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Ovington, Michael Robin

  • Person
  • 1945 - 2006

Michael Robin Ovington was the Australian Consul (Consul d'Australie in French) in Noumea from 1978 to 1980, prior to Vanuatu's independence in 1980. On 31 July 1980 he took up office as the first Australian High Commissioner to Vanuatu. Ovington died in Canberra in June 2006.

Owen, Edward Adley

  • Person
  • 1888-1929

Edward Adley Owen was employed by CSR at the Labasa Mill in Fiji circa 1909-1910. He died in Sydney on 17 May 1929, aged 41 years.

Owen, Thomas Miles

  • Person
  • 1905 - 2005

Thomas Miles Owen completed his degree in commerce from the University of Melbourne and began lecturing in accounting at Canberra University College in March 1939. Owen was Registrar of Canberra University College from 27 March 1939 to 1960 when the college amalgamated with the Australian National University. On 9 March 1962 Owen was appointed Associate Registrar, School of General Studies at the ANU. He was also secretary for the Building and Grounds Committee. He retired in January 1968. He was a Fellow of the Australian Society of Accountants. Owen died in Canberra on 22 March 2005.

Owens, Joseph

  • Person
  • 1935 - 2012

Joseph (Joe) Owens was born in Durham County in the north of England; his Welsh father was a coalminer. He arrived in Australia in 1958, having skipped ship as a seaman, then worked as a cane-cutter in Queensland before working as a dogman on Sydney building sites. He became a member of the Communist Party of Australia and an organiser in the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders' Labourers' Federation (ABCE&BLF). He was Secretary of the NSW Branch of the ABCE&BLF from 1973 to 1975 and along with the Branch leadership which included Jack Mundey and Bob Pringle, supported the BLF Green Bans. In 1975, Owens and other members of the NSW Branch leadership were expelled from the BLF by the federation's then federal secretary Norm Gallagher. Owens was also a Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemen's Association of Australasia (FEDFA) delegate and Senior Project Delegate of the Labour Council to the Darling Harbour Construction Project.

Oyster Farmers' Association of New South Wales Limited

  • Industry association
  • 1928 - 2005

The Association's history dates back to the formation of the New South Wales Oyster Farmers’ Association in 1928. Subsequent entities included the North Coast Oyster Farmers’ Association; the Australian Oyster Farmers’ and Processors’ Association, 1980-1987; and the Oyster Farmers’ Association of Australia, 1987-1990. In 1990 the OFAA changed its name to the Oyster Farmers’ Association of New South Wales to emphasise the oyster-farming industry of NSW. At its maximum extent the OFA (NSW) encompassed thirteen geographical branches, based on regions of coastal NSW, and a single branch representing oyster processors regardless of location. The OFA (NSW) dissolved on 2 December 2005. Some of its functions were effectively taken over by the NSW Farmers Association Oyster Committee.

Pacific Islands Liaison Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

  • University unit
  • March/April 1994 - c.1996

The PIGS Newsletter was published by the Pacific Islands Liaison Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. The Pacific Islands Liaison Centre was set up in March/April 1994 (previously named the Pacific Islands Group), with Convenor, Stephen Henningham. and Administered (edited) by Allison Ley. Newsletter holdings: No 9, May 1994 - No 13 May 1996 (in one Type 2 box).

Paddle Brothers Proprietary Limited

  • Corporate body
  • c. 1911 - 1974

This company was incorporated in Victoria in 1928 to take over the interests of a family business of shoe manufacturers known as Paddle Brothers which operated in Victoria. Its activities included exporting and importing, and were largely confined to childrens' footwear manufacturing. In 1974 the company was acquired by Paddle Shoes (Holdings) Pty Ltd.

Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat

  • Trade union
  • 1926 -

The Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat (PPTUS) was established as a result of a Pan-Pacific Trade Union Conference organised by the Labor Council of New South Wales held in September 1926 (see 'In the Case of Oppression: the Life and Times of the Labor Council of New South Wales p. 200), although a conference held the following year, 1927, in China has also been suggested as the time of the PPTUS's establishment.

Parbury Henty and Company Proprietary Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1829 - c. 1977

The company was formed to take over businesses that were founded in 1829, and were initially merchants, indentors, importers and agents, becoming a major supplier of local and imported timbers for the building and furnishing industries. The company established merchant houses in Australia, the United Kingdom and Papua New Guinea. Formerly known as James Henty & Co, the company was incorporated in Melbourne on 5 February 1932. By 1977, the company was acquired by Parbury Henty Holdings Limited and operated as a subsidiary to the Holdings company until it was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 1991.

Parke, Aubrey Laurence

  • Person
  • 1925-2007

Parke was born in Moreton, Dorset in 1925. In 1951 Parke was posted to the Western District of Fiji. He would continue to work in the country, in various locations and posts, over the next 20 years. He was also a Trustee of the Fiji Museum and advised the museum on archaeological matters. After Fijian independence, Parke relocated to Canberra, where he pursued his MA and later PhD at the Australian National University based on his many years experience in Fiji.

Parker, Charles Ernest (Don)

  • Person
  • 1885 - 1968

Don Parker was New South Wales President of the Postal Linemen's Union, and on amalgamation in 1925, became a member of the Federal Executive of the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen, Sorters and Letter Carriers Union, which became the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union in 1926. He held this position until 1928 and was also New South Wales President 1926 - 1929. He was elected as Assistant General Secretary of the Union 1931 - 1934 and then General President, a post that he held from 1934 to 1947.

Parker, Robert Stewart

  • Person
  • 1915 - 2002

Robert Stewart Parker was born on 19 February 1915 in Artarmon, New South Wales. He received his Masters in Economics from the University of Sydney. In 1938 he was appointed Lecturer in Public Administration and Secretary to the Council of the Canberra University College. From 1939 to 1945 he was Lecturer in Public Administration at Victoria University College, Wellington, before returning to Canberra University College as Lecturer in Political Science. From 1949-1954 Parker was Head of the School of Public Administration at Victoria University, New Zealand. Parker began his association with the Australian National University as a Research Fellow in the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences from 19 October 1947 to 24 February 1949, then Reader (Public Administration) from 1 March 1954. He was Professor and Head of ANU's Political Science program in the Research School of Social Sciences from 1962 until his retirement in 1978. He was a member of the 1957 Committee of Inquiry into Commonwealth Public Service Recruitment (Boyer Committee), the Interim Council of the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea (1962-69) and the Papua New Guinea Public Services Arbitration Tribunal (1972-73). Parker died on 31 July 2002.

