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Loading... Days of violence: The 1923 police strike in Melbourneby Gavin Brown
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Written by two Victorian police officers for the 75th anniversary of the strike. I read it to mark the centenary of the strike in November 2023. The book includes a lot of different viewpoints and helps explain why the strike took place. However it often reads like a police report and while it gets the facts across it often lacks interest and gets confusing. One thing that is missing is a timeline, which would have helped. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Days of Voilence... The 1923 police strike in Melbourne... The police strike of 1923 resulted in a weekend orgy of destruction. Three persons were killed and property valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds destroyed in the Melbourne central business district. The strike resulted from a breakdown in communication between an inept Chief Commiss... No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)331.892813632099451Social sciences Economics Labor economics Labour Unions, labour-management bargaining and disputes Labour-management bargaining and disputes Strikes Strikes by industry and occupation Strikes in industries and occupations other than extractive, manufacturing, construction Social SciencesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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