page_title: 1919 Fremantle Wharf riot
hierarchical_section_title: 1919 Fremantle Wharf riot
caption_attribution_description: This is a figure from The Fremantle Wharf Crisis of 1919, a pamphlet published in 1920 by the Australian Labor Federation.
context_page_description: The 1919 Fremantle Wharf riot, also known as the Battle of the Barricades, arose out of a strike by stevedores in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1919. The strike was called by the Waterside Workers' Federation over the use of National Waterside Workers Union workers to unload the quarantined ship Dimboola, and escalated into fatal violence when WWF workers and supporters attempted to prevent NWWU members from carrying out the work.
context_section_description: The 1919 Fremantle Wharf riot, also known as the Battle of the Barricades, arose out of a strike by stevedores in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1919.  The strike was called by the Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF) over the use of National Waterside Workers Union (NWWU) workers to unload the quarantined ship Dimboola, and escalated into fatal violence when WWF workers and supporters attempted to prevent NWWU members from carrying out the work.
caption: Thomas Edwards' funeral cortege outside Fremantle Trades Hall[2]
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