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Photograph of Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federal Council meeting, Melbourne

Part of Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation Federal Council deposit 2

Photograph is labelled with members' names

Australasian Steamship Owner's Federation and Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association deposit

AU NBAC E217
Deposit
1893 - 1971

The deposit consists of Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation minutes 1901-1959; Branch minutes 1939-1959; Industrial Sub-Committee minutes 1927-1966; Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association minutes 1920-1958; Association of Employers of Waterside Labour minutes 1944-1958; New South Wales Interstate Steamship Owners' Association minutes1939-1950; Maritime Industry Commission minutes 1944-1958; Stevedoring Industry Commission minutes 1946-1948; CSOA members registers 1905-1930; ASOF annual reports 1904-1906; 1922-1940; ASOF circulars 1938-1959; CSOA circulars 1938-1960; Victorian Steamship Owners' Association minutes 1893-1899; correspondence; Central Committee subject files; Central Committee arbitration files and transcripts 1934-1965; newscuttings 1923-1954; papers and transcripts of inquiries 1929-1969; financial records 1904-1962.

Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association

Photograph of Australasian Society of Engineers, Quorn Branch

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Branch State Executive, South Australian Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

AU NBAC E113-10-3
Item
1922 - 1923

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of South Australian Branch (?), Australasian Society of Engineers, with banner

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of South Australian Branch members, Australasian Society of Engineers

AU NBAC E113-10-7
Item
c. 1920s - 1930s

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of O Bryant, Secretary, Australasian Society of Engineers, Sydney Branch

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Australasian Society of Engineers float in 6-hour day procession, corner of Oxford Street and Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Australasian Society of Engineers, Meadowbank Branch, Sydney

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Executive, Newcastle Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

AU NBAC E113-10-14
Item
c. 1910s - 1920s

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Executive, Goldfields No. 1 Branch, Western Australia?, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Executive, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of State Council, South Australian Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Prospect Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of foundation members, Broken Hill Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of members, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of Federal Council, Australasian Society of Engineers

AU NBAC E113-10-8
Item
1912 - 1914

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Photograph of State Council, New South Wales Branch, Australasian Society of Engineers

Part of Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

Australasian Society of Engineers South Australian Branch deposit 1

AU NBAC E113
Deposit
1905 - 1962

Minutes of South Australian executive and branch meetings (1924-1954), financial records, arbitration material, rules and photographs from Adelaide, Quorn, Prospect, Sydney, Meadowbank, Newcastle, Broken Hill and Goldfields Branches.

Australasian Society of Engineers

Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, Edgar Ross collection

AU NBAC E165
Deposit
1874 - 1965

The records in this deposit were gathered by Edgar Ross, editor of the Federation's Common Cause, and used by him in the writing of his history of the Miners' Federation. Central Council: minutes of meetings (1917-1929), rules, reports of miners' conventions (1913-1965), material relating to 1949 Coal Strike, printed material, photographs and sketches. Southern District, Illawarra: minutes of Mount Pleasant (1902-1923) and Coledale (1922-1927) lodges, correspondence, arbitration material, membership lists (1916-1932) and financial records. Northern Branch, Newcastle: minutes of the Coal Miners' Mutual Protective Association of the Hunter River District (1874-1880), press cuttings (1893-1955) and 1938 Cessnock Strike material. Western District, Lithgow: minutes of Vale of Clwydd (1878-1881), Lithgow (1886-1899), Zig Zag, Hartley Vale, Mount Victoria, Oakey Park and State Mine lodges. Queensland District, Bundamba: minutes of the West Moreton Coal Miners' Union and Queensland Colliery Employees' Union meetings (1902-1940) and Mafeking Branch (1907-1910), membership register (1906-1910). Tasmanian Division: minutes of the Tasmanian Coal Miners' Association (1913-1926).

Amalgamated Miners' Association of Australasia

Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority, Cooma - minutes of meetings, correspondence and reports about staff and conditions including photographs

Part of Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia, ACT Branch deposit 1

Includes seven photographs, showing Murray switching station, open cut for Murray 2 power station and Khancoban Reservoir; Murray 1 power station and pressure pipelines; construction activities on the Geehi River aqueduct; Geehi Dam; Jindabyne Dam; Island Bend Dam

Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia, ACT Branch deposit 1

AU NBAC E160
Deposit
1949 - 1968

Minutes and agendas, reports, correspondence, arbitration material, financial records for the Canberra (ACT) Division, membership and office bearer nomination forms, Public Service Board circulars and printed material.

Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners New South Wales Branch deposit

AU NBAC T24
Deposit
1953 - 1960

Rule books, circulars, posters and printed material.

Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia

Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union Victorian Branch deposit

AU NBAC T16
Deposit
1912 - 1958

Australian Telegraph and Telephone Construction and Maintenance Union/Australian Postal Linesmen's Union: minutes of Victorian Branch (1912-1925), financial records and membership registers; Postal Sorters' Union of Australia: minutes of Victorian Branch (1913-1925) and roll books; Australian Letter Carriers' Association: minutes of Victorian Branch (1915-1925), financial records and membership register; Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union: minutes of Victorian Branch (1925-1943) and annual conferences (1925-1939), financial records, rules, membership records (1925-1928, 1954), correspondence files, arbitration material, photographs of mail sorting and mobile lunch room, drawing of steel clothes lockers and printed material. Also includes small quantity of Victorian Plasterers' Society material.

Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union of Australia

Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union photographs of machinery

AU NBAC E178-4-2
Item
1962 - 1965

Part of Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union Queensland Branch deposit

Amalgamated Postal Workers' Union deposit 2

AU NBAC E129
Deposit
1918 - 1964

Correspondence with branches and Public Service Board, subject and arbitration files, annual conference papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs of mobile lunch unit, and printed material.

Australian Letter Carriers' Association

Papers of Alfred Ernest Grounds

AU NBAC N363
Deposit
1878 - 1935

Papers, reports and photographs of The Amalgamated Glass Bottle Workers' Union, The Zetland Glass Bottle Works Ltd, The Australian Glass Manufacturers Company and other glass making information.

Grounds, Alfred Ernest

Actors and Announcers' Equity Association of Australia

AU NBAC E241
Deposit
1940 - 1973

Subject files (389 files, including Actors Awards, correspondence with Australian Broadcasting Commission, theatres and film production companies), Correspondence Files (31 files), printed material (31 items), photographs (2).

Actors' Equity of Australia

Statement of wages paid to Aboriginal and domestic workers at Carlton Hill and Legune

AU NBAC 42-12-1
Item
1950 - 1951

Part of Victoria River Downs records deposit 1

Statement of wages paid to Aboriginal and domestic workers at Legune

AU NBAC 42-12-2
Item
1951 - 1952

Part of Victoria River Downs records deposit 1

Indents and invoices of Victoria River Downs, Carlton Hill, Walgra and Legune Stations

AU NBAC 42-10
Item
1953

Part of Victoria River Downs records deposit 1

Cheques drawn by Victoria River Downs, Carlton Hill and Walgra Stations

AU NBAC 42-11
Item
1952 - 1955

Part of Victoria River Downs records deposit 1

Victoria River Downs records deposit 1

AU NBAC 42
Deposit
1909 - 1955

Includes station returns, financial records, correspondence, ledgers, maps and papers relating to the employment of Aboriginal people. Some records relate to other stations owned by Bovril Australian Estates Ltd: Carlton Hill, Walgra, Legune and Ning Bing Stations.

Victoria River Downs

Station returns

AU NBAC N431-70
Item
Mar 1953 - Feb 1954

Part of Manfred Station records

Detailed staff/ stock lists & numbers. Weather conditions and general station activities.

Dr Roy Scragg papers

AU ANUA 773
Series
1922 - 2022

Includes government, scientific, and medical reports and papers relating to Dr Scragg's work, mostly in Papua New Guinea, the majority circa 1950-1970. Contains files on medical staff in PNG serving under Dr Scragg which may be restricted. One box of photographs.

Scragg, Roy

Newcastle Estate - coal - New Winning

AU NBAC 160-339-20
Item
no date

Part of Australian Agricultural Company (London Office) deposit 3

Plan D Sea Pit paddock showing proposed resumption by Housing Commission of New South Wales, contour lines, street names and lot numbers.

Newcastle Estate - coal - New Winning

AU NBAC 160-339-19
Item
no date

Part of Australian Agricultural Company (London Office) deposit 3

Plan C Sea Pit area showing contours, named streets, Sea Pit dam and flats from which Mr Nesbitt viewed the area.

Australian Agricultural Company with Gloucester Estate Ltd contract of sale and map

AU NBAC N75-195
Item
3 Jun 1903

Part of Australian Agricultural Company (Australian Office) deposit 7

Annual reports and financial statements and reports to special general meetings

Part of Australian Agricultural Company (Australian Office) deposit 4

Includes special report on Newcastle collieries (1855) and some maps.

Papers of Graeme Snooks

AU ANUA 770
Series

Snooks, Graeme

Map of Trinkey Station, Tamarang Shire

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London and Australian Offices deposit

Map showing catchment area of Nankin Creek in Parish of Thozet, Meadow Flats and Archer off Fitzroy River

AU NBAC 83-80-20
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Shows creeks, rivers, boundaries, roads, railways and numbered blocks with areas.

