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Hughes memoir excerpt reveals Rockley meeting clashes
In a December Life article, W M Hughes recalls early labor organizing days in New South Wales. He recounts traveling by horseback, meeting in Rockley with Red Stewart and a confrontational blacksmith audience, detailing a vivid, humorous showdown and Stewart's dramatic entrance.
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W. M. Hughes
Australia
Labor
Labor Movement
Hughes
New South Wales
Varints
Rockley
Bathurst
Abercrombie
Ranges
Ww. P. Crick
Shearer
Kers
Stewart
Thad
Red Stewart
Aia
Bisclesmith
Steward
Sid
Mrouth
Shearers
Magna
America
P. W. Eggleston
Nerul
Victoria
P. W. Pearse
Bjelke-Peterson Institute of Physical Culture
House of the Dragon
Dale Colans
Nuttall
Tyripme
Joseph Collins
Justice $Yleshean
Uetin
Phillins