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A history of the relationship between the branch of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the labour movement in Queensland from 1913-1957

Craig Clothier University of Wollongong

Clothier, Craig, A history of the relationship between the Queensland branch of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) and the labour movement in Queensland from 1913-1957, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 2005. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1996

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