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Outback town that made history Any trip through central Queensland needs to allow a day or two to learn the story of Barcaldine, writes DALLAS SHERRINGHAM.
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his unpretentious town of 1000 residents, full of lovely old pubs and Queensland bush houses is a place where nation-changing history was made. Barcaldine played a significant role in the Australian labour movement and the birth of the Australian Labor Party. It all happened in 1891 when it was one of the focal points of the Australian shearers’ strike, with the Eureka Flag flying over the strike camp. The landmark Tree of Knowledge, under which the strikers met, took pride of place outside the railway station. In 1892, the reading of the Labour Party manifesto under its shady branches led to the formation of the ALP. Sadly, in an act that defies logic, in 2006 unknown vandals poisoned the beautiful old tree with the herbicide Roundup, which led to its untimely death. The tree was a 200-year-old ghost gum when it died. It had been a feature of the town since the early days of settlement. Barcaldine was a natural focus for the development of unionism in the Australian bush. As the railhead, the town drew many seasonal and casual workers. Besides shearers and hands,
there were navvies who had worked on the construction of the railway. The arrival of the railway destroyed the income of many carriers. Difficulties in finding work and financial hardship helped build a sense of mateship and mutual support among sections of them. In 1887, the Central Queensland Carriers Union was formed, and discussions leading up to this were held under the gum tree which provided shade for the carriers who waited at the front of the railway station. At the same time, the Queensland Shearers’ Union was formed at Blackall. Within a year it had 1300 members,
Part of the working class celebrations
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