The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) was founded in 1961 to study 'the working class situation ... and social history in the fullest sense'.[1] Founding members included Asa Briggs, Bob Gollan, Eric Fry, and others.[2] Influenced by the work of E.P. Thompson, and the formation of the British Society for the Study of Labour History, they hoped to make labour history 'a popular pursuit, a study, and a part of ordinary people's lives'.[3] The Society has published the journal Labour History since 1962 (now jointly published with Liverpool University Press), with the intention for it to 'be of immediate practical value to the labour movement'.[4] The Society has branches in the ACT, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia.
No. 17 (November 1969) – The Great Depression in Australia – Robert Cooksey[33]
Not numbered (1978) 'Jack Lang' – Heather Radi; Peter Spearritt[34]
No. 35 (November 1978) 'Who are our enemies? Racism and the working class in Australia' – Ann Curthoys; Andrew Markus[35]
Not numbered (1978) 'Labour in Conflict: The 1949 Coal Strike' – Phillip Deery[36]
No. 61 (November 1991) 'Women, Work, and the Labour Movement in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand' – Raelene Frances; Bruce Scates[37]
No. 69 (November 1995) 'Aboriginal Workers' – Ann McGrath; Kay Saunders; Jackie Huggins[38]
No. 71 (November 1996) Comparative Labour History: Australia and Canada, Labour/Le Travail – Greg Kealey; Greg Patmore[39]
No. 106 (May 2014) 'Labour and the Great War: The Australian Working Class and the Making of ANZAC' – Frank Bongiorno, Raelene Frances, Bruce Scates[40]