Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monuments. Show all posts

Monday, 9 March 2009

8 hours work, rest and play


Labour Day Monument, corner Victoria and Russell Streets, which marks the successful campaign for an eight-hour working day in Victoria, beginning with stonemasons in 1856 and then extending to other trades. This is why it's a public holiday in the state today.
 
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