Days of Violence: The 1923 Police Strike in Melbourne
Gavin Brown & Robert Haldane
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In this book you will read how a combination of avoidable factors led to possibly the worst case of breakdown of law and order in Melbourne’s history – a unique occasion when the very guardians of order were so provoked by an inept and blundering administration that they went on strike.
The consequences were horrendous, for the community as for the men. Three people killed, mobs taking over the streets of Melbourne, looting, vandalism and violence. About one-third of all uniformed constables joined the strike – and every one of them was sacked, never to be re-employed by the Force.