Paroo Pastoral Company Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1924 - 1959

The company was incorporated in Brisbane in 1924 to purchase and manage Caiwarro and Currawinya Stations near Hungerford and Eulo, Queensland. In 1950 the company was taken over by the Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Company Ltd and in 1959 it was put into voluntary liquidation.

Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia

  • Industry association
  • 1891 - 1919

Formed in 1891, the Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia was renamed as the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia in 1919. The Graziers' Federal Council operated until 1960 when it amalgamated with the Australian Woolgrowers' Council to form the Australian Woolgrowers' and Graziers' Council.

Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales

  • Industry association
  • 1890 - 1916

The Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales was formed at a meeting attended by representatives from most districts of the State on 9 July 1890. This followed an attempt two years earlier to form a sheepowners' association. Branches were set up in 1890 and district committees were appointed in 1891. The name of the organisation was changed in October 1916 to the Graziers' Association of New South Wales.

Paterson, Frederick Woolnough

  • Person
  • 1897-1977

Frederick Woolnough (Fred) Paterson, barrister and politician, was born on 13 June 1897 at Gladstone, Queensland. He studied at the University of Queensland (BA, 1920) and also enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force from 1918-19. From 1920-22 he took up a Rhodes Scholarship (awarded in 1918) at Merton College, Oxford. Back in Brisbane, in 1923 Paterson joined the Australian Labor Party and Communist Party of Australia. From 1923-1925 he was Teacher and Vice Warden, St Johns School; 1925 worked as a pig farmer in Gladstone. By 1925 Paterson had resigned from the Communist Party of Australia. He contested two State elections (Port Curtis in 1926 and Paddington in 1929 - both unsuccessful) as an Independent. A member (April 1927-November 1928) of the Gladstone Town Council, he was deputy-mayor and chairman of the finance committee; he supported striking railwaymen and waterside workers. In 1928 he moved to Brisbane to study for the Barrister's bar exam. Paterson rejoined the CPA in January 1930 and was arrested for making an allegedly seditious speech in the Brisbane Domain. He was admitted to the Bar on 18 March 1931. In 1932 he started a criminal law practice in Townsville; 1937 was Editor, Communist newspaper, North Queensland Guardian; 1939-44 became Alderman (Councillor), Townsville City Council; 1944-50 won state seat of Bowen and became the first Communist in Australia elected to parliament; 1951 stood for Senate (unsuccessful); 1952 moved to Sydney and started an Industrial Law practice. Paterson retired in 1961 and died in Concord, Sydney on 17 October 1977.

Paterson, John Pryde

  • Person
  • 1942 - 2003

Dr John Pryde Paterson was involved in public administration, particularly water policy reform, and the development and provision of social welfare services. Paterson was born on 23 April 1942 and received a Commerce degree from Melbourne University and a PhD from the Australian National University. From 1963 to 1966 he worked as a research officer and advocate with the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations. He joined the Research School of Social Sciences, Urban Research Unit at ANU in 1967-1970. From 1970-1978 he was Chief Executive of John Paterson Urban Systems then becoming Deputy Direcctor, NSW Department of Environment and Planning 1979-1982; President of the Hunter District Water Board 1982-1984; Director-General, Department of Water Resources in Victoria; Director-General, Department of Community Services Victoria from 1989-1992; Secretary of the Department of Health and Community Services, Victoria.

Paterson, Laing and Bruce Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1879-1966

In 1876 John Paterson bought out partners Henry C Palmer and Briscoe Ray in the company Paterson, Ray, Palmer and Company and with James Robert Laing (previously with Laing and Webster) as partner, formed Paterson, Laing and Company. A London office was established in 1878 in Australian Avenue, St Giles without Cripplegate. In 1879, John Monro Bruce (resident partner of George Webster and Company) became a partner with the firm assuming the name Paterson, Laing and Bruce. In 1893 the partnership included Paterson, John Robert Laing (son of James), JM Bruce, George Williamson Bruce, John Glaister Paterson, and Thomas James Amour Clark. In 1897, JM Bruce acquired the other interests and converted the business to a limited liability company, Paterson, Laing and Bruce Limited. The company was registered in London in January 1898 with two branch houses in Melbourne and London. In 1899 the businesses Lark, Sons and Company Limited (Sydney) and R Lewis and Sons (Hobart) were acquired and a Sydney office established. In July 1901 the newly formed company Paterson, Laing and Bruce (1901) Limited took over the old company, registered in England, but in November 1903 the name reverted to Paterson, Laing and Bruce Limited. In February 1966, the company merged with Robert Reid and Company Limited to form Paterson, Reid and Bruce Limited, a direct subsidiary of Ralli Australia Proprietry Limited.

Paterson, Mervyn Silas

  • Person
  • 1925 - 2020

Professor Paterson joined the new Department of Geophysics in the Research School of Physical Sciences as a Senior Research Fellow under Professor JC Jaeger in June 1953, having been awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Adelaide in 1945 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cambridge University in 1949. He had worked in the Division of Aeronautics at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1945 to 1953. In 1956 he was appointed as a Reader in Crystal Physics and in 1987 as a Professor in the Research School of Earth Sciences, which had been separately established from the Research School of Physical Sciences in 1973. Paterson started the design and construction of the first High Pressure, High Temperature (HPT) rock deformation apparatus in 1960 but it was not until 1988 that Paterson Instruments Pty Ltd (jointly owned by Paterson, his wife Katalin and ANUTECH) was formed to manufacture the apparatus as a commercial activity. Over the next twenty years, 13 were manufactured and sold to universities and research institutions in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Germany, Switzerland and China. Paterson retired in 1990 and worked as a consultant to Australian Scientific Instruments which took over Paterson Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd in the mid-1990s.

Paterson, Ray, Palmer and Company

  • Corporate body
  • 1861-1876

In 1860, John Paterson and Henry C Palmer, both partners of JC Young and Company, purchased the business on JC Young's retirement, and renamed it Paterson, Palmer and Company. The business of Ray, Glaister and Company was then purchased and Briscoe Ray became a partner shortly afterwards and the business was then known as Paterson, Ray, Palmer and Company. In 1876 Paterson bought out the other interests and with James Robert Laing (previously with Laing and Webster) as partner, the firm became Paterson, Laing and Company.

Paterson, Reid and Bruce Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1966-1979

The company was formed by a merger of Paterson, Laing and Bruce Limited and Robert Reid and Company Limited. It operated as a direct subsidiary of Ralli Australia Proprietry Limited from 1966 to July 1970 when it was purchased by Grimley Limited. The parent company changed name to Eastralian Securities Limited in September 1970 and then to ESCOR Limited in January 1974. Paterson, Reid and Bruce Limited ceased trading in December 1979. An ongoing division of the company continued trading as ESCOR Textiles Limited, a subsidiary of ESCOR Limited.

Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies

  • University unit
  • 1984 - 1997

The Peach Research Centre was established at the Australian National University in 1984. The proposal to set up a peace research institute came from a group of academics, public servants, representatives of voluntary organisations and the Labor government in 1983 as part of a wider policy of Australia's commitment to disarmament.

Pearce, Dennis Charles

  • Person

Dennis Charles Pearce is a barrister and solicitor in South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. His past appointments at the Australian National University include Lecturer, Faculty of Law, School of General Studies, from 17 June 1968; Senior Lecturer from 1 January 1970; Reader, Faculty of Law from 1975; and at various times Dean of the Law School. Pearce was a convenor of the Assessment Committee in conducting the review for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission. He is author of “Australian law schools: a discipline assessment for the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission” with Enid Campbell and Don Harding (1987) also known as the “Pearce Report”. He was a member of the Faculty of Law until 1996.

Pearson, Robert John Butler

  • Person
  • 1918 -

R J Pearson attended Melbourne High School and completed his education in metallurgical engineering at Melbourne Technical College. In 1937 he joined the staff of Metal Manufactures, Port Kembla where he worked in various positions including Technical Controller, Port Kembla Works; General Manager, Port Kembla Works and Group General Manager - Technical until 1980. On his retirement he was Group General Manager at Head Office in Sydney. He was a member of Wollongong University Council, chairman of the council of Wollongong Institute of Education, and became a Fellow at the University of Wollongong. He was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the metallurgy industry on 26 January 1986.

Pearson, Rowe, Smith and Company Proprietary Limited

  • Corporate body
  • c. 1884 - 1937

The business had its roots in the old Victorian stock and station agents firm of Dal Campbell and Company. From 1884 it went under various managements including Alexander Pearson and H E Rowe, who carried on the business after the death of Pearson. The name of the firm then changed to Pearson, Rowe and Company. When Alexander Smith became a partner the firm's name changed to Pearson, Rowe, Smith and Company. At a later stage Wilson Cameron was admitted to the partnership. After the death of Smith, the firm became a proprietary company in 1914, chiefly from members of the staff of the firm, including C S Wood (Managing Director), P F Rowe (son of H E Rowe), H Boyd (Secretary), J A Burrell (accountant), R A Bear and R McKee. On 18 December 1937 the company was acquired by Goldsbrough, Mort and Co Ltd.

Peel River Land and Mineral Company

  • Corporate body
  • 1853 – 1959

The Peel River Land and Mineral Company (Peel Company) was formed in 1853 after gold was discovered on the banks of the Peel River. It was established by Act of Parliament in London to purchase the Peel River Estate (Goonoo Goonoo) from the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo). The gold mining activity was short lived. The Peel Company then concentrated on working sheep and cattle on the property. It also made early ventures into Queensland: Cashmere (near St George 1861-1873); Corona and Nile (near Winton 1875-1881) and Currawhillingi (NSW/Qld border 1881-1918) as well as Eagle Grange (NSW 1898-1918); Moorlands station (Tamworth); Avon Downs (NT); Mt Alfred and Mt Margaret stations (Qld). From 1849 the Peel Company laid out town lots in (south) Tamworth. From the 1870s farm lots were laid out in several subdivisions around the town. In 1909, 88,518 acres were resumed by the NSW Government for closer settlement; a further 17,500 acres in 1938 and 18,150 acres in 1952. The Goonoo Goonoo homestead block was sold in 1985.

The first General Superintendent of the Peel Company was Philip Gidley King (1854-1904) who was succeeded by his son, G B G King (1904-1910) and grandson, G M G King (1910-1930). They were followed by J F Holloway (1930-1932). From 1932 the AACo and the Peel River Land & Mineral Company were jointly managed in Australia. The companies together purchased a number of properties including Caldervale (near Tambo, Qld) in 1934 and the Coonamble Properties (Sandcycamp, Pillicawarrina and Narraway, NSW) in 1948.

In 1959 the AACo acquired the whole share issue of the Peel River Land & Mineral Company and the company was delisted from the London stock exchange.

Penfolds Wines Australia Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1961 - 1977

The company was registered in Canberra on 7 June 1961 and acquired the Penfolds group of wine companies, a business founded in 1844 by Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold. Its subsidiaries included Penfolds Wines Pty Ltd, Penfold Wines (Victoria) Pry Ltd, Dalwood Vineyards Pty Ltd, Warrington's Wine Cafe Ltd, Auldana Ltd, Barossa Vineyards Ltd, Modbury Vineyards Ltd, Australian Motel Industries Ltd. The company and its subsidiaries were acquired by Tooth and Company in November 1976 and the company was delisted on 23 March 1977.

Penny, Henry Frederick

  • Person
  • 1879 - 1961

Henry Frederick Penny was born in Bristol, England but later moved to Manchester with his parents. After leaving school at age eleven he was apprenticed to an experimental bicycle maker. Penny studied at several technical and literary subjects at Manchester Polytechnic, and during his 20s he was appointed Chief Electrician at the Belsize Motor factory in Manchester. Penny emigrated to Adelaide in February 1912 with his wife Florence Elizabeth (nee Featherstone), daughter and son. There he became involved in the South Australian single tax movement lead by E J Craigie and based on the writings of Henry George. Penny was president of the Henry George League and also secretary of the New Church Society of South Australia for some time. Many of his colleagues in the Henry George League were also members of this society.

People's Printing and Publishing Company of Western Australia

  • Corporate body
  • 1910 - 1968

The People's Printing and Publishing Company of Western Australia published the union newspaper 'The Westralian Worker'. John Curtin, a future prime minister, was editor of the newspaper from 1917 to 1928. By 1958, the company was known as the Westland Broadcasting Company.

Peter Cullen Proprietary Limited

  • Corporate body
  • c. 1971 - c. 1987

The company was established by Peter Cullen, a Canberra-based political lobbyist.

Peters American Delicacy Company Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1907 -

Registered in New South Wales in 1907, taking over the business of ice cream and American delicacy manufacturing carried on by F.A. Peters.

