ABC TV: Union banner collection

The Collectors: At the Trades Hall in Sydney, Gordon finds a display of union banners that beautifully record in paint, a reminder of our Labour Day holiday!


Friday 23rd April at 8.00pm (ABC 1) and again on Monday 26th April at 6.00pm (ABC 2)

Australians like a fair go and a battle that never waned was fought and won at home in 1855!

The basic idea of the eight-hour day was that each worker should undertake eight hours work, eight hours recreation and eight hours rest.

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