Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
May Day badge promoting socialism, and opposing capitalist poverty and wars, 1992. From the Victorian May Day Celebration Committee stall, Festival of Labour, 1 March 1992.
May Day, the 1st of May, is International Workers' Day, It is a celebration of working classes and labour. In Australia, it is usually celebrated by a march on the Sunday closest to the 1st May, although Labour Day is celebrated on a different date with a public holiday.
Made by Patrick Australia, circa 1992.
Physical Description
Red badge with black print.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Politics & Society, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Collected
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Manufacturer
Patrick Bros., Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by 1992
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Date Used
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Inscriptions
Printed text: MAY DAY/1992/FOR SOCIALISM/NOT CAPITALIST POVERTY & WARS. Inscribed back: PATRICK AUST. (03) 3299200.
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
4.5 cm (Length)
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Keywords
May Day, Trade Unions, Socialism, Peace, Poverty, Political Protests, Badges