Peters Brothers Wade and Allison Proprietary Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1945 - 1990

The company of Peters Bros Wade and Allison (PWA) Pty Ltd was formed by the merger of Peters Bryden and Peters Pty Ltd and A M Mainwaring Pty Ltd. The company which manufactured electrical, truck and farm equipment was registered on 27 September 1945. The company headquarters was in Phillip Street, Redfern, where they remained until 1979. William Henry Peters was appointed the first Managing Director. After Peters' death in 1948, William Wade became Managing Director. New memoranda and articles were signed on 2 February 1948 increasing the share capital. On 2 June 1956 a holding company, PWA Industries Pty Ltd, was established to co-ordinate the operations of new subsidiary companies that undertook the production and marketing of the company's products. In 1969 the manufacture of truck and farm equipment ceased and the company's activities were concentrated on electrical transformer manufacture. On 27 July 1973 Peters Bros Wade and Allison Pty Ltd changed its name to Australian Power and Distribution Industries Pty Ltd. In 1975, the company sold the rights to produce Power King transformers to Tyree Industries Pty Ltd, who also bought the assets of the transformer division in August 1979. PWA Investments Pty Ltd was established to administer the sale and any remaining assets. In 1990 the company's trade-mark and logo was transferred to Australian Power Products Pty Ltd. The remaining manufacturing operation of its General Products division, Australian Power Inc Pty Ltd, was sold to Morlynn Ceramics.

Pickering, Anne

  • Person

Anne Pickering was active in the Australian East Timor Association (ACT) and other similar organisations.

Pilbara Iron Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1965 - 1986

Pilbara Iron Limited was established in 1965 with a registered office in Sydney and site facilities at Newman and Port Hedland. The company, a subsidiary of CSR Limited, held an interest in the Mt Newman iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Mt Newman iron ore project was an international joint venture in Western Australia 1964-1985. CSR through its subsidiary was a member from the project's beginning until 1986.

Pillig, Hans

Hans Pillig worked in the ANU Design Unit.

Pioneer Concrete Services Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1956 - 2000

Pioneer Concrete Services Limited was incorporated in New South Wales on 10 October 1956, and later listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange as a public company in 1959. The Australian based multinational company had operations in 16 countries around the world producing high quality pre-mixed concrete and quarry products, and was one of the largest suppliers of building materials worldwide. In 1961 the company made its first move overseas commencing operations in Hong Kong. In 1962 it began operations in the United Kingdom followed by growth in other parts of Asia and Europe, and into the United States in 1978. In 1980 the company acquired AMPOL Limited as a subsidiary, later moving to ownership in 1988. From 5 January 1989, the company changed its name to Pioneer International Limited to reflect the company's operations in Australia and overseas. The company was taken over by Hanson Australia Proprietary Limited on 24 May 2000.

Pitt, Son and Badgery Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1888 - 1972

This firm of wool and produce Brokers and Stock and Property Agents was registered in New South Wales on 8 June 1888. In 1972 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Australian Holdings Limited, which was later acquired by Marra Developments Limited in 1974. In 1976 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited, operating under its original name.

Playford, John Drysdale

  • Person
  • 1935 - 2003

John Drysdale Playford was born on 28 March 1935 in the Norton Summit district and was a member of the South Australian political family of Sir Thomas Playford, In 1963 Playford completed his PhD thesis at the Australian National University on the doctrinal and strategic problems of the Communist Party of Australia, after which he lectured in the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Monash University from 1964 and the Politics Department, University of Adelaide from 1972. He was engaged in the Vietnam Moratorium Movement and for many years Playford contributed to Marxist publications. He editor of the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, established in 1974, for sixteen years. His publications on Australian politics include Apolitical Politics: a critique of behaviouralism (co-edited with Charles McCoy, 1967), Neo-capitalism in Australia (1969) and Australian Capitalism: towards a socialist critique (with Douglas Kirsner, 1972). Playford died on 23 April 2003.

Plowman, Colin George

  • Person
  • 1926 - 2015

Born in Orange on 20 February 1926, Colin George Plowman worked in various clerical positions for the Bank of New South Wales in his late teens (1942 - 1946), as well as serving in the RAAF, and studied Economics at the University of Sydney (BA, 1947 - 1949). Upon graduation, Plowman worked at the Joint Coal Board (1950 - 1954), before joining the registrar's staff at the University of Sydney in 1955. In 1956 he took up the post of Assistant Registrar at the University of Western Australia and then applied for the post of Assistant Registrar at Canberra University College (CUC) in 1958. As the succesful applicant, he started there in 1959, becoming the Assistant Registrar of the School of General Studies, as CUC became when it was incorporated into ANU, in 1960. He went on to be the acting Registrar and then Academic Registrar in March 1968. Between 1974 and 1976 Plowman was Registrar at University of New South Wales, returning to ANU in 1976 as Assistant Vice-Chancellor. In 1977 he was appointed on to the Management Committee of the Edith and Joy London Foundation Kioloa Field Station. He retired in 1991. A range of issues were addressed by Plowman during his tenure, including student accommodation, ancillary activities, cultural and sporting activities, equal opportunities, parking and the ANU women's room. He returned as a visiting fellow to the Centre of Continuing Education in 1992 and was part of setting up the Emeritus Faculty at ANU in the late 1990s. Positions he held beyond his university service were joint convenor of the first Universities Administration Course (1968), President of the Graduate Careers Council of Australia (1973), consultant to Chair of the Australian Council (1974) and Chair of the Council for the College for Seniors (1975). He was also involved with the Australian Council of the Arts including a secondment to that Council for the first quarter of 1974.

Plowman, David Henry

  • Person
  • c. 1914 -

David Henry Plowman was born in the old Mtarfa Military Hospital in Malta during wartime. He completed his doctorate on the role of employer associations in Australian wage determination at Flinders University of South Australia. From 1978 he lectured in the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. He was appointed Professor of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour at the University of New South Wales from 1990-1992. He is a Winthrop Professor in the University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School. He was the Foundation Director of the Graduate School of Management at UWA from 1993 to 1999.

Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union of Australia

  • Trade union
  • 1911 - 1993

The Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union was formed in 1911, at a conference held at the Trades Hall in Victoria. Plumbers' unions in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria united to create the foundation branches of the federal union. In 1912 the union was federally registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act as the Australian Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union. The new union covered workers in plumbing, gasfitting, pipefitting and domestic engineering work. NSW, Tasmania and Western Australia joined the union in 1916, 1918 and 1973 respectively. In 1928 it changed its name to the Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union of Australia. Initially, the union was a loose federation of state Branches with substantial differences in pay and conditions. From the 1970s onwards however, it was transformed into a union operating on a strong national basis with national awards and common rates of pay and conditions. In March 1993 it amalgamated with the Electrical Trades' Union to become the Electrical, Electronic, Plumbing and Allied Workers Union of Australia (EPU), with separate electrical and plumbing divisions. In 1994 the EPU joined with the Communications Workers' Union of Australia to form the Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing and Allied Services' Union of Australia, known as the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU).

