Griffiths, Phil (2009) The heroic/shameful role of labour: mythology in the making of White Australia. In: Legacies 09 Conference, 13-14 Feb 2009, Toowoomba, Australia.
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Abstract
For the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, the Labor Party boasted that the labour movement had played a central role in creating the White Australia policy, and the popular media legitimised that claim. But when historians and activists decided that White Australia had been a racist policy, labour's triumph was simply converted into labour’s shame. This paper will contest the mythology of White Australia as a labour movement creation, focusing on the famous Seamen’s strike of 1878-79 against the replacement of European crews with Chinese sailors. It will look at both ruling class opinion in general and the conservative press in Queensland in particular.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | No |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Unpublished. Authors retain copyright. Not refereed. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2009 12:53 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2014 05:51 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | White Australia, ruling class, conservative, mythology, seamen's strike |
| Fields of Research : | 16 Studies in Human Society > 1606 Political Science > 160601 Australian Government and Politics 21 History and Archaeology > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 94 Law, Politics and Community Services > 9401 Community Service (excl. Work) > 940116 Social Class and Inequalities |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/4957 |
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