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AU NBAC E162
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- 1870 - 1968 (Creation)
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11.3 m
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Biographical history
Established in 1851, the original Amalgamated Engineering Union was a branch of the British union. It was registered with the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court in 1905 and became known as the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. In 1920 it amalgamated with ten other engineering and allied trade unions and changed its name to the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Australian Section in 1921. In 1968 the union became autonomous from its parent body in Britain, shortening its name to the Amalgamated Engineering Union to reflect this. In mid-June 1972 the AEU began a series of amalgamations with the Sheet Metal Workers, Blacksmiths & Boilermakers and Federated Jewellers to form the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union by 1973.
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Minute books of various branches of the AEU throughout Australia including branches in South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. Also includes district minute books for South Australia (Port Augusta District Committee) and Queensland (Ipswich District Committee)
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They have been arranged and numbered in state groups and alphabetically within each group in accordance with a list of branches published by the AEU Federal Office.
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Existence and location of originals
Five volumes of Adelaide Branch minutes held in deposit E107 (Amalgamated Engineering Union, Adelaide District deposit) interrelate with items in this deposit (E162-1-1 to E162-1-4) to form a complete set for the period Nov 1870 - Apr 1901
One volume of Ipswich Branch minutes held in deposit Z102 ( Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, National Office deposit 1) interrelate with items in this deposit (E162-28-1 and E162-28-2) to form a complete set for the period Feb 1865 - Sep 1903
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of selected items available:
Adelaide Branch minutes (1870 - 1901) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123197
Maryborough Branch minutes (1895 - 1901) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123211
Ipswich Branch minutes (1885 - 1903) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123210
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Four volumes of Adelaide Branch minutes (1870 - 1901), one volume of Maryborough Branch minutes (1895 - 1899), and two volumes of Ipswich Branch minutes (1885 - 1903) are inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register as part of the Minute Books of Pre-Federation Australian Trade Unions (http://www.amw.org.au/register/listings/minute-books-pre-federation-australian-trade-unions)
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Entered from deposit description on 27 November 2012