Plumwood, Val

  • Person
  • 1939 - 2008

Val Plumwood was born on 11 August 1939 in Terry Hills, Sydney. She started her first year of Philosophy at Sydney University in 1956 which she resumed in the 1960s. She then held intermittent teaching posts at Macquarie University, Sydney; Murdoch University, Perth; the University of Tasmania; North Carolina State University and the University of Montana. During the seventies Plumwood and philosopher Richard Routley (later Sylvan) published numerous papers in logic and in environmental ethics. She was author of four books: The Fight for the Forests (1973) with Richard Routley, Relevant Logics and Their Rivals (1982) with R Routley, R K Meyer & Ross T Brady, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1993) and Environmental Culture: the Ecological Crisis of Reason (2002). At her death she was working on two further manuscripts, The Eye of the Crocodile and Nature in the Active Voice. She completed her PhD thesis from the Australian National University in 1990 and was a member of the Social and Political Theory Program, Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU. She held visiting professorships at the University of California-Berkeley in the US, McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, the University of Lancaster in the UK and the University of Frankfurt in Germany. Val was a Fellow at the Australian National University, first as an Australian Research Council fellow and later as a Visiting Fellow of the Fenner School of Environment & Society. Plumwood died in late February 2008 at her Plumwood Mountain property, near Braidwood, east of Canberra.

Police Association of New South Wales

  • Trade union
  • 1921 -

The Police Association of New South Wales was established in 1921. It is a registered trade union affiliated with and represented on the Police Federation of Australia, the New South Wales Labor Council and the Australian Council of Trade Unions [ACTU]. On the 1st of July 1999 the Police Association was formally amalgamated with the Commissioned Police Officers' Association and is now the sole union representing just over fourteen thousand commissioned and non-commissioned New South Wales police officers

Port Adelaide Shipwrights' Society

  • Trade union
  • c. 1887 - 1916

The Port Adelaide Shipwrights' Society became the South Australian Branch of the Federated Shipwrights Ship Constructors Naval Architects Ships Draughtsmen and Boatbuilders Association of Australia in 1916.

Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association

  • Trade union
  • 1872 - 1915

The Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association was established in 1872 to protect the interests of wharf labourers. It assisted members obtain a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, maintained order and decorum among its members and raised a benefit fund through entrance fees, subscriptions and fines. The Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association joined the Waterside Workers’ Federation in 1915.

Port Phillip Shipwrights Society

  • Trade union
  • 1864 - 1920

The Port Phillip Shipwrights Society was formed in 1864 and changed its name in February 1914 to the Port Phillip Ship Constructive and Shipwrights Association. Its name changed again to the Port Phillip Constructive Shipwrights and Boatbuilders' Association before becoming the Victorian Branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship Constructors, Naval Architects, Ships Draughtsmen and Boatbuilders Association of Australia in September 1920. It was also known as the Melbourne Shipwrights' Society.

Postal Sorters' Union of Australia

  • Trade union
  • 1912 - 1925

The Postal Sorters' Union of Australia was formed in 1912 as a federation of five State unions and registered in 1913. In 1925 it merged with the Australian Letter Carriers' Association (then known as the Commonwealth Public Service Fourth Division Employees' Union of Australia) and the Australian Postal Linesmen's Union to form the Amalgamated Postal Linesmen Sorters' and Letter Carriers' Union of Australia, renamed the Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia in 1926.

Potter, Laurence Raymond

  • Person
  • 1914 – unknown

Laurence Raymond Potter was born on 28 June 1914. Potter served in the RAAF during World War II and after the war joined Metal Manufactures Limited. He became Managing Director, Head Office, in 1972 and retired on 30 June 1976 after working over thirty years with Metal Manufactures Ltd.

Pressers' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1884 - 1902

Pressers' Union, founded in the 1880s (possibly in 1884), joined with the Cutters' and Joiners' Union to form the Victorian Clothing Operatives' Union in 1902.

Price Maurice and Company

  • Corporate body
  • c. 1855 - c. 1902

The firm was established by Price Maurice, a pastoralist, who arrived in South Australia aboard the 'Calab Angas' in 1840. He was associated with sheep runs at Pekina, Oladdie, Warrow, Lake Hamilton, and Bramfield on the Port Lincoln Peninsula. In 1870, Price Maurice (1818 - 1894) introduced the Angora goat into Australia and bought Castambul Station in the Mount Lofty ranges for the purpose. In 1874 he took up Mount Eba Station. Later he returned to England for health reasons, leaving Clement Sabine as manager of Price Maurice Estate.

Price, Charles Archibald

  • Person
  • 1920 - 2009

Charles Archibald Price was born on 20 July 1920. From 1952-1985 he held Fellowships in the Department of Demography, Research School of Social Sciences, at the Australian National University. His appointments in the Department of Demography began from Research Fellow, 13 February 1952; Fellow, 1 August 1954; Senior Fellow, 8 April 1960; and Professorial Fellow from 10 July 1964. Price served effectively on many committees related to immigration and settlement, as an advisor to government. He died on 2 August 2009.

Primary Producers' Council of Australia

  • Industry association
  • 1943 - 1949

The Primary Producers' Council of Australia was registered federally in 1943. It changed its name in 1949 to become the National Farmers' Union of Australia and merged with the Australian Primary Producers' Union to form the Australian Farmers' Federation in 1969.

Prime Minister's Department

  • Commonwealth department
  • 1911 - 1971

The Prime Minister's Department was created on 1 July 1911 and its responsibilities included the Federal Executive Council, the Auditor-General, the Public Service Commissioner, and Royal Commissions. In 1916, on the abolition of the Department of External Affairs, it inherited its functions, and gained and lost several other functions over its existence. In 1966 its responsibility for education and science including the Australian National University, CSIRO and the Australian Universities Commission transferred to a new Department of Education and Science. On 12 March 1971, the Prime Minister's Department was abolished and replaced by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Pringle, Bob

  • Person
  • 1922 - 1996

Bob Pringle was born in Queensland in 1922. He moved to New South Wales working as a scaffolder and rigger when he joined the Builders' Labourers' Federation (BLF). Pringle was the president of the New South Wales Branch of the BLF in the late 1960s. As one of the leadership of the NSW Branch of the BLF, along with Jack Mundey and Joe Owens, Pringle was an active supporter of the 1971 green ban in Kelly’s Bush, Sydney. He was expelled from the BLF in 1975 and in 1996.

Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia

  • Trade union
  • c. 1916 - 1966

The Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia, known as the One Big Union of Printers in 1916, was registered federally in 1917. On 31 March 1966 the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia and the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees' Union of Australia signed an agreement to amalgamate to form the Printing and Kindred Industries Union.

Printing Trades Federation Council

  • Trade union
  • 1896 - 1920

The Printing Trades Federation Council was established in February 1896 after a series of meetings with the aim of bringing about a federation of every worker in the printing and kindred trades. The Council, made up of unions of bookbinders, lithographers, photo-engravers, and letterpress machinists, was succeeded by the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees' Union in December 1920.

Printing and Allied Trades Employers Association of New South Wales

  • Industry association
  • 1887 - 1971

The New South Wales association was established in Sydney in 1887 as the Sydney Master Printers Association. It was allied to the national body of the Printing and Allied Trades Employers Association which formed as an amalgam around 1924. In 1971 the various state associations came together as a federation forming a branch or region of the Printing and Allied Trades Employer’s Federation of Australia (PATEFA).

Printing and Kindred Industries Union

  • Trade union
  • 1966 - 1995

The Printing & Kindred Industries Union was formed on 6 July 1966 after the amalgamation of the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia and the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees' Union of Australia. In 1986 the PKIU amalgamated with the Federated Photo Engravers Photo-Lithographers & Photogravure Employees' Association of Australia, and in 1992 with the Victorian Printers Operatives' Union. It was re-registered and retained its name until 1995 when the PKIU amalgamated with the Automotive Food Metals and Engineering Union to form the Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union, otherwise known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.

Process Engravers Union of New South Wales

  • Trade union
  • 1909 -1920

The union was established in 1909 and in 1920 union amalgamated with the Australian Bookbinders' and Paper Rulers' Federated Association, New South Wales Lithographic Association, Letterpress Printers' Machinists' Industrial Union of NSW to form the Amalgamated Printing Trade Employees Union of NSW, a predecessor of the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees Union of Australia.

Professional Divers’ Association of Australasia

  • Industry association
  • 1971-1991

The Professional Divers' Association of Australasia (PDAA) was established in May 1969 at a meeting of several divers, dissatisfied over the lack of job security in the diving industry, workplace health and safety issues, and the significantly lower wages received by Australian divers compared to their overseas counterparts. Despite starting from a low membership base, the union achieved registration in 1971 and operated until 1991 when it amalgamated with the Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA). In 1993 the SUA merged with the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia (WWF) to form the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

Professional Officers' Association, Australian Public Service

  • Trade union
  • 1917 - 1991

The Professional Officers' Association, Commonwealth Public Service was registered federally in 1917 and operated until 1975 when it changed its name to the Professional Officers' Association, Australian Public Service. In 1991 the union merged with the Australian Government Lawyers' Association. In 1992 it merged with the Australian Public Sector & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment and became the Australian Public Sector Professional & Broadcasting Union, Australian Government Employment.

Professional Radio and Electronics Institute of Australasia

  • Trade union
  • 1934 - 1992

The Professional Radio Employees' Institute of Australasia was a renaming of the earlier Radio-Telegraphists Institute of Australasia which had started as the Radio-Telegraphists (Marine) Institute of Australasia in 1916. In 1975 the name changed to the Professional Radio and Electronics Institute of Australasia, and then in 1992 it amalgamated with other public sector unions to eventually form part of the Community and Public Sector Union in 1994.

Professorial Board

  • University unit
  • 1969 - 1989

The Professorial Board was established by amendments to the Australian National University Act in 1960 as an advisory body to Council on any matter relating to education, learning or research. It was chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and all professors of the University were members. As the other two Boards, the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies and the Board of the School of General Studies (later The Faculties), were identified as being responsible for all academic matters relating to their bodies, the role of the Professorial Board was unclear. Section 15D of the Act provides that the Vice-Chancellor 'may at any time convene a meeting' and 'shall convene such a meeting' if required by the Council, either of the other two Boards, or six members of the Professorial Board. It had its first meeting on 30 September 1969, met rarely and had its last meeting on 12 April 1989.

Prometheus Information Pty Ltd

  • Corporate body
  • 1992 -

Prometheus Information Pty Ltd is a computer related service company in Braddon, Australian Capital Territory. This private company was founded in August 1992.

Public Health Association of Australia

  • Association
  • 1986 -

The Public Health Association of Australia aims to encourage research and promote knowledge in the wider community of the economic, social and environmental factors affecting public health. It is a successor to the Australian and New Zealand Society for Epidemiological Research in Community Health /Australian Public Health Association. Its major activities are advocacy for the betterment of public health, holding conferences on epidemiology, immunisation and other public health issues, and producing the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Before 2001 its name was the Public Health Association.

Public Service Arbitrator

  • Commonwealth department
  • 1921 - 1984

The Commonwealth Arbitration (Public Service) Act of 1920 made provision for the appointment of a Public Service Arbitrator, to determine all matters submitted to the arbitrator relating to salaries, wages, rates of pay, or terms or conditions of service or employment of officers and employers of the Public Service. The arbitrator had the power to vary any determination, re-open any questions, give an interpretation of any determination and to allow amendments to a claim on application. The Arbitration (Public Service) Act of 1920 made provision for all claims pending in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration to be transferred to the Public Service Arbitrator, and all determination that were made under the 1911 Act to be deemed as determinations made by the Arbitrator under the 1920 Act. Prior to this legislation the Aritration (Public Service) Act of 1911 gave the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration the power to deal with such matters. The Arbitration (Public Service) Act of 1920 commenced on 31 March 1921 as proclaimed in the Commonwealth Gazette No. 29 of 1921. The Arbitrator was appointed by the Governor-General, for a term of seven years and was eligible for re-appointment. Mr Atlee Hunt C.M.G. was the first Public Service Arbitrator appointed in February 1921. The Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) of 1983 repealed the Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920 and related Acts, and transferred the jurisdiction of the Public Service Arbitrator to the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. However, the office of the Public Service Arbitrator continued to operate until the 1983 Act came into operation on 1 June 1984.

Public Service Association of New South Wales

  • Trade union
  • 1899 -

The first attempt to form a Public Service Association of New South Wales (PSA) was made in April 1886 by Arthur Josling and P.H. Somerville. Their actions may have been prompted by similar moves in Victoria and by growing concerns of political patronage within the service. The Provisional Committee set up to establish the organisation stated that the Association would not have a political character nor would it be a trade union. Thirteen years passed before the union was established in 1899.

