Sheep shearers strike (1894)
The Second shearers strike ( English Second Shearer's Strike ) began in Australia on June 17, 1894. The strike due in 1894 was that the sheep farmers instead of 20 Shillings for shearing 100 sheep only 17 shillings to the shearers pay wanted. This strike is part of the strike movements in the Australian economic depression from 1889 to 1894 with the Maritime Strike (1890), Sheep Shearers Strike (1891) and Broken Hill Strike (1892).
Course of the strike
In the first sheep shearers strike, violent clashes developed only in isolated cases. This strike was more violent and resulted in arson and firearms clashes. On July 3rd, the sheep shear shed at the Ayrshire Downs sheep breeding station was burned down and the first shots were fired. There were other arson at the shearers' shed at the sheep breeding stations at Oondooroo , Manuka and Dagworth stations . The shearers' shed at Dagworth Station was attacked and set on fire by 16 men, burning 140 sheep.
When on August 28, 1894 about 150 strike breakers were to be used, which were to be transported over the Darling River with the paddle steamer P. S. Rodney , this ship burned down after an argument with the strikers. The shipwreck is listed as a historical document of Australia and is about 2 kilometers below the Moorara station .
On September 4, 1894, there was a shooting between the police and rebellious sheep shearers near Winton , in which a sheep shearer should have died, according to police reports. On September 6, the government declared a ban on the carrying of weapons.
The sheep farmers then signaled an agreement and the strike ended on September 7, 1894.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information at www.heritage.nsw.gov.au , accessed on March 5, 2010
- ^ History of the Rodney Steamer and illustrations , accessed March 5, 2010
- ↑ Investigation of the Darling River with pictures and history of PS Rodney. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .