Life & Labour

A.W Todd: Work Pays. Leisure and Recreation

In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the workers monthly calendar; Pay day. And …

While much of what follows has already been discussed in detail elsewhere. This blog differs in that it will form a chronology …

Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …

For the working class, labour was the duty that helped them provide for themselves and their family through a certain trade that …

During the 20th century it is evident that many of the working class worked to live. This is evident through Doris’s portrayal of …

“Then came the clatter of clogs on pavements (flags they were called) as the workers scurried along as if they had stepped …

What a difference to the Baltic and the Vedic although the food was good in those ships, but the lads were not …

‘It was not a question of my parents being unkind, they knew only too well how much it would help to have …

“…her remark when she said “The working classes were a lazy lot” used to make me furious for, if people “work” how …

Throughout her memoir, Ellen mostly describes her younger years in relation to work, where leaving school was necessary in order to gain …