Bamboo Curtain Over Port Hedland (by Murray Shaw)
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A Forgotten Dispute in Port Hedland's History
Murray Shaw examines a little documented chapter in the history of Port Hedland, Western Australia's largest tonnage port, focusing on the industrial unrest that surrounded major dredging works there in the mid 1960s. Drawing on original research, the book traces the political and industrial agendas behind disputes over indentured foreign labour, and how they played out in one of the nation's key resource ports.
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A Forgotten Dispute in Port Hedland's History
Murray Shaw examines a little documented chapter in the history of Port Hedland, Western Australia's largest tonnage port, focusing on the industrial unrest that surrounded major dredging works there in the mid 1960s. Drawing on original research, the book traces the political and industrial agendas behind disputes over indentured foreign labour, and how they played out in one of the nation's key resource ports.
It offers a detailed, locally grounded account for readers interested in Western Australian history, industrial relations and the development of the Pilbara region.
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