Personal details
Full Name:
- Frederick George Evans
Lifetime:
- 11 Feb 1881–13 Nov 1912
Biography
Fred Evans
Fred Evans' violent death during the 1912 Waihi miners' strike made this otherwise obscure figure into a martyr of the New Zealand labour movement.
Read more...Events In History
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12 November 1912Striker fatally wounded at WaihīStriking worker Fred Evans was seriously injured in a clash with police and strike-breakers during a bitter industrial dispute in the goldmining town of Waihī. He died the following day. Read more...
Articles
The 1912 Waihi strike
On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker Fred Evans was killed - one of only two fatalities in an industrial dispute in New Zealand's history.
- Page 1 - 'Black Tuesday'On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker Fred Evans was killed - one of
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Main image: Fred Evans procession
A memorial procession for the striker killed at Waihī in 1912.
