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With the 2006 industrial relations reforms, Australians once again spoke up for workers rights.
Lively political debate was a Sunday tradition on the banks of the Yarra River.
In 1856, Welshman James Stephens had an idea that would change the lives of Victorian workers forever.
With the 8-hour day won by the stonemasons, retail workers aspired to the same rights.
A world first and the beginning of Australia's reputation as a ‘worker's paradise'.
Before Melbourne was even established, John Pascoe Fawkner was dreaming of how he wanted it to be.
They may have both been called 'Eliza', but Batman and Fawkner's wives were very different women.
This respected figure in Melbourne's history has a past that is fraught with scandal.
Most accounts of John Batman's life focus on his success, and overlook the tragedy of his final years.
Retail once meant long hours, harsh conditions and endless daytime boredom.