[Editor: These four extracts, including items regarding the Post and Telegraph Act of 1901 and the hiring of Lascars on ships, were published in the “Shipping items” section of the Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW), 19 December 1902. The Post and Telegraph Act … [Read more...] about Shipping items [19 December 1902]
wages and salaries
The Song of the Rollicking Rouseabout [poem, 9 September 1893]
[Editor: This poem, regarding the pay rates of workers in the shearing industry, was published in The Worker (Sydney, NSW), 9 September 1893.] The Song of the Rollicking Rouseabout. Shearing season fast approaches, Squatters giving smaller pay: Fifteen bob a week and … [Read more...] about The Song of the Rollicking Rouseabout [poem, 9 September 1893]
Wages in Australia
Listed below are various reported weekly wages, earned by Australian workers in the country’s early history, in a variety of occupations. This list was created to give some context to amounts of money which are mentioned in various articles; it includes wages from the 1850s to … [Read more...] about Wages in Australia