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In the early 1900s' life was harsh for most of the people, but Australia is often described as the working mans' paradise. Which is not even possible to describe a country in 1900s'. So in order to determine the truth of this statement, we are going to focus on three necessary issues. Firstly, the hours they work, secondly, the wages wages, thirdly, the working conditions and fourthly, the treatment in workplace. The first issue that has been considered is the hours they work. The eight hour day movement was a movement for shorter working hours. It was conducted by trade unions in the 19th century. So it's one third of the day. But before the eight hour day movement, most of the males had to work ten hours a day for six days. So it’s actually a welfare for Australians. On the other hand, according to different family conditions. This movement has caused some problems for people, as the diseases spread many family needed more wages for medical care and to support the family. But as the time goes down they will not be getting that much wages. Also for the middle class people they wanted them to work for their company and make more money. These kind of people might wish to work longer to get better wages. Secondly, relating to 1890, wages was a significant issue exist. Despite, the workers seemed have to work for hours and hours. In fact they actually get little pays. They get the wages that just can support a wife and three children minimum. Consider the women workers during that period, they work the exact same hours as man, and mainly the same job but they were pay less because men were considered the family providers. On approximate, women were paid half amount of men’s wage. There were child workers as well as adults, i... ... middle of paper ... ...even though working hours were less and payments were raised for many workers, treatment were acerb, poor and inadequate. Toilet weren't provides, workplaces were often disgusting and unhygienic. Worker were treated unfriendly by their employs. Women workers treatment are even worse, they often employed as domestic workers and at the time they were responsible for taking care of the household and children not of school age. Few were happy with their jobs and were treated fairly by the families which they work for but not like others have heavy workloads, also often taken advantage by their male employs. In conclusion, after we went though the hours they work, the wage they receive, the working conditions and treatment they got in 1900s'. Prove that even know Australia in 1900s' has quiet lot welfares, but it could still hardly be described as a workers' paradise.

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