Since the 1930s, research has indicated that unemployment has serious effects on physical
and psychological well-being. Recent evidence confirms these findings and provides …

The article sets out to provide an historical survey of the industry–community relationship in
the Australian mining industry. The mining industry had a vital role in encouraging …

This paper focuses on union renewal and the nature and prospects of 'community
unionism'as unions struggle to define and control the spaces in which workers and their …

This article examines cultural industries in Broken Hill—the iconic 'Silver City'of Australian
mining in far western NSW—and comes from research funded by arts and regional …

A radical shift in the spatial organization of the global mining industry has occurred over the
last three decades. I argue that the shift from the traditional mining town, where workers lived …

This article traces the history of the professions against their emergence in the Australian
outback town of Broken Hill, where the structures of late nineteenth-century capitalism and …

This is an original study of the connected lives of two important socialists, Tom Mann (1856-
1941) and Robert Samuel'Bob'Ross (1873-1931). Born in Britain, Mann travelled the globe …

Over the past two decades, besides the transformation of the organizational structure of the
mining industry, there has been a shift in the spatial organization of production, expressed …

During the 1990s, Australian unions engaged in a debate about their survival. This debate
hinged upon the concept of 'organising'. This article highlights the contribution that labour …

This paper examines the attempt by mining management in Western Australia's Pilbara to
replace mining unions—quite literally—by removing them from the processes of …