Working to provide money for food, a home and the essentials of life is something we all do as did our ancestors. However working conditions in the past were very different to today. Very few of our ancestors had permanent jobs. Most were on casual labour, without holiday or sick pay. They worked six days a week for up to, depending on occupation, 12-14 hours a day. Stonemasons and builders in Melbourne on the 21 April 1856 downed tools and … Continue reading