labour history. The following article takes up this debate through an investigation of the 1929 strike in the timber industry. It suggests that hitherto unexplored aspects of mobilisation may be more fully appreciated by analysing those closely associated with strikers and their unions. Specifically, it emphasises the role of community and gender relations. Women played a particularly active role in the dispute holding weekly meetings, attending picket lines, and collecting money. Several women were prosecuted and sent to gaol for collecting money for the strikers. There was considerable community and union support mobilised for the strikers, which enabled them to survive on strike for so long. After five months the strike came to an end on 24 June on the basis of a 48-hour week, but with an independent inquiry to be appointed into the financial condition of the industry. At the end of July seven union leaders, including Jock Garden, the Secretary of the Trades and Labor Council; John Culbert, the Secretary of the Timber Workers Union; and the Chairman of the ACTU Disputes Committee were charged with "unlawful conspiracy by violence and threats of violence" to prevent timber workers from working. A jury subsequently acquitted all those charged. References The 1929 Timber Workers Strike: The Role of Community and Gender (PDF) by Diane van den Broek, July 1995 Union support for the timber workers – Ship Painters and Dockers Union Labour Day - Its significance and the life and times of E.J. Edward John Holloway – speech by Bill Richardson 1971 http://wwwdocs.fce.unsw.edu.au/orgmanagement/WorkingPapers/WP104.pdf Timber Workers Strike, 1929 Labour disputes in Australia Timber Workers strike Timber industry in Australia