Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsTrade UnionsHistoryMay Day was conceived by the Second International Labour Congress Meeting in Paris in 1889 as an international celebration of workers' struggle for their rights and socialism. Sydney's first May Day march was in 1891, while in Melbourne it was on 30 April 1893. A combined union committee organized the annual May Day celebrations in Melbourne. The first May Day in Melbourne occurred in 1893, but this organizing committee dates· from the 1930s. Several prominent labour stalwarts have held the secretaryship of the committee including John Arrowsmith in the 1960s and early 1970s..
![[1990.0066] Records of the Melbourne May Day Committee](/img/placeholder.gif?1768336552 "[1990.0066] Records of the Melbourne May Day Committee")