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AU NBAC T19
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- 1881 - 1947 (Creation)
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The Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers was originally founded as the Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers in January 1881. The impetus to form the association came from the Sydney Association of Marine Engineers, established in June 1880. Branches were formed in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Dunedin, Wellington, Auckland, and later Brisbane and Newcastle. The Institute was federally registered as the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers (Employees) in June 1906, and in 1922 amended its name to the Australasian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers to encourage the membership of hydraulic and electrical engineers. In 1924, the New Zealand Branch gained autonomy from the main body, and the Institute then renamed itself the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (Employees). From December 1967 'employees' was dropped from the title and the Institute has since operated as the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers.
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Minutes, letter books and correspondence files, financial records, journal, ballot book, news cuttings, arbitration records, general secretary's papers, membership records, reports, ships' returns, miscellaneous papers, photographs and sketches.
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Researchers must sign an access agreement
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Digital copies of selected items available as follows:
Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers minutes (1881 - 1905) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/129599
Sydney Association of Marine Engineers minutes (1880 - 1884) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117723
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One volume of Sydney Association of Marine Engineers minutes (1880 - 1884; T19-2) and three volumes of Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers minutes (1881 - 1905; T19-3-1 - T19-3-3) 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 18 March 2013