Radical Sydney : places, portraits and unruly episodes / Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, Terry, 1938-

Contributor:

Cahill, Rowan J., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History.

Social change.

Labor movement--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History.

Labor movement.

Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social conditions.

Sydney (N.S.W.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unveiling a less-than-idealistic side of Sydney, Australia, this enlightening account traces the development of the radical movement from The Rocks, New South Wales, in the 1830s to the inner suburbs in the 1980s. Through a series of snapshots, this unique volume will expose the marginalized ideas, bohemian neighborhoods, and dissident politics of the working-class suburbs to the south and west of the city. From resident action movements in Kings Cross to gay rights marches on Oxford Street, this history charts Syndey's colorful and rebellious past and allows Aboriginal fighters, convict poets, feminist journalists, and democratic agitators to be heard.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF SITES FOR MAPS

Suburbs of Sydney Map

City of Sydney Map

1 Introduction: A different Sydney

2 Dawes Point: Moral dilemmas

3 Observatory Hill: Remembering Vinegar Hill

4 Touring hell: Hyde Park Barracks

5 Johann Lhotsky, revolutionary

6 Tumult in paradise: The watch houses of Sydney

7 The Mutual Protection Association: The Customs House

8 Cabbage tree and tricolour

9 The 8-hour day and the Holy Spirit: Garrison and Mariners' churches, The Rocks

10 Lucien Henry, Communard Victoria Street, Kings Cross

11 John Norton and the democratic riots of 1887

12 The Henry Lawson statue: Iconic Henry and 'faded' Louisa

13 A 'democratic rendezvous ': The bookshops of radical Sydney

14 A convict legend of the 1890s: Bulletin Place

15 'Gone bung':The terror of 1893 - The Savings Bank in Barrack Street

16 Defending free speech: On the stump in 1915 Speakers' corners

17 The Battle of Central

18 Vere Gordon Childe and the pacifists: The Friends' Meeting House, Devonshire Street

19 Merv Flanagan, labour martyr: The Mortuary Station, Regent Street

20 A nerve centre of revolution: Rawson Place

21 The Trades Hall Reds versus the Domain Fascists

22 Australia for Australians: Fred Maynard makes progress - St David's Hall, Surry Hills

23 Joy and rough music on the picket line

24 The death of the World

25 The venerable Boote: The Worker Building, Castlereagh Street

26 Defending Darlinghurst from the Reds

27 The anti-eviction war: Union Street, Erskineville

28 The defence of Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda

29 The New Theatre

30 The Day of Mourning: The Australian Hall, 150-52 Elizabeth Street

31 Welcoming the Nazi tourist Sydney Town Hall, 1938.

32 Ken Cook and the Japanese collaborators: The Grace Building, 77-79 York Street

33 The Battle of Bligh Street

34 Fred Wong and the Chinese Seamen's Union: 175 Hay Street

35 'Barging' at the GPO: Imperialism at bay

36 Margaret Street riot ,1947

37 Dorothy Hewett and the Redfern Reds: Lawson Square

38 The Waterside Workers ' Cultural Committee

39 Youth Carnival defies Menzies: The city of the left in the 1950

40 P&amp

O wall fountain Hunter Street

41 Nestor's cellar: Lefties in the sky with diamonds: 72 Oxford Street, Paddington

42 Political bolt-cutting: Sydney University's front lawn

43 The siege of Victoria Street: Kings Cross

44 The conspiracy against Ananda Marga

45 Combating the 'greatest social menace': Darlinghurst Police Station

46 Survival Day, 26 January 1988, Koori Redfern: The Empress Hotel, Regent Street

47 The 'invisible' maritime worker: Memorial at the National Maritime Museum

Recommended reading

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-358) and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-094-6

OCLC:

713036827