AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

WHAT'S LABOUR DAYALL ABOUT?

RELEVANT AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM*: HUMANITIESFOUNDATIONDistinguish between the past, present and future (ACHHS016)Pose questions about the past using sources provided (ACHHS017)Explore a point of view (ACHHS020)YEAR 1Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods,including family traditions, leisure time and communications. (ACHHK030)YEAR 2The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what itreveals about the past (ACHHK044)YEAR 3ONE important example of change and ONE important example of continuity over time in the local community, regionor state/territory; for example, in relation to the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments,entertainment, daily life (ACHHK061)Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia (including Australia Day, Harmony Week, ANZAC Day,NAIDOC week) and the importance of symbols and emblems (ACHHK063)YEAR 5The nature of a convict or colonial settlement in Australia, including the factors that influenced patterns of settlement,aspects of the daily life of its different inhabitants, and how they changed the environment. (ACHHK094)YEAR 6Experiences of Australian democracy and citizenship, including the status and rights of Aboriginal people and/or TorresStrait Islanders, migrants, and women. (ACHHK114)The contribution of individuals and groups, including Aboriginal people and/or Torres Strait Islanders and migrants, tothe development of Australian society, for example in areas such as the economy, education, science, the arts, sport.(ACHHK116)

Labour Day is an Australian publicholiday held on different daysdepending on where you live.

WA - the first Monday in MarchVIC/TAS - the second Monday in MarchACT/NSW/QLD/SA - the first Monday in October

Many early labourers began theirlives in Australia as convicts, sent

out on penal transportation.

State Library of Victoria: Public Domain

The Royal Anne, a convict ship that transported prisoners from Ireland toNew South Wales at the beginning of the 19th century.

Freed convicts,labourers andservants had

very few rights in society.

The Master and ServantsActs (1845) were laws thatenforced rules betweenbosses and their workers.

Some bosses tookadvantage of their

workers.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/labour­day

"During the mid to late 1800sthe working day was long andarduous, where some employeeswould work up to 12 hours a

day, six days a week."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_labour_movement

"As little as one hour’s absenceby a free servant without

permission could precipitate apunishment of prison or the

treadmill."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_labour_movement

"On 18 August 1855the StonemasonsSociety in Sydney

issued an ultimatum toemployers that in sixmonths time, masonswould only work an

eight-hour day."

Melbourne, 1856

Wikipedia: Public Domain

What do you think about this campaign?

Wendy Lewis, Simon Balderstone and John Bowan (2006). Events ThatShaped Australia. New Holland. p. 57. ISBN 978­1­74110­492­9.

"On 21 April 1856 Stonemasons and buildingworkers on building sites around Melbourne

stopped work and marched from the Universityof Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve anEight hour day. Their direct action protest was asuccess, and they are noted as being among the

first organised workers in the world to achieve an8-hour day, with no loss of pay."

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/labour­day

"The history of Labour Day inAustralia spans over a century. It is

an important annual event thatremembers those who struggled andsucceeded to ensure decent and fairworking conditions in Australia."

Eight Hour Procession, 4 October 1909Wikipedia: Public Domain

"Labour Day commemorates the achievements of theAustralian labour movement. The celebration of Labour

Day has its origins in the eight hour day movement,which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours forrecreation, and eight hours for rest ... In Tasmania thepublic holiday is called Eight Hours Day and in the

Northern Territory it is called May Day."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Australia#Labour_Day

See theEight Hour Day

Monumentin Melbourne,

Victoria

What does this monument tell us about the past?

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