newspaper reports

"Good Wages Court", The Independent (Footscray, Vic.), Saturday 09 November 1907, page 2

"News and Notes", The West Australian, Saturday 11 November 1911, pages 10-11

"Steward Must Leave", The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 13 November 1911, page 10

"Strike on the Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 November 1911, p?

"Koombana Still At Fremantle", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 November 1911, p?

"The Koombana's Firemen", The West Australian, Tuesday 21 November 1911, page 7

"S.S. Koombana's Firemen", The Argus (Melbourne), Wednesday 22 November 1911, page 14

"The Koombana Firemen", The West Australian, Saturday 25 November 1911, page 11

"Successful Seamen", The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 25 November 1911, page 21

"Koombana Strike", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 25 November 1911, page 3

"The Koombana Strike", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 25 November 1911, p?

"Better Conditions for Seamen", The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 27 November 1911, page 8

"Federal Arbitration Court", The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), Saturday 02 December 1911, page 14

"Koombana Strike", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 02 December 1911, p?

"Koombana Strike", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 02 December 1911, p?

"The Koombana", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 02 December 1911, p?

"Koombana Strike", The Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Saturday 02 December 1911, page 3

"The Recent Koombana Strike", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Saturday 16 December 1911, page 3

"The Koombana Strikers", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 23 December 1911, p?

"The Koombana Firemen", Geraldton Guardian (WA), Saturday 06 January 1912, page 1

"Police Evidence", The Daily News (Perth, WA), Friday 30 January 1914, page 10

archive holdings

Agreement and Account of Crew, s.s. Koombana, August 1911 - March 1912, Harbour and Lights Department, Western Australia. State Records Office of Western Australia, Consignment 1056 Item 301

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Wednesday 24 March 1909, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 13 November 1911, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 20 November 1911, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 27 November 1911, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/Z535 Box 12

Minutes of Adelaide Steamship Company directors' meeting, Monday 04 December 1911, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, 0186/Z535 Box 12

books

Fitzpatrick, Brian and Cahill, Rohan J., 1981, The Seamen's Union of Australia 1872-1972: A History, Seaman's Union of Australia, Sydney, Chapter 5

internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12783a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvester_Judgment

http://www.abc.net.au/federation/fedstory/ep3/ep3_events.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Guthrie_(Australian_politician)

http://www.e-airc.gov.au/kirbyarchives/harvest

available online

Higgins, Henry B. (President), Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, 1907, Ex parte HV McKay (Harvester Case)(1907) 2 CAR 1, Court decision (the "Harvester Judgement"), published by Law Internet Resources, Parliament of Australia, http://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/intguide/law/harvester.pdf

Leo XIII, Pope, Catholic Church, 1893, Rerum novarum, English translation of encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIII on the condition of the working classes, published by the Vatican, http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html