Historypin and Having a Voice; Heritage Week Theme 8-14th of May

An early Labour Day procession in Maryborough, Qld. The float has been prepared by the Butchers Union with the aim to reduce hours. Hours were 77 per week.  They were reduced to 68 hours and this was in place when this image was taken. The Union  are asking  for a further reduction to 48 hour week. 

Historypin is a platform where you can share your digital images. Fraser Coast Libraries have been working with Maryborough, Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society Inc to populate our Having a Voice collection with interesting photos. These include images relating to the Eight Hour Day, the Town Criers and the Eisteddfods. This collection includes 67 images currently and can be found here .Our Historypin chat group will be adding information to the images. This group has been researching the Eight Hour Day and the Benevolent Society for three months.

Please join and add your own images or come along to the Historypin chat session in Maryborough on the first Tuesday of the month, at 12 noon. The next one will be held on the 2nd of May in the Maryborough creative space.

Look for more displays, the Vintage film Eliza Fraser and Oral History presentation found here and here  during Heritage Festival Week celebrations between the 8th and 14th of May, 2017.