War on the Waterfront: Menzies, Japan and the Pig-iron Dispute

The arrival in Port Kembla Harbour in November 1938 of a grimy British tramp, the Dalfram, to load pig-iron for Japan coincided with Japan's barbarous war on China and preparation for southward thrust. At the time, Rupert Lockwood was senior Canberra press galleryman for the Melbourne Herald. War on the Waterfront recalls a neglected chapter in Australian history when men in sweaty work singlets and hob-nailed boot s sacrificed pay packets in favour of conscience rather than become unwilling providers of munitions metal to Japan.

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Other Bookworms articles:

• Political Theatre in Brisbane
• Life on the Waterfront
• Politics in the Union
• History of Melbourne's Waterfront
• Seamen's Union
• Under the Hook
• 100 years on the Freemantle Waterfront
• War on the Waterfront
• History of Waterside Workers'Federation

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