Image: Edward Stewart Maclean. Group of dockers during the General Strike of Railways and Tramways, October 1917. National PIC Album 1162/1 #PIC/15529/108
Eveleigh Railway Workshops was a center for one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts in the early 20th century. Known as The Great Strike, it is a great example of the voice of the people making sure that their voice is heard. The Great Strike began on 2nd August 1917 when the employees at Eveleigh and Randwick Tram Workshops downed tools in protest against new working conditions imposed during a time of war.
Laila Ellmoos will tell us about these troubled times and also how these stories will be retold in photographs and other media at a special centenary exhibition at Carriageworks during July and August.
Join Laila Ellmoos, for the City of Sydney Historical Society, as she shares the troubling times that lead up to The Great Strike at Everleigh Railway Workshops in August 1917.
Cost: $3 COSHA Members
$5 SMSA Members & General Admission
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SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)