What the records say
- When
- 1949
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 52.73° N, 122.45° W
- Description
- trade union strike in Australia
Placed at the town its title names, Australian.
1949 Australian coal strike
Trade union strike in Australia
The 1949 Australian coal strike was the first time that Australian military forces were used during peacetime to break a trade union strike. The strike by 23,000 coal miners lasted for seven weeks, from 27 June 1949 to 15 August 1949, with troops being sent in by the Ben Chifley Federal Labor government to the open cut coal mines in New South Wales on 28 July 1949, with the workers returning to work, defeated, two we…
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