Brisbane Trades Hall
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The Brisbane Trades Hall was a Trades Hall building in Edward Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The foundation stone of the original trades hall in Turbot Street, Brisbane, was laid on 4 April 1891 by Sir Charles Lilley. There was a procession of unionists from Ann Street, along Queen Street and then up Edward Street to the building site.[1] However, by the 1920s, a larger building was needed as the labour movement had succeeding in unionising about two-thirds of the workforce.[2]
Following on from the extension of the railway line and tunnel underway from Roma Street in 1889 to Central Station, concern with the weight of the first Trades Hall over the tunnel resulted in land resumption, with a new site selected at Upper Edward Street.[3]
Brisbane's first Trades and Labour Hall building shortly after construction, 1891
Union members outside Brisbane Trades Hall during the 1912 Brisbane general strike
