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Anti-Chinese protests
Anti-Chinese protests

Anti-Chinese protests

Daniel O’Connor

Australian General Strike 1917

Australian General Strike 1917

Battle of Fig Street

Battle of Fig Street

Tom Uren, MP 1959

Bread War

Bread War

Thomas Bavin. 1927

CSR in Fiji

CSR in Fiji

CSR in Politics

CSR in Politics

Industrial relations

Industrial relations

Maritime Strike 1890

Maritime Strike 1890

Mounted troops support strike-breakers in Maritime Strike 1890

Pokies and Politics n Pyrmont

Pokies and Politics n Pyrmont

Politics of urban renewal, 1940s-2010

Politics of urban renewal, 1940s-2010

Politics of Urban Renewal, 2010s-present

Politics of Urban Renewal, 2010s-present

Hōne Heke fells the flagstaff flying the British flag at Kororāreka, 1845

Hōne Heke fells the flagstaff flying the British flag at Kororāreka, 1845

Painting by Arthur McCormick

Hone Heke

Hone Heke

New Zealand wars

New Zealand wars

Gun boat "Pioneer"

Gun boat "Pioneer"

Boxer Rebellion 1900

Boxer Rebellion 1900

World War I

World War I

Pyrmont at War

Pyrmont at War

International Brigade, Spanish Civil War

International Brigade, Spanish Civil War

Pig iron ban

Pig iron ban

A Dutch ship black-banned by wharfies

A Dutch ship black-banned by wharfies

World War II

World War II

Korean War

Korean War

Vietnam Moratorium 1970

Vietnam Moratorium 1970

Australian troops on battleship Prince of Wales before landing at Gallipoli

Australian troops on battleship Prince of Wales before landing at Gallipoli

Pyrmont Republic

Pyrmont Republic

Encampment at Anzac Cove 1915, Graham Bould

Encampment at Anzac Cove 1915, Graham Bould

Anzac Cove

Anzac Cove

Grave makers in the Allied cemetery in the Anzac area, AWM

Grave makers in the Allied cemetery in the Anzac area, AWM

Troops pass through France by train

Troops pass through France by train

Soldiers pause for a Rest in a smouldering field

Soldiers pause for a Rest in a smouldering field

Battle of the Somme 1916

Battle of the Somme 1916

A film crew captures the action on the Western Front

A film crew captures the action on the Western Front

First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street 1916

First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street 1916

St Bartholomew's plaque to commemorate men who served in World War I

St Bartholomew's plaque to commemorate men who served in World War I

Pyrmont and Ultimo War Memorial

Pyrmont and Ultimo War Memorial

Private Albert Landaman a tram conductor of Pyrmont prior to enlising in 17th Battalion. Photo with family taken 1915. Killed in action at Ypres Belgium September 1917. 28 Years of age.

Private Albert Landaman a tram conductor of Pyrmont prior to enlising in 17th Battalion. Photo with family taken 1915. Killed in action at Ypres Belgium September 1917. 28 Years of age.

Private. J.A. Newcomb, clerk of Pyrmont  - studio portrait 1915.  Died of wounds after returning home 1919, aged 20

Private. J.A. Newcomb, clerk of Pyrmont - studio portrait 1915. Died of wounds after returning home 1919, aged 20

Prisoners of war in Germany, Pte Robert Russell from Pyrmont seated. Returned Australia 1919

Prisoners of war in Germany, Pte Robert Russell from Pyrmont seated. Returned Australia 1919

Pte Thomas Kelly, 17th Battalion from Pyrmont (formerly a fireman). Killed in action near Lagnicourt France April 1917

Pte Thomas Kelly, 17th Battalion from Pyrmont (formerly a fireman). Killed in action near Lagnicourt France April 1917

Pte William Bower of Pyrmont (formerly electrician). Fought on Western Front May 1916. Died of wounds suffered in battle in Le Sars, France

Pte William Bower of Pyrmont (formerly electrician). Fought on Western Front May 1916. Died of wounds suffered in battle in Le Sars, France

