Film Tag: Rothbury Lockout

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Amongst Equals

Feature length documentary tracing the history of the Australian trade union movement.

Film Topics:

PoliticsUnionsWorking ConditionsWorkplace Relations

Film Tags:

1892 economic bust1949 National Coal Strike1966 Gurindji Strike1986 Robe River dispute8 hour dayAccordAnti-strike legislationAsbestos miningAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyAutomationBob HawkeBuilders Labourers Federation (BLF) Green bansClarrie O’SheaCoal miningCommunismConscriptionDalfram Dispute of 1938DepressionsEdna RyanEqual pay for womenGold rushGreat Strike of 1917Health & safetyJack MundeyJim ComerfordJoh Bjelke-PetersenMulticulturalismPort Kembla steel workersPovertyRiverland Cannery campaignRobert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891TailoressesUnionsVietnam WarWaterside Workers FederationWave Hill Walk-OffWhitlam Labor GovernmentWomenWorking classWorking conditionsZelda D’Prano

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Bread and Dripping

A short documentary in which four working class women recount the hardships they endured during the Depression years.

Film Topics:

DepressionsWomen

Film Tags:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaBeryl ArmstrongDepressionsEileen PittmanEvictionFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityHappy ValleyHousingHousing insecurityIndigenousIndigenous discriminationMary WrightPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesTibby WhalanUnemploymentWomenWomen's Militant GroupWorking classWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Interview With Jack O’Shea

Interview footage with a miner about industrial turmoil on the NSW coalfields.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

Coal miningComradeshipConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDepressionsJack O’SheaMateshipMiners FederationNew South WalesRothbury LockoutStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Interview
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Lockout

A documentary about the violent Rothbury Lockout on the Northern District coalfields of NSW in 1929-30.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalStrikesUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaBasher gangsClass struggleCoal miningComradeshipConstruction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union CFMEU - Mining & Energy DivisionDepressionsFamilyJim ComerfordMateshipMiners FederationNationalizationNew South WalesNorman BrownPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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November Victory

A short documentary that charts the 1954 waterside workers strike.

Film Topics:

MaritimeUnions

Film Tags:

AustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Labor PartyBlack bansCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsDoc EvattEureka StockadeFamilyGreat Strike of 1917Jack Lair SmithJim HealyJock LevyKeith GowMaritimeMining communitiesNorma DisherNovember 1954 Waterside Workers StrikePovertyRecruitment Dispute 1954Robert MenziesRothbury LockoutShearers Strike of 1891ShippingSocial justiceSocialismStrike orgainsationStrikesSydneyUnionsWagesWaterside workersWaterside Workers FederationWaterside Workers Film UnitWomenWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Tough Men Tough Times – Stories From The Great Depression

A short documentary about the Depression and the struggles of the working class.

Film Topics:

DepressionsHousingWorking Class

Film Tags:

Anti-communist New GuardAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyClass struggleCommunismCommunist PartyDepressionsEvictionFamilyFood insecurityFred MooreHappy ValleyPoliticsPovertyRothbury LockoutSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSuicideSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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