The 8 Hours Day Procession

Large crowds watching the 8 Hours Procession, with unionists carrying banners. This was the 39th annual parade, and large crowds lined the streets to see the procession as it passed from the Trades Hall around central Melbourne.

 

Created 1 May 1895. Photograph.

 

Accession number: IAN01/05/95/12

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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Winning the 8-hour day