Wool dray, George Street, Sydney, September 1890 / photographer unknown
Wool dray, George Street, Sydney, September 1890 / photographer unknown
About this item
Full title
Date
September 1890
Call Numbers
SPF/3386
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - 7.4 x 9.9 cm - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
SPF / 3385 - SPF / 3390 are photographs of the trolley of wool drays, escorted by armed police from Darling Harbour along Hay, George and Pitt Streets to Circular Quay during the maritime and shearers' strike, to the jeers of the watchers
Reference:
"Latest about the Strike" in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser [n...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Wool dray, George Street, Sydney, September 1890 / photographer unknown
Notes
General note
Transferred from SPF / Wool -- Transport (BM), August 2011
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Series of massive national strikes, beginning in August 1890 with the maritime unions and supported by coal miners, transport and agricultural workers, and followed by a shearers' strike in 1891. The strikes were both defeated, after military and police intervention, and large pay cuts ensued. The defeat led to the entry of the Labor Party into par...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPF/3386
Record Identifier
9Bv7WR09
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7WR09
Other Identifiers
Reference code
942438
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