
Australian Labor and the “Color Line”
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Australian labor movement was considered the most successful in the world, but notions of “White Australia” have always haunted and undermined its internationalism.
Jon Piccini is a lecturer in history at Australian Catholic University, Brisbane. He writes on social movements, transnationalism, and other aspects of contemporary Australian history, and co-hosts the Australian radical podcast Living the Dream.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Australian labor movement was considered the most successful in the world, but notions of “White Australia” have always haunted and undermined its internationalism.