Although shearers have been the heroes of the Australian labour movement's most enduring legends, here John Merritt argues that their reputation as militants has been greatly exaggerated. Based on union and pastoralists' records, this book is a comprehensive account of the events that produced the legends and offers many challenges to the historiography of the 1890s.
- ISBN10 0195546679
- ISBN13 9780195546675
- Publish Date 21 May 1986
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 September 2009
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Hardcover (UK Trade)
- Pages 442
- Language English