The Eight Hour Day Memorial

[helen m]

did you know that action taken by stonemasons in melbourne in 1856 led to the establishment and maintenance of the eight hour day, which is recognised internationally as a world first. read about the history of the eight hour day by clicking on this link: [url="http://www.8hourday.org.au/history.asp"]http://www.8hourday.org.au/history.asp[/url]



the eight hour day memorial stands on the corner of lygon and victoria streets on the corner opposite trades hall - read about the memorial by clicking on this link: [url="http://www.vthc.org.au/index.cfm?Category=131&section=2&contentid=2189&viewmode=content"]http://www.vthc.org.au/index.cfm?Category=...iewmode=content[/url]



i've got a photo of this somewhere.............

[glen]

hi helen,



i have seen the numbers "888" here and there on walls throughout the city. usually they are on very old buildings or walls etc.



thanks for sharing the history.



are you doing a history thesis or something? you seem to know quite a lot about melbourne history.



cheers, glen

[glen]

you can searches for this type of thing on the Heritage Victoria website. though i think you might need java installed to make it work properly.





[url="http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au"]http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au[/url]



[url="http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.asp?ID=239&submit_action=ss"]http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page_239.as...ubmit_action=ss[/url]

[helen m]

me do a thesis???? (actually i did attend university, but i dropped out after the first year) - no, it's just that i'm interested in history, art and old buildings.....

[helen m]

[quote name='helen m' post='4002' date='Feb 8 2008, 12:41 PM']i've got a photo of this somewhere.............[/quote]



found it, but i'm afraid it's one of my not too successful night-time shots:

[glen]

thanks for sharing the pic helen! cheers, glen <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />