The following abstracts were originally published in Robert Hood and Ray Markey (editors), Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, 2-4 October 1999, University of Wollongong, 269p.

Schedule
1999
Saturday, October 2nd
9:00 AM

Blue Singlets and Broccoli: Tradition and Change in Union Culture

Janis Bailey, Edith Cowan University

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM

"The trouble with John [and Giovanni] is ... ": Race, Ethnicity and Mining Legislation in Western Australia before 1973

Patrick Bertola, Curtin University of Technology

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Formation and Authority: The Wagga Wagga Eight-Hour Association and the Wagga Wagga and District Trades and Labor Council 1911-1990

Warwick Eather, Charles Sturt University

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM

Exploring Peak Union Purpose and Power: The Origins, Hegemony and Decline of the Barrier Industrial Council

Bradon Ellem, University of Wollongong
John Shields

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Mapping The Road to Webb Dock

Peter Love, Swinburne University of Technology

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM

The Underground Life of a New Zealand Labour Historian: Bert Roth and the Austrian Socialist Underground

Kerry Taylor, Massey University

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM

Women and Loyal Orange Lodges in Australia

Eric Turner

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM