Author: HOWARD, W.A.
Title: Barrier Bulwark. The Life and times of Shorty O'Neil.
Description: 8vo; pp. vi, 169; stiff illustrated wrapper, a good copy. (Kew, Willry, 1990). Shorty O'Neil worked as a hardrock underground miner at Broken Hill for nearly 50 years. When he entered the mines in 1917, conditions were unspeakably bad and dangerous. When he finished his last shift in 1965, Broken Hill miners had long set a standard to which others aspired. Shorty was a part of that transition, and he ended his involvement as the undisputed leader of sturdily independent Broken Hill unionist.

Keywords: Australian biography Short O'Neil local history New South Walen Broken Hill trade mining unionist