Tiny Sparks and Turning Points in Australian History: August

Monday, 4 August 2025 - 8:00am to 8:10am
A group of workers stand around in an occupied workplace in 1937.

Tiny Sparks and Turning Points is a monthly selection of protests, strikes and significant dates concerning social change in Australian history. It goes to air on the first Monday of each month on 3CR at 8am.

This was the segment for August. It was produced by the Commons Social Change Library, a repository of more than 1500 resources for campaigners, which can be found at commonslibrary.org

More historical dates can be found here

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