This thesis seeks, for the first time, to examine the relationship between the waterfront strike of 1928 and the concurrent fall of the Victorian Labor Government. The central theme concerns the role of the Premier, E.J. Hogan, in trying to deal simultaneously with Spring Street and Bay Street – with parliamentary imperatives and developments on the wharves. (Part of synopsis.) Liam Brooks, School of Social Sciences, 26 November 2008. Fourth Year Honours Thesis, Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development, Victoria University, Footscray Park.