IdentifierUMA-ACE-19990010Extent7 boxesLinear Meterage1.16Scope and ContentManuscript and typescript draft of unpublished multi-volumed work "A History of The Australian Working Man". Notes and Drafts for proposed volume 3: covering Population, Unions 1896-1925; Factory Acts, Wages Boards and Arbitration, The Quality of Life, Mining, Labour Movement. Notes and Drafts for proposed volume. 4: covering Housing, Communism in Australia, 1925-45, Mining notes including Wonthaggi, Mining and Textiles, industry and employment. Final drafts: Catholics and the Australian Strike 1946-55, Very Rough Justice. Saffin's planned five volume work, the result of twelve years labour, was unable to find a publisher. Its structure is chronological, covering twenty years per volume begining with the Gold rushes of the 1850s and ending with the Split in the Labor Party.Collection CategoryLabourAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Accession
Previous System ID1999.0010State of Listnot specifiedDescriptive NoteYes listed ONLINE
Saffin, Norman W., [1999.0010] Papers of N W. Saffin (1980-1995), [UMA-ACE-19990010]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 08/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/67174
