Summary
Alternative Name: Button
Australian Labor Party (A.L.P.) supporter's badge for Federal election campaign leading up to 10 December 1977 election. A.L.P. official campaign slogan was "Get Australia Working". Part of collection of badges collected by Jim Cooper, a veteran member of the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW Branch) and Union and political activist before his death in 1984. His daughter passed the badges on to Alf Zeeno, ex-secretary of the BWIU, with a request that they be donated to the museum.
Physical Description
Round metal badge with plastic face and lockable pin on the back. Back is metallic silver. Front has black background and yellow text.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Politics & Society, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Alfred Zeeno, 14 Aug 1990
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Place & Date Made
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Inscriptions
Text : Get / Australia / working.
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Keywords
Election Campaigns, Politics, Working Life, Employment, Political Parties, Badges