The Fremantle Wharf Crisis of 1919

This was a period of great unrest in the port of Fremantle, Western Australia and culminated in the death of a union man, Thomas Edwards. He was a member of The Fremantle Lumpers Union and was hit on the head by a Police baton which fractured his skull. This paper was written at the directive of the Executive Office of the Australian Labor Federation and the proceeds of the sale were to be given to support Edwards' widow and her 3 young children.