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Pete Thomas papers
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Pete Thomas papers

  • AU NBAC N324
  • Deposit
  • 1954 - 1991

Manuscript, correspondence, research papers, his own pamphlets and other printed material; correspondence and photographs of the North Queensland representatives on the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement, 1964; sculptures presented to Pete Thomas.
(See also his letters in the Judy Gillett Collection, N151).

Thomas, Harvey Alfred Pete

Printed material and pamphlets by other authors

Includes:
Aarons, Eric (n.d.) Class and ruling class;
Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights Union, Port Hedland Regional Office. (c. 1977) How the Pilbara millions reach the workers' pockets. The Union, Port Hedland;
Arrowsmith, John and Zangalis (1965). The Golden Holden: the story of General Motors in Australia. International Bookshop, Melbourne;
The bosses arbitration court. Peter Lalor Press, Ballarat;
Bowen, David (1980). Paul's progress [a biography of Paul Yolkin]. Intervention Printery.
Burns, Tom (1970). The New South Wales ALP: report by the Federal President of the Australian Labor Party, Mr Tom Burns, into the administration of the NSW Branch of the ALP. ALP, Sydney;
Castro, Fidel (1965). Apply theory to the particular conditions of each country. Ministry of Foreign Relations, Republic of Cuba;
Clarke, Duncan (1962). Meet the press. Coronation Press, Melbourne;
Collings, Eric H. (1965). The Trojan horse within the labor movement: a brief analysis of outside interference in the internal affairs of the NSW Branch of the ALP. E H Collings, Bateau Bay;
Colonial Sugar Refinery Company Ltd (1970). Lord Denning's Award concerning the Fiji sugar cane contract dispute: observations on its consequences and mistakes. CSR, Sydney;
Communist Party of Australia, Queensland State Committee (1976). Under Investigation: the business empire of Joh Bjelke-Petersen. CPA, Brisbane;
Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Union (NSW), Power Stations Committee (n.d.). The case for shorter hours in the power industry;
Murphy, Brian (1979). Who's running Australia? Portraits of the ruling class. Red Pen Publications, Sydney;
"Peter" & "George" (n.d.). Facts behind the Liquor Commission. Dovey Publications, Sydney;
Transport & General Workers Union (1983). A better future for defence jobs: a TGWU strategy for arms conversion. TGWU, London.

Pamphlets by Pete Thomas including a list of pamphlets written and edited by Thomas

Includes:
Thomas, Pete (1954). Petrov stunt back-fires. Current Book Distributors, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete (1955). Who owns Queensland? (2nd edition). Coronation Pty. Ltd, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1956). Socialism - the proof. Current Book Distributors, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete (1958). China's Great Leap: as we saw it. Current Book Distributors, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete (1964). Buried treasure : what everyone should know about Mt. Isa Mines (2nd ed). Guardian, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1965). Storm in the tropics : the historic Mt. Isa dispute, 1964-5. P. Thomas, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1965). The big crush : what everyone should know about the CSR sugar monopoly. Queensland Guardian, Fortitude Valley;
Thomas, Pete and Aarons, Eric (1966). Cuba: beacon of the Americas. Coronation Printery, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1968). The beef rustlers : what everyone should know about the meat industry. P. Thomas, Fortitude Valley;
Thomas, Pete (1971). They dig Queensland: development...who for? BWIU, Queensland Branch, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1972). Australia undermined: coal in crisis. Miners' Federation, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete & Communist Party of Australia. Queensland State Committee (1973). Up for grabs. Queensland State Committee, Communist Party of Australia, Fortitude Valley;
Thomas, Pete & Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders' Labourers' Federation. New South Wales Branch (1973). Taming the concrete jungle : the builders laborers' story. New South Wales Branch of the Australian Building Construction Employees & Builders Laborers' Federation, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete (1975). The Nymboida story: the work-ins that saved a coal mine. Miners' Federation, Sydney;
Thomas, Pete (1978). 'Right to Work' rort: Bjelke-Petersen's plan to wreck unionism. BWIU, Queensland Branch, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1979). No! No! to Joh: the battle for Queensland civil rights. 2nd printing, BWIU, Queensland Branch, Brisbane;
Thomas, Pete (1979). The mine that the workers ran: the 1975-79 success story at Nymboida. Miners' Federation, Sydney.