Charlie Fox

About The Author

Dr Charles Fox has been teaching in the History Department of the University of Western Australia since 1989, having studied and taught for several years in the History Department at the University of Melbourne. His previous books include Australians at Work (1989) with Marilyn Lake; Working Australia (1991) (winner of the 1992 Keith Hancock History Prize); Historical Refractions (1994); and Under Blue Skies (1996).

Books by Charlie Fox

Fighting Back

The Politics of the Unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression

By Charlie Fox
Work for the Dole is not a new idea. It was introduced in Victoria in 1932 and became one of the battlegrounds of unemployed politics. The provision and administration of sustenance, relief work, eviction of tenants from their homes, the issue of free speech—these were the major issues confrontin...
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