Colour street map of Rookwood, Parish of Liberty Plains

AU NBAC 83-80-18
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Sketch showing proposed deviation of Parramatta Road at Lidcombe, Main Roads Board of New South Wales

AU NBAC 83-80-16
Item
1927

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Sydney Meat Preserving Company and State Meat Board are adjacent to proposed deviation. Includes attachment - details of land values for resumed area.

Colour plan of proposed park and new road off John Street, Auburn

AU NBAC 83-80-14
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of new lavatories and drainage, Auburn

AU NBAC 83-80-12
Item
1938

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Shows ground plan of meat works and outbuilding.

Plan of alterations to existing sheep unit

AU NBAC 83-80-79
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Photograph of Auburn works

AU NBAC 83-78-3
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of part of Parramatta Road frontage near Nyrang Street showing high ground

AU NBAC 83-80-19
Item
1953

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Copy of map showing area of land for Sydney Meat Preserving Company on Parramatta Road and Percy Street

AU NBAC 83-80-17
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Map of 54 acres at intersection of Parramatta Road with John Street

AU NBAC 83-80-2
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plans for proposed butter factory, Australian Chilling and Freezing Company, Aberdeen

AU NBAC 83-80-167
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of proposed skin shed, FJ Walker and Company meatworks, Tibberena

AU NBAC 83-80-92
Item
1918

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of drainage of slaughter floors at meatworks, FJ Walker and Company, Tibberena

AU NBAC 83-80-82
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of sheep dressing hall

AU NBAC 83-80-81
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan showing reinforcement labels for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-77
Item
1936

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan for construction of tower and stairs for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-76
Item
1945

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of construction of cooling tower for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-74
Item
1944

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Details of condenser tower for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-73
Item
1944

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Details of condenser tower for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-51
Item
1944

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Condenser coils and headers for Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-50
Item
1944

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Coal Cliff Collieries no. 2 boiler - alterations

AU NBAC 83-80-48
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of Heinil type marine water tube boiler by Patterson-MacDonald Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington

AU NBAC 83-80-47
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Detail of insulated portion of Coonamble job

AU NBAC 83-80-44
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Central Queensland Meat Export Company Ltd general arrangement of condensor and vertical crank air pump, Lakes Creek, Rockhampton

AU NBAC 83-80-43
Item
1910

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Plan of proposed Tennis Gut factory

AU NBAC 83-80-41
Item
1938

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Booklet of construction specifications attached.

Plan of proposed Tennis Gut factory

AU NBAC 83-80-40
Item
1938

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Booklet of construction specifications attached.

Colour plan of store building, Auburn

AU NBAC 83-80-39
Item
1954

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Sketch block plan - Sydney Meat Preserving Company

AU NBAC 83-80-27
Item
1945

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Includes attachment - Insurance - conditions of policy.

Department of Works and Local Government, Water Supply and Sewerage Branch - Lidcombe SW Drainage and Haslam Creek main channel extension, Parramatta Road to Yarram Street and branches

AU NBAC 83-80-25
Item
1938

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Map of City of Sydney and Environs, New South Wales

AU NBAC 83-80-24
Item
1917

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Shows suburbs, wards, boundaries, rivers, roads and railways.

Plan of general arrangement of sheep yards

AU NBAC 83-80-30
Item
no date

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Map of municipality of Auburn

AU NBAC 83-80-29
Item
1906

Part of Sydney Meat Preserving Company deposit 1

Shows numbered blocks, named estates, roads, rivers, and railways. Duck River runs from northeast corner to the west.

Sir John Gunther papers

AU ANUA 321
Series
1947 - 1984

Part 1 - These papers mainly relate to Gunther’s time as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), and include some papers relating to Gunther’s time as the Director of Public Health and Assistant Administrator in Papua New Guinea. The main subject categories are:

Political papers dealing with the period before independence in Papua New Guinea (folders 1-13)
Political papers pertaining to independence (folders 14-17)
Economic papers – Waigani papers (folders 18-20)
Economic papers – Bougainville papers (folders 32-34)
Education papers (folders 35-110)
Personal papers (folders 112-118)
Administrative papers (folders 119-136)

Part 2 - These papers document many aspects of Gunther’s administration of public health in Papua New Guinea (folders 137-239). They include Gunther’s files on various health issues, including malaria, leprosy, scrub typhus, nutrition, kuru and tuberculosis. Also includes papers on medical education, the Mount Lamington volcanic eruption and the South Pacific Commission.

Gunther, John Thomson

Plan of arrangement of Hattersley Packard No. 100 steam drive induced draught fan, J Cooke and Company, Redbank Meat Works, Brisbane