Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM MR-AAO-351
Title
William Julius Henry 'Joe' Harris : [Part 2]
Date(s)
- 1922-01-01 - 2002-12-31 (Accumulation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
Personal archive ; The John Oxley Library at the State Library of Queensland holds a substantial collection of personal papers consisting of correspondence with organisations, news clippings and subject files covering the period 1850s-1980s.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
WJH (Joe) Harris was a carpenter and member of the Queensland branch of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia. He became a freelance journalist writing on the history of the labour movement. He played an active role in, amongst others, the campaign against the South African Springbok Rugby tour.