LOCKOUT10,000 miners, pit boys and their families found themselves without work, forced to subsist on government handouts and charity. What began as an undeclared war on industrial labour ended up overpowering a government, crippling an industry and besieging a community. On 15 December 1929, community anger brewed into a day of violence with police firing on civilians, killing one and wounding many. This event challenged the rights of every Australian and redefined the political and industrial landscape of a country that witnessed an event forever remembered at the "Great Australian Lockout". This story is told by the men and women who fought, against extraordinary odds, in extraordinary times, for what they believed in – a fair day′s pay for a fair day′s work. |
