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Strike by Chinese Shearers (1894)

At Warrah station, in the Moree district, New South Wales, the Chinese shearers
recently struck because two non-unionist white men were put on, and the latter had
to be discharged before work could be resumed.

Notes

From the Queensland Newspaper The Warwick Examiner and Times 19 Dec 1894 p. 3.

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australian traditional songs . . . a selection by mark gregory