Bush Battleground - Barcaldine 1891. Peter & Shiela Forrest
In 1891 Barcaldine was at the centre of tumultuous events that were to change Australia forever. A six month long shearers' strike tested all the great issues that confronted the land which was soon to become a nation.
How was Australia's wealth to be shared between capital and labour? How were Australian workplaces to be managed, and by whom? What were the rights of workers to form unions and what were the legitimate roles of these unions? What sort of place would the new Australia be?