The Association's first Chairman was Mr. Cornelius Delohery with Mr. W.A. Thomson elected Secretary. In November 1890 Mr. John Osbourne was appointed as the first permanent Secretary and the first Council was elected to conduct the business of the PSA. In October of the same year, the first country branch was formed at Moree. Others quickly followed in Armidale, Goulburn, Hay, Newcastle, Forbes and Orange.

In 1915, it was decided by a vote of 670 to 538 to register as a trade union under the Industrial Arbitration and Trade Union Acts. The proposal fired spirited debate but, nevertheless, registered as a Trade Union under the Trade Union Act and an Industrial Union under the Industrial Arbitration Act. Four internal divisions were established - Clerical, General, Professional and Education. By 1920, a vocational structure was emerging - the division and representation of members by the jobs they did - and the PSA's first awards were lodged.

In 1922, new legislation again excluded the PSA from the arbitration system. In an attempt to correct this situation the PSA waged a major political campaign between 1925 and 1930 to regain access to the system. The Lang Labor Government eventually amended the legislation. Four sections then emerged - Clerical, General, Professional and Government Agencies - plus a Women's Auxiliary.

Publications Committee

  • University unit
  • 1955 - 1967

The Publications Committee administered a fund to assist the publication of works originating from the research schools and later the School of General Studies. Eight of its members were originally from the four research schools, and a small editorial unit assisted with preparing works for publication. It was later replaced by the Editorial Committee.

Pyrmont Sugar Works Employees' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1901 - 1977

The Pyrmont Sugar Works Employees' Union was also known as the Sugar Works Employees' Union and was registered as such under the New South Wales Trade Union Act on 9 July 1901.

Queensland AIDS Council

  • Non Government Organisation
  • 1984 -

The Queensland AIDS Council is an independent community organisation funded by government grants, community fundraising, donations and sponsorships.

The history of the Queensland AIDS Council can be traced back to November 1984. Around thirty individuals from the gay community held a meeting in a room of the Alliance Hotel, Brisbane. This meeting resulted in the birth of the Queensland AIDS Council and its creation coincided with the first AIDS Awareness week in April, 1985. In late 1986 – prior to government funding became available – the Queensland AIDS Council sought support from all church groups in Brisbane, in order to aid growing community need. The Sisters of Mercy gave Queensland Aids Council a little house behind the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane and supported QuAC in a range of financial and other ways for years.

Since then, QuAC has continued to deliver HIV prevention programs and client services for people with HIV and critical peer support. The organisation has shifted and evolved over time in tandem with the LGBTI community and now incorporates diverse areas of LGBTI health, along with HIV prevention and education.

Changed names to Queensland Council for LGBTI Health in 2019.

Queensland Chamber of Manufactures

  • Industry association
  • 1899 - 1976

The growth of manufacturing activity in the late 19th century led to the formation of the Queensland Chamber of Manufactures in 1899. The Chamber of Manufactures continued to represent its constituency until the mid 1970s, when the end of the long post-war boom and the confluence of a number of other national and international economic influences led the Queensland Chamber of Manufactures, the Queensland Employers´ Federation, the North Queensland and Central Queensland Employers´ Associations and the Mackay Employers´ Federation to merge in 1976 to form the Queensland Confederation of Industry [QCI]. QCI merged with the State Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Queensland) and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce in 1994 to form the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd [QCCI]. In April 2001, QCCI re-launched itself as Commerce Queensland.

Queensland Colliery Employees' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1908 - 1992

The union was registered on 5 November 1908. It succeeded the West Moreton District Miners' Union which had at that time over twenty branches in the Ipswich and Rosewood areas. Its first Secretary was David Gledson who became a member of the Queensland government in 1915 and later Minister for Mines and Attorney-General. The QCEU became the Queensland District of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation from its formation in 1916 but maintained its separate status until it became part of the Mining and Energy Division of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union in 1992.

Queensland Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Commission

  • Commonwealth department
  • 1961 - 1990

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1961 commenced from 2 May 1961. The Industrial Court and Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Commission were constituted under the Act. This legislation separated the roles previously preformed by a single Tribunal, the Industrial Court of Queensland, which was established under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1929.

The Commission’s functions were essentially related to conciliating and arbitrating industrial matters, with the Industrial Court becoming an appellate Tribunal.
The Full Bench of the Commission, among other things, made declarations as to the cost of living, the standard of living, the basic wage, and standard hours of work. It made general rulings relating to any industrial matter after having given notice of its intention and in so doing gave all interested persons and opportunity to be heard. The Commission, in addition to declaring rates of pay, specified conditions of employment under each of its awards, including overtime rates; proportion of female workers to male workers, young workers to adult workers, apprentices and improvers to journeymen; hours of work as well as fixed hours of trading for shops.

Queensland Journeymen Coopers' Society

  • Trade union
  • c. 1889 - c. 1910

The Queensland Journeymen Coopers' Society was a forerunner to the Queensland Branch of the Federated Coopers of Australia.

Queensland Labourers' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1889 - 1892

The Queensland Labourers' Union was established at Saltern Creek in 1888 as the Central Queensland Labourers' Union. In 1892 the Queensland Labourers' Union, as it was then known, amalgamated with the Queensland Shearers' Union to form the Amalgamated Workers' Union of Queensland.

Queensland Locomotive Enginemen Firemen and Cleaners' Association

  • Trade union
  • c. 1891 - 1921

The union already in existence in Queensland in 1891. It applied for deregistration on 6 July 1921 in order to register as the Queensland Division of the federated body, the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen.

Queensland Mining Council

  • Industry association
  • 1992 – Nov 2003

Formed following the amalgamation of the Queensland Coal Association and the Queensland Chamber of Mines c. 1992. The Queensland Mining Council represented employees, employers and operators in the Queensland mining industry.

The Queensland Mining Council discontinued the provision of industrial relations services in 1998. This service was continued by the senior industrial relations advisor, Graham Gillespie, through the establishment of the consultancy firm Gillespie Consulting Services Pty Ltd.

The Queensland Mining Council became the Queensland Resources Council in Nov 2003, expanding its membership to also include explorers, mineral processors, contractors, oil and gas producers and electricity generators.

