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From: Hugh Jeego on 8 Jan 2010 22:38 Thereya go. All the history of the Labor Party you really NEVER wanted to know but correct anyway. :) "Dyna Soar" <dynasoar..REMOVE..THIS..(a)ozdebate.com> wrote in message news:7qq2miFietU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Zappy wrote: >> On Jan 9, 12:08 am, "Hugh Jeego" <i...(a)example.com> wrote: >>> One small correction. The LABOR party in Australia is spelled LABOR >>> because, a long time back, it was in honour of American unionists. >>> It is intentionally spelled that way. > >> Ah, that's not right. > >> The Australian Labour Party is one of the oldest Labor parties in the >> world. > >> The spelling was changed in the seventies. > > Bullshit... It has been officially called the Labor Party since 1912. > > From the ALP website... > http://www.alp.org.au/about/history.php > > "During the early years of the ALP, the Party was referred to by various > titles differing from colony to colony. It was at the 1908 Interstate > (federal) Conference that the name 'Australian Labour Party' was adopted. > In its shortened form the Party was frequently referred to as both 'Labor' > and 'Labour', however the former spelling was adopted from 1912 onwards, > due to the influence of the American labor movement." > > -- > Dyna > > All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged. >
From: Rod Speed on 8 Jan 2010 22:51
Zappy wrote > Hugh Jeego <i...(a)example.com> wrote >> One small correction. The LABOR party in Australia is spelled LABOR >> because, a long time back, it was in honour of American unionists. >> It is intentionally spelled that way. > Ah, that's not right. You are correct on the american unionists claim. > The Australian Labour Party is one of the oldest Labor parties in the world. Yes. > The spelling was changed in the seventies. Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALP#Etymology |