Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle

by Charlie Fox (Editor), Alexis Vassiley (Editor), Bobbie Oliver (Editor)

Overview

Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle tells 34 fascinating stories of radical moments In the cities’ past, from  as long ago as the 1890s and as recent as Occupy: the revolutionary  theatre of the Workers Art Guild;  the riot of unemployed workers outside the Treasury building; rock concerts inside St Georges Cathedral; bodgies and widgies cutting up the dance floor at the Scarborough Beach Snake Pit; the Point Peron women’s peace camp, and many more.

This revised 2^nd edition bring four new tales: student radicalism at Curtin University (then WAIT),  Perth’s very-own Green Bans; Perth solidarity with the famous strike of Aboriginal pastoral workers; and the unknown tale of striking Chinese seamen on the Fremantle waterfront, who faced brutal repression, but won support from Fremantle unionists.

This engaging, inspiring book charts Perth and Fremantle’s radical past, uncovering the obscure and neglected, reframing the better known, opening new windows on Perth and Fremantle’s history. It is structured as three  self-guided walking and driving tours, so readers can visit the very places and buildings where these hidden histories took place.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780645183931
Publisher:	Interventions Inc
Publication date:	06/30/2021
Series:	Red Swan Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	462
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

Charlie Fox taught Australian History at the University of Melbourne and The University of Western Australia before retiring at the end of 2011. He has published widely on histories of work, unemployment, intellectual disability, and radical political and cultural movements. At present he does occasional walking tours of radical Perth and Fremantle.
Alexis Vassiley is a postgraduate researcher at Curtin University. His dissertation examines the rise and fall of trade unionism in Western Australia's Pilbara mining region. He has published in Labour History on trade union solidarity with Aboriginal rights at Noonkanbah, as well as on establishing militant trade unionism in the Pilbara.
Bobbie Oliver is an Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia. Prior to retiring in 2018, she was Associate Professor of History at Curtin University. Her most recent book is A Natural Battleground: The fight to establish a rail heritage centre at Western Australia's Midland Railway Workshops.

Editorial Reviews

‘This book of stories from the rich tradition of radical dissent in Perth and Fremantle is lively and engaging. Use it to explore the sites of protest and appreciate the remarkable range of local and international causes that were taken up from colonial times to the present. It will be a real eye-opener too for readers in states outside Western Australia.’

Stuart McIntyre

Emeritus Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne

President Federal Executive Australian Society for the Study of Labour History

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