 1896 (Vic)
Rohan Price 39

From Labourism to Social Democracy: Labor Governments and Fiscal Policy in the Australian States, 1911–40
Geoffrey Robinson 57

Template for a Labor Faction: The Industrial Section and the Industrial Vigilance Council of the NSW Labor Party, 1916–19
Michael Hogan 79

Against the Odds: Establishing the Miscellaneous Workers Union in Tasmania, 1949–59
Michael Hess 101

Under Pressure: The Whitlam Labor Opposition and Class Struggle, 1967–72
Ashley Lavelle 117

Reassessing the Victorian Trades Hall 'Split' of 1967–73
Cathy Brigden 135

Exploding the Stability Myth: Structural Change in the Australian Trade Union Movement, 1969–85
Kerrie Saville 155

Dole Bludgers, Taxpayers and the New Right: Constructing Discourses of Welfare in 1970s Australia
Verity Archer 177

RESEARCH REPORT

The ACTU Congress of 2006 and its Aftermath
Ed Davis 191

REPORT

How Unions Brought the Workers Back to Labor
Peter Lewis 205

HERITAGE REPORT

The Old with the New: Refurbishing the Sydney Trades Hall and Reclaiming Union History
Neale Towart 215

CONFERENCE REPORT

Feminist Working Class History in Europe and Beyond
Cathy Brigden 223

OBITUARIES

A Legend Among True Believers: Clyde Cameron (1913–2008)
Bill Guy 225

Balmain Legend, 'Issy' Wyner (1916–2008)
Larry Wyner 229

Oral Historian and Activist, 'Studs' Terkel (1912–2008)
Sarah Gregson 233

BOOK REVIEWS

Brian Matthews, Manning Clark: A Life;
Roslyn Russell, Ever, Manning: Selected Letters of Manning Clark 1938–1991 (Jeff Sparrow)
235

Ken Buckley, Buckley's! Ken Buckley: Historian, Author and Civil Libertarian: An Autobiography (Andrew Moore) 237

David Day, Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia (Bill Anderson) 239

A.W. Martin, The 'Whig' View of Australian History, and Other Essays (Marian Quartly) 240

Deborah Gare and David Ritter (eds), Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past since 1788 (Rosalie Triolo) 242

Lee-Ann Monk, Attending Madness: At Work in the Australian Colonial Asylum (Ann Hardy) 244

Kate Blackmore, The Dark Pocket of Time: War, Medicine and the Australian State, 1914–1935 (Alex Cameron-Smith) 245

Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale, Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival (Michael Quinlan) 247

Michael Roe, Albert Ogilvie and Stymie Gaha: World-Wise Tasmanians (David Bird) 248

Sheila Fitzpatrick and Carolyn Rasmussen (eds), Political Tourists: Travellers from Australia to the Soviet Union in the 1920s-1940s (Ian Cummins) 250

Jan Lingard, Refugees and Rebels: Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia (Klaus Neumann) 251

Kevin Morgan, Labour Legends and Russian Gold (Harry Knowles) 253

Patrick Morgan (ed.), B.A. Santamaria: Running the Show: Selected Documents: 1939–1996 (Bruce Duncan) 254

Shelton Stromquist (ed.), Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context (John J. Rosen) 256

Lawrence Richards, Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture (Braham Dabscheck) 258

Tom Bramble, Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide (Sarah Gregson) 259

Pete Thomas, The Coalminers of Queensland: A Narrative History of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union, Volume 2: The Pete Thomas Essays (Peta Belic) 261

Ronald L. Lewis, Welsh Americans: A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields (Bradley Bowden) 262

Eric Richards, Destination Australia: Migration to Australia since 1901 (Catriona Elder) 264

Sally Davison and Jonathan Rutherford (eds), Race, Identity and Belonging: A Soundings Collection (Sarah Gregson) 265

Melanie Oppenheimer, Volunteering: Why We Can't Survive Without It (Leanne Cutcher) 267

BOOK NOTES

Christopher Arup et al (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation (Mark Westcott) 269

LABOUR HISTORY IN SONG

The Colliers' Strike Song
Melinda Kendall 270

NOTICE BOARD 271

LABOUR HISTORY PRIZES 275

LABOUR HISTORY REFEREES 276

ASSLH DIRECTORY 277

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS 278

EDITORIAL POLICY inside back cover


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