The Hon. Edward Knox

The Hon. Edward Knox

Pyrmont Refinery 1889

Pyrmont Refinery 1889

Slave trade in the South Seas - seizure of the schooner Daphne

Slave trade in the South Seas - seizure of the schooner Daphne

Pacific Islander sugar cane labourers

Pacific Islander sugar cane labourers

South Sea Islander labourers on a Queensland sugar plantation, 1890s

South Sea Islander labourers on a Queensland sugar plantation, 1890s

Photographer unknown

Sugar plantation in the Caribbean

Sugar plantation in the Caribbean

Hoeing weeds in Queensland sugar cane

Hoeing weeds in Queensland sugar cane

South Sea Islander women 1891

South Sea Islander women 1891

White Australia medallion

White Australia medallion

Mass deportation after Federatiom

Mass deportation after Federatiom

Kanakas deported after Federation

Kanakas deported after Federation

Small sugar mill in nortehrn New South Wales

Small sugar mill in nortehrn New South Wales

Billy Hughes, Attorney General

Billy Hughes, Attorney General

Privy Council - UK coat of arms

Privy Council - UK coat of arms

First girmitiyas arrived in Fiji from India in 1879

First girmitiyas arrived in Fiji from India in 1879

Indian indentured labourers

Indian indentured labourers

Labasa hurricane, Coolie Lines, 1912

Labasa hurricane, Coolie Lines, 1912

Labasa hurricane, stables, 1912

Labasa hurricane, stables, 1912

Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa 1912

Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa 1912

Striking Indian indentured labourer women 1920

Striking Indian indentured labourer women 1920

Labasa Mill, 1924 - the only CSR mill located on the island of Vanua Levu, opened in 1893

Labasa Mill, 1924 - the only CSR mill located on the island of Vanua Levu, opened in 1893

E.W. Knox

E.W. Knox

Cane being transported to the Nausori Mill on the Rewa River punt, 1940

Cane being transported to the Nausori Mill on the Rewa River punt, 1940

CSR's training farm for Fijian youths at Drasa, Lautoka, ca 1940

CSR's training farm for Fijian youths at Drasa, Lautoka, ca 1940

The Hon Edward Knox ca 1894

The Hon Edward Knox ca 1894

Lautoka Mill, 1940s

Lautoka Mill, 1940s

Nausori Mill 1947

Nausori Mill 1947

Typical Indian cane grower's house, Naselai, 1947

Typical Indian cane grower's house, Naselai, 1947

Mechanical grab unloading cane from the punts, Nausori Mill, 1947

Mechanical grab unloading cane from the punts, Nausori Mill, 1947

Wharf men loading the last sugar crushed at Nausori Mill before the mill closed on 7 January 1960

Wharf men loading the last sugar crushed at Nausori Mill before the mill closed on 7 January 1960

Notice to employees confirming the closure of Nausori Mill, 1959

Notice to employees confirming the closure of Nausori Mill, 1959

Striking men outside the Railway Institute at Central Station

Striking men outside the Railway Institute at Central Station

Assembly in Eddy Avenue

Assembly in Eddy Avenue

Tramway men marching toward the Domain

Tramway men marching toward the Domain

Demonstration in the Domain

Demonstration in the Domain

Unions Affected by the Strike

Unions Affected by the Strike

Free labourers

Free labourers

Merv Flanagan's funeral

Merv Flanagan's funeral

Strikers' wives marching from the Domain to Parliament House

Strikers' wives marching from the Domain to Parliament House

Women stormed Parliament

Women stormed Parliament

Strikers' Loss

Strikers' Loss

Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt, 1863

Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt, 1863

Sketch by Charles Heaphy

Gate Pa batle 1864

Gate Pa batle 1864

Watercolour by Horatio Robley

General Chute's march to destroy Maori villages 1866

General Chute's march to destroy Maori villages 1866

Failed attack on Maori stronghold by British forces 1868

Failed attack on Maori stronghold by British forces 1868

Engraving in English magazine

Von Tempsky killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu 1868

Von Tempsky killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu 1868

Captain Thomas Porter with pro-government Maori forces 1871

Captain Thomas Porter with pro-government Maori forces 1871

Whanganui Māori and Moutoa flag

Whanganui Māori and Moutoa flag

Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house

Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house

Carved post honouring Titokowaru

Carved post honouring Titokowaru

Troops of Mechanised Cavalry regiment of 7th Div. awaiting tranport to Queen Mary for embarkation prior to leaving for the Middle East, 1940

Troops of Mechanised Cavalry regiment of 7th Div. awaiting tranport to Queen Mary for embarkation prior to leaving for the Middle East, 1940

Troops of 7th Division arriving at Pyrmont prior to embarkation on the troop transport Queen Mary for the voyage to the Middle East 1941

Troops of 7th Division arriving at Pyrmont prior to embarkation on the troop transport Queen Mary for the voyage to the Middle East 1941

Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont

Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont

Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont

Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont

Air raid rehearsal Pyrmont

Air raid rehearsal Pyrmont

Australian soldiers

Australian soldiers

Troops welcomed home from Wewak 1946

Troops welcomed home from Wewak 1946

Armoured car personnel waiting to board at Glebe Island 1946

Armoured car personnel waiting to board at Glebe Island 1946

Glebe Island with troops about to board SS Pauchang Victory for Japan 1946

Glebe Island with troops about to board SS Pauchang Victory for Japan 1946

HMAS Manoora about to leave Glebe Island for Japan 1946

HMAS Manoora about to leave Glebe Island for Japan 1946

Trucks on Glebe Island bound for Japan 1946

Trucks on Glebe Island bound for Japan 1946

Bombs from Borneo to Brisbane via Glebe Island

Bombs from Borneo to Brisbane via Glebe Island

SS Moreton Bay - one of the vessels chartered by the Dutch government-in-exile affected by the waterside workers’ black bans

SS Moreton Bay - one of the vessels chartered by the Dutch government-in-exile affected by the waterside workers’ black bans

Protesters being hosed by Dutch troops aboard a British ship during a Sydney demonstration against the transport of Dutch military support to the Netherlands East Indies, 1945

Protesters being hosed by Dutch troops aboard a British ship during a Sydney demonstration against the transport of Dutch military support to the Netherlands East Indies, 1945

Indonesian seamen speaking at a pro-Indonesian demonstration in Wynyard Square on 28 September, 1945.

Indonesian seamen speaking at a pro-Indonesian demonstration in Wynyard Square on 28 September, 1945.

Courtesy State Library of New South Wales/Daily Telegraph

Australian mounted troops

Australian mounted troops

Australians and New Zealanders at Klerksdorp 1901

Australians and New Zealanders at Klerksdorp 1901

Painted by Charles Hammond

Troops of 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Transvaal 1902

Troops of 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Transvaal 1902

Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant, whose execution caused an increase in anti-war sentiment in Australia

Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant, whose execution caused an increase in anti-war sentiment in Australia

Weathercock to celebrate the relief of Mafeking in the South African War

Weathercock to celebrate the relief of Mafeking in the South African War

Made by CSR coppersmiths in Pyrmont

Plaque marks the restoration of the weathercock to the former CSR administration building

Plaque marks the restoration of the weathercock to the former CSR administration building

Retired CSR engineers with Leone Huntsman, Jacksons Landing Community Association

Retired CSR engineers with Leone Huntsman, Jacksons Landing Community Association

