Unemployed at Port Adelaide |
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| Title : | Unemployed at Port Adelaide |
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| Source : | News, 17 January 1929, p. 16 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Port Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd | ||
| Date of creation : | 1929 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Photograph of unemployed men queuing for rations at the Port Adelaide Police Station. Even before the crash of October 1929 heralded the beginning of the Great Depression, unemployment among trade unionists in Port Adelaide was almost 18%. Following the strike of 1928 1,500 waterside workers remained out of work, replaced by 'volunteer' labour requiring police protection. [Moss, Sound of trumpets, page 293] Under the headline, "More than 1000 men receive rations" The News reported, "Streets crowded with men, shops empty, and a long, daily line up of men seeking rations! That is the picture in Port Adelaide these days, but it is only one side - the lesser side. Away from the turmoil of the wharfs and the business centre of the city hundreds of women and children are said to be living on the borderline of want." [News 17/01/1929, pg.16] |
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| Related names : | Port Adelaide |
| Coverage year : | 1929 |
| Place : | Port Adelaide |
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