Programme
| When: | 9.30 am Sunday, 11th November 1984 |
| Where: | Common Room, Women’s College, University of Sydney |
| 9.30 am: | Introduction and Welcome |
| 9.45 am: | FROM BOILERMAKER TO GOVERNOR GENERAL Ken Turner |
| 10.15 am: | McKELL AS PARLIAMENTARIAN AND MINISTER, 1917-1939 Bede Nairn |
| 11.00 am: | MORNING TEA |
| 11.30 am: | THE 1941 ELECTION – Peter Hansen |
| 12.30 pm: | LUNCH |
| 1.45 pm: | THE STYLE OF THE McKELL GOVERNMENT 1941-1947 David Clune |
| 2.30 pm: | McKELL AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL 1947-1953 Chris Cuneen |
| 3.15 pm: | AFTERNOON TEA |
| 3.45 pm: | McKELL AND COUNTRY N.S.W. – John McCarthy |
| 4.30 pm: | CLOSE |
Registration fee for participation is $3. A further charge will be made by the Women’s College for lunch.
Inquiries should be directed to: Michael Easson Conference organizer : Phone 264 1691 (W) 560 4272 (H)
John Shields, A.S.S.L.H., Sydney Branch, Secretary, Phone: 798 6785
Greg Patmore, A.S.S.L.H., Sydney Branch, President, Phone: 692 1106
Notes on Speakers
Ken Turner: Associate Professor of Governnment and Public Administration, Universityof Sydney.
Bede Nairn: Editor., Australian Dictionary of Biography; currently completing a bioqraphy of Jack Lang. Peter Hansen: Solicitor with a strong interest in Labor History.
David Clune: Librarian, N.S.W. Par1iamentary Library; currently enrolled parttime for a Doctorate on “Labor Governments in New South Wales during the period 1941-1965”,
Chris Cuneen: Deputy General Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography; currently preparing a biography of McKell.
John McCarthy Barrister with a strong interest in Labor History.
Labour, Industry and Society Workshop
The aim of the workshop is to encourage the presentation and discussion of theory and research in the area of industrial sociology/political economy of industry and labour.
The workshop is open to staff, graduate students and other interested persons. It will be held between 3-5 p.m. in Seminar Room 2 of the Merewether Building at the University of Sydney.
|
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
|
5 Oct. |
Ron Callus (Sydney) |
‘Workers in Unions: Fulltime Union Officials in New South Wales’ |
|
19 Oct. |
Harvie Ramsay (Strathclyde) |
‘Multinational Corporations, Labour Organisation and Industrial Relations’ |
|
26 Oct. |
Roger Penn (Lancaster) |
‘Automation, Skill and Social Stratification’ |
It is advisable to phone Sydney Industrial Relations Department Secretary (692 3670) on the day of each workshop to check that there has been no change of plan.
|
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
|
5 Oct. |
Ron Callus (Sydney) |
‘Workers in Unions: Fulltime Union Officials in New South Wales’ |
|
19 Oct. |
Harvie Ramsay (Strathclyde) |
‘Multinational Corporations, Labour Organisation and Industrial Relations’ |
|
26 Oct. |
Roger Penn (Lancaster) |
‘Automation, Skill and Social Stratification’ |
It is advisable to phone Sydney Industrial Relations Department Secretary (692 3670) on the day of each workshop to check that there has been no change of plan.