8am: 'bull' labour pick-up - SS Canadian Inventor, No. 10 Wharf, Walsh Bay

Arthur Aitken (photographer)

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8am: 'bull' labour pick-up - SS Canadian Inventor, No. 10 Wharf, Walsh Bay

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2009-07-02T02:07:57Z

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Arthur Aitken (photographer)

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The foreman or company representative is the focal point of the horseshoe-shaped ring of wharf labourers. Under the bull system only the strongest and least troublesome men were chosen for work.

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Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia

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Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch

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8am: 'bull' labour pick-up - SS Canadian Inventor, No. 10 Wharf, Walsh Bay

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