Protests & strikes
On This Day
1916 military riot in Sydney
On 14 February 1916 thousands of soldiers from the Liverpool military camp took strike action
Eveleigh Workshops during the 1917 railway strike
On 2 August 1917 the General Strike began. It started in the Randwick Rail Workshops & Eveleigh Carriage Workshops & quickly spread to other industries until about 100,000 workers were on strike