Fremantle Lumpers Union

The president of the Union in 1890 was Arthur James Diamond, the vice-president was T. Smith, and the secretary was J.

[11] The union was involved in the 1919 Fremantle Wharf riot when the state had been isolated by an outbreak of the influenza virus and a waterside workers strike.

Premier Hal Colebatch, had intervened in a dispute involving the unloading of a coastal trader, SS Dimboola.

The violence escalated when Lumpers Union members threw missiles at a launch carrying Colebatch and strikebreakers who were attempting to start unloading the vessel.

During the violence a lumper named Tom Edwards was fatally injured and died three days later.