Massacre of Christians 1898

Massacre of Christians 1898

Australian Naval Brigade officers with some Chinese 1900-1901

Australian Naval Brigade officers with some Chinese 1900-1901

Group portrait of Australian Naval Brigade officers 1900-1901

Group portrait of Australian Naval Brigade officers 1900-1901

Chinese convicts loading coal

Chinese convicts loading coal

Anarchists in the streets of Barcelona

Anarchists in the streets of Barcelona

International Brigades

International Brigades

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Anti-Chinese protests
Australian General Strike 1917
Battle of Fig Street
Bread War
CSR in Fiji
CSR in Politics
Industrial relations
Maritime Strike 1890
Pokies and Politics n Pyrmont
Politics of urban renewal, 1940s-2010
Politics of Urban Renewal, 2010s-present
Hōne Heke fells the flagstaff flying the British flag at Kororāreka, 1845
Hone Heke
New Zealand wars
Gun boat "Pioneer"
Boxer Rebellion 1900
World War I
Pyrmont at War
International Brigade, Spanish Civil War
Pig iron ban
A Dutch ship black-banned by wharfies
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam Moratorium 1970
Australian troops on battleship Prince of Wales before landing at Gallipoli
Pyrmont Republic
Encampment at Anzac Cove 1915, Graham Bould
Anzac Cove
Grave makers in the Allied cemetery in the Anzac area, AWM
Troops pass through France by train
Soldiers pause for a Rest in a smouldering field
Battle of the Somme 1916
A film crew captures the action on the Western Front
First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street 1916
St Bartholomew's plaque to commemorate men who served in World War I
Pyrmont and Ultimo War Memorial
Private Albert Landaman a tram conductor of Pyrmont prior to enlising in 17th Battalion. Photo with family taken 1915. Killed in action at Ypres Belgium September 1917. 28 Years of age.
Private. J.A. Newcomb, clerk of Pyrmont  - studio portrait 1915.  Died of wounds after returning home 1919, aged 20
Prisoners of war in Germany, Pte Robert Russell from Pyrmont seated. Returned Australia 1919
Pte Thomas Kelly, 17th Battalion from Pyrmont (formerly a fireman). Killed in action near Lagnicourt France April 1917
Pte William Bower of Pyrmont (formerly electrician). Fought on Western Front May 1916. Died of wounds suffered in battle in Le Sars, France
The Hon. Edward Knox
Pyrmont Refinery 1889
Slave trade in the South Seas - seizure of the schooner Daphne
Pacific Islander sugar cane labourers
South Sea Islander labourers on a Queensland sugar plantation, 1890s
Sugar plantation in the Caribbean
Hoeing weeds in Queensland sugar cane
South Sea Islander women 1891
White Australia medallion
Mass deportation after Federatiom
Kanakas deported after Federation
Small sugar mill in nortehrn New South Wales
Billy Hughes, Attorney General
Privy Council - UK coat of arms
First girmitiyas arrived in Fiji from India in 1879
Indian indentured labourers
Labasa hurricane, Coolie Lines, 1912
Labasa hurricane, stables, 1912
Locomotive boiler explosion, Labasa 1912
Striking Indian indentured labourer women 1920
Labasa Mill, 1924 - the only CSR mill located on the island of Vanua Levu, opened in 1893
E.W. Knox
Cane being transported to the Nausori Mill on the Rewa River punt, 1940
CSR's training farm for Fijian youths at Drasa, Lautoka, ca 1940
The Hon Edward Knox ca 1894
Lautoka Mill, 1940s
Nausori Mill 1947
Typical Indian cane grower's house, Naselai, 1947
Mechanical grab unloading cane from the punts, Nausori Mill, 1947
Wharf men loading the last sugar crushed at Nausori Mill before the mill closed on 7 January 1960
Notice to employees confirming the closure of Nausori Mill, 1959
Striking men outside the Railway Institute at Central Station
Assembly in Eddy Avenue
Tramway men marching toward the Domain
Demonstration in the Domain
Unions Affected by the Strike
Free labourers
Merv Flanagan's funeral
Strikers' wives marching from the Domain to Parliament House
Women stormed Parliament
Strikers' Loss
Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt, 1863
Gate Pa batle 1864
General Chute's march to destroy Maori villages 1866
Failed attack on Maori stronghold by British forces 1868
Von Tempsky killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu 1868
Captain Thomas Porter with pro-government Maori forces 1871
Whanganui Māori and Moutoa flag
Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house
Carved post honouring Titokowaru
Troops of Mechanised Cavalry regiment of 7th Div. awaiting tranport to Queen Mary for embarkation prior to leaving for the Middle East, 1940
Troops of 7th Division arriving at Pyrmont prior to embarkation on the troop transport Queen Mary for the voyage to the Middle East 1941
Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont
Air Raid Rehearsal Pyrmont
Air raid rehearsal Pyrmont
Australian soldiers
Troops welcomed home from Wewak 1946
Armoured car personnel waiting to board at Glebe Island 1946
Glebe Island with troops about to board SS Pauchang Victory for Japan 1946
HMAS Manoora about to leave Glebe Island for Japan 1946
Trucks on Glebe Island bound for Japan 1946
Bombs from Borneo to Brisbane via Glebe Island
SS Moreton Bay - one of the vessels chartered by the Dutch government-in-exile affected by the waterside workers’ black bans
Protesters being hosed by Dutch troops aboard a British ship during a Sydney demonstration against the transport of Dutch military support to the Netherlands East Indies, 1945
Indonesian seamen speaking at a pro-Indonesian demonstration in Wynyard Square on 28 September, 1945.
Australian mounted troops
Australians and New Zealanders at Klerksdorp 1901
Troops of 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Transvaal 1902
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant, whose execution caused an increase in anti-war sentiment in Australia
Weathercock to celebrate the relief of Mafeking in the South African War
Plaque marks the restoration of the weathercock to the former CSR administration building
Retired CSR engineers with Leone Huntsman, Jacksons Landing Community Association
Massacre of Christians 1898
Australian Naval Brigade officers with some Chinese 1900-1901
Group portrait of Australian Naval Brigade officers 1900-1901
Chinese convicts loading coal
Anarchists in the streets of Barcelona
International Brigades
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