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Brisbane Black Friday, February 2 1912 poster. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

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Brisbane Black Friday, February 2 1912 poster. This poster was a reproduction of Jim Case's cartoon on the front-page of 'The Worker". "Case's depiction of a shocked maiden 'Australia' drawing back the Queensland curtain to reveal the police brutally clubbing Brisbane workers on 'Black Friday' during the 1912 general strike became a classic among Australian political cartoons." -- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online ed. This poster had the Queensland shield on top of the curtain and the Australia emblem hang on her waist.

Attribution

James Thomas Case, 1912, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.