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Vale Uncle Ray Peckham: Part 2

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By Paddy Gibson, Wendy Bowles and John Nolan.

Last week we left Uncle Ray’s story in 1955, after the Dubbo floods.

Back in Sydney, Ray joined the Builders’ Labourers Federation (BLF) with BLF organiser Jack Mundey. Ray worked on projects such as the Cahill Expressway and the State Office Block. He often described the anti-racist culture in the union that welcomed migrants from many backgroun...


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