Queensland Shearers' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1887 - 1892

The Queensland Shearers' Union was formed in January 1887 to help combat pastoralists' attempts to reduce the shearing rate. By the time the union had registered under the Queensland Trade Union Act in August 1888 it had well over nine hundred members, and a year later close to three thousand. Constantly at odds with the larger Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia, the QSU rejected amalgamation attempts from that union only to accept by plebiscite an amalgamation with the Queensland Labourers' Union in October 1891 to form the Amalgamated Workers' Union of Queensland, which it did in April 1892. In an ironic twist, however, the Amalgamated Workers Union of Queensland ultimately merged with the newly formed Australian Workers' Union, a creation of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia, in 1904.

Queensland State Service Union of Employees

  • Trade union
  • 1902 -

The Queensland State Service Union was formed in 1902, and was initially called the Public Service Association of Queensland. It changed its name to the Public Service General Officers' Association of Queensland in 1915 and then to the QSSU in 1924. Since 1999 it has been known as the Queensland Public Sector Union. The Queensland State Service Union was the first registered Union in Queensland representing members employed in the Queensland Public Service Departments. In 1913 the Public Service Association of Queensland comprised the General Officers Association, the Professional Officers Association, and the Queensland Teachers Union. The union continues to serve Public Service employees, members employed in universities, a range of statutory authorities, as well as the public and private health sector.

Queensland Teachers' Union

  • Trade union
  • 1889 -

The Queensland Teachers Union was formed in 1889 when seven teachers' unions met for a conference at the School of Art in Brisbane. In 1917 the QTU was granted industrial registration, giving it exclusive coverage of the state school system. Later that year, the first teachers’ award in Australia was registered in Queensland. The QTU celebrated its 12oth anniversary in 2009.

R A McKillop and Company Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1910 - 1954

The firm of R A McKillop & Co Ltd, stock and station agents, estate agents and auctioneers was established in Canberra at Civic Centre in the 1930s by Robert Alexander McKillop after he had moved from Cooma where he had been established in a similar business since 1910. McKillop was also partner in the firm of Hain & McKillop, stock and station agents in Cooma. He also operated in Canberra the National Finance and Investment Co Ltd, a money lending and hire-purchasing finance company. The business remained under the control of R A McKillop until it was sold around 1954 to G A and D E Hohnen.

Radio-Telegraphists Institute of Australasia

  • Trade union
  • 1916 - 1934

The Merchant Service Radio Telegraphists' Association of Australasia was founded on 2 November 1912. In 1917 it was wound up in favour of the Radio Telegraphists' (Marine) Institute of Australasia. In 1920 the Institute changed its name to the Radio Telegraphists' Institute of of Australasia and in 1934 it became the Professional Radio Employees' Institute of Australasia.

Railway Service Association

  • Trade union
  • 1930 - 1933

The Railway Service Association formed in 1930 from the amalgamation of the New South Wales Government Railways Permanent Way Association and the Association of Employees (Mechanical Branch) of the NSW Railways (unions registered since 1918). In 1933 the RSA as a State Industrial Union was renamed and registered in New South Wales as the National Union of Railwaymen, NSW Branch - a predecessor to the Commonwealth registered National Union of Railwaymen of Australia.

Railway and Tramway Officers' Association

  • Trade union
  • 1913 - 1924

The Railway and Tramway Officers' Association was registered in New South Wales in 1913 and amalgamated with the Victorian Railways Administrative Officers' and Clerks' Association to form the Australian Transport Officers' Federation in 1924.

Ratford, Ossie J

  • Person

Ossie (O J) Ratford worked in Canberra as an accountant from the late 1930s and was company director of Canberra Steam Laundry Ltd from April 1952 to 1975 when the company went into liquidation.

Rawling, James Normington

  • Person
  • 1898 - 1966

James Normington Rawling, political activist and writer, was born on 27 July 1898 at Plattsburg, New South Wales. Rawling served with the Australian Imperial Force from 1916-1919. In 1920 he trained as a teacher and worked in the NSW Education Department. He worked in the steel industry in Newcastle for a number of years. He was involved in reorganising a Rationalist Association in Sydney in 1923 and in 1925 joined the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). In 1928 Rawling returned to a teaching position in Sydney and completed his BA. In 1932 he became a full-time functionary of the CPA. In the same year he became editor of the journal, World Survey, of the League Against Imperialism (LAI). In 1933 Rawling became editor of War! What For?, the journal of the Movement Against War and Fascism (MAWF) and continued to edit the journal and its successor, World Peace, until the end of 1939. He was appointed National Secretary of MAWF in November 1936. From 1934 he worked as a research officer to the Central Committe of the CPA. In this capacity he prepared speakers' notes, wrote articles for The Communist Review, Workers' Weekly, other publications and pamphlets. He gave lectures and talks on European and Australian history and anti-war matters. In December 1939 Rawling was expelled from the CPA. For the next five years Rawling worked as a temporary clerk with the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, and was Secretary of the Salaried Division of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Employees' Union. In 1945 he resumed teaching, mostly in private schools until 1960 when he rejoined the Education Department. During the 1940s and 1950s he studied early Australian literary history which culminated in the publication of his biography, Charles Harpur: An Australian in 1962. In 1962-63, as a visiting fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, he worked on his history of the CPA entitled Communism Comes to Australia. Rawling died on 7 March 1966 in Sydney.

Rawson, Donald William

  • Person
  • 1930 - 1997

Donald William Rawson joined the Australian National University in December 1957 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Political Sciences. He was promoted to Fellow in July 1960 and in 1961 resigned to begin a Readership in Political Science at the University of Queensland. He rejoined the ANU as Senior Research Fellow in 1964 and was then made Senior Fellow in 1965. In May 1989 Rawson became the first Associate Director of the Research School of Social Sciences, retaining the position until 1992 when he returned to full-time academic work as a Senior Fellow in the Division of Historical Studies. He retired in 1995. Rawson died on 20 June 1997 in Canberra.

Read, Kenneth E

  • Person
  • 1917 - 1995

Kenneth E Read was born in Sydney on 29 December 1917. He graduated from the University of Sydney, with Second Class Honors, in 1939. During World War Two Read served in the Royal Australian Army; for some months in the Northern Territory, in and out of Alice Springs, and later in New Guinea. He returned to the University of Sydney after the War to work on his MA in Anthropology (First Class Honors) and completed his PhD in Anthropology at the University of London in 1948, having studied with Raymond Firth and SF Nadel. Read returned to Australia and was hired as Research Fellow by SF Nadel, Founding Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. He became Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the Australian School of Pacific Administration in Sydney 1953-1956. In 1957 he moved to Seattle, Washington, first as Visiting Professor, followed by his appointment as Associate Professor 1958-61, and Professor 1961- c. 1985 in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Read died on 13 November1995 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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