This special issue was prompted by the 2023 ASSLH conference. Organisers chose their theme as “(Re)Sources: Historical Inquiry and Labour History Archives” amid the urgent need for more funding support and the establishment of new labour history archives. The articles contained here raise important issues of ethics, demonstrate a diversity of workers, a mix of […]
The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History is saddened by the loss of Lyndall Ryan, one of Australia’s most influential and admired historians. Her major contribution was in Aboriginal history, with an early study of Indigenous Tasmanians, for which she found herself and her work at the centre of the History culture wars […]
Labour History and the “Coolie Question” A special issue of Labour History, no. 113 (November 2017) edited by Diane Kirkby and Sophie Loy-Wilson Launch hosted by Julia Martínez When: 6–7.00pm (EST), Friday, 8 December 2017Where: Faculty of Law Boardroom, level 5, Building 5B, UTS, Haymarket NSW 2000. Go to the Faculty of Law entrance on Quay […]