''Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History'' is a

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal of

labour history Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class ...

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

. The journal was established in 1962 as the ''Bulletin of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History'' by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH), but was renamed ''Labour History'' in 1963. The ASSLH published the journal until 2018, after which the Society joined with

Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, lit ...

. The journal is edited by

Diane Kirkby Diane Elizabeth Kirkby, (born 24 July 1948) is an Australian historian. She is Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Technology Sydney and professor emeritus of History at La Trobe University. Since 2016, Kirkby has been the edit ...

(

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

Labour History Editors

* Nos 1-3 (January-November 1962) – Eric Fry * Nos 4-5 (May-November 1963) – Bob Gollan and B.D. Shields * No. 6 (May 1964) – E.C. Fry; J.S. Hagan; B.J. MacFarlane; B.D. Shields * No. 7 (November 1964) – E.C. Fry; J.S. Hagan; B.J. MacFarlane; J. Merritt * No. 8 (May 1965) – R.A Gollan; J.S. Hagan; B.J. McFarlane * Nos 9-10 (November 1965-May 1966) – B.J. McFarlane; E.C. Fry; J.S. Hagan * Nos 11-14 (November 1966-May 1968) – B.J. McFarlane; N. Bede Nairn; Robert Cooksey * Nos 15-16 (November 1968-May 1969) – B.J. McFarlane; J. Molony; N. Bede Nairn; Robert Cooksey * No. 18 (May 1970) – J.D. Ritchie; J. Molony; N. Bede Nairn; G. Osborne * Nos 19-22 (November 1970-May 1972) – J.D. Ritchie * No. 23 (November 1972) – Jill Waterhouse * No. 24 (May 1973) – special edition Strikes: Studies in Twentieth Century Australian Social History – J. Iremonger; J. Merritt; G. Osborne * Nos 25-8 (November 1973-May 1975) – David Walker * No. 29 (November 1975) – special edition Women at Work – Ann Curthoys; Susan Eade; and Peter Spearritt * Nos 30-43 (May 1976-November 1977-November 1982) – John Merritt * No. 44 (May 1983) – Susan Allen * Nos 45-49 (November 1983-November 1985) – John Merritt * No. 50 (May 1986) – John Merritt; John Knott * Nos 51-57 (November 1986-November 1989) – Ken Buckley * Nos 58-72 (May 1990-November 1998) – Terry Irving * Nos 76-99 (May 1999-November 2010) – Greg Patmore * No. 100 (May 2011) – John Shields (with Cathy Brigden, Greg Patmore, Nikki Balnave, Lucy Taksa) * Nos 101-110 (November 2011-May 2016) – John Shields * Nos 111- (November 2016-current) – Diane Kirkby

Special Issues

No. 17 (November 1969) – The Great Depression in Australia – Robert Cooksey Not numbered (1978) 'Jack Lang' – Heather Radi; Peter Spearritt No. 35 (November 1978) 'Who are our enemies? Racism and the working class in Australia' – Ann Curthoys; Andrew Markus Not numbered (1978) 'Labour in Conflict: The 1949 Coal Strike' – Phillip Deery No. 61 (November 1991) 'Women, Work, and the Labour Movement in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand' – Raelene Frances; Bruce Scates No. 69 (November 1995) 'Aboriginal Workers' –

Ann McGrath Ann Margaret McGrath is an Australian historian and academic. she is the WK Hancock Chair of History at the Australian National University. Early life and education McGrath graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland ...

;

Kay Saunders Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders (born 1947) is an Australian historian and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland. Earlyl life and education Saunders was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1947. She graduated with a BA (1970) and PhD (1 ...

;

Jackie Huggins Jacqueline Gail "Jackie" Huggins (born 19 August 1956) is an Aboriginal Australian author, historian, academic, and advocate for the rights of Indigenous Australians. She has been active in the reconciliation movement, and was co-commissioner ...

No. 71 (November 1996) Comparative Labour History: Australia and Canada, ''Labour/Le Travail'' – Greg Kealey; Greg Patmore No. 106 (May 2014) 'Labour and the Great War: The Australian Working Class and the Making of ANZAC' –

Frank Bongiorno Francis Robert Bongiorno (born 1969) is an Australian historian, academic and author. He is a professor of history at the Australian National University, and was head of the university's history department from 2018 to 2020. Bongiorno is the Pr ...

, Raelene Frances, Bruce Scates

Indexing and abstracting

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in the following

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References

External links

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