The Maritime Strike: A Centennial Retrospective, Essays in Honour of E C Fry

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On 6 August 1890,the Tasmanian Steamship Co. laid up the SS Corinna after seamen took action over the sacking of a union member. Within a fortnight, ships' officer's, wharf labourers, miner, shearers and others had become involved in what is known as the Maritime Strike , the largest industrial conflict the country had seen and which had repercussions which lasted for over a century. This book was published in association the the University of Wollongong Labour History Research Group and the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History