Identity area
Type of entity
Trade union
Authorized form of name
Merchant Service Guild of Australia
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Merchant Service Guild of Australasia
- Mercantile Marine Officers' Association
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
c. 1901 - 1992
History
The Merchant Service Guild of Australia was first known as the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association. A General Meeting of members held on 12 February 1904 agreed to adopt the name Merchant Service Guild of Australasia. The Guild was registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Act of 1904 on 5 May 1905 and the Victorian Branch was the first to be established in 1905. On 3 September 1957 the name of the union was changed slightly to the Merchant Service Guild of Australia and in 1992 it merged with the Australian Stevedoring Supervisors' Association to form the Australian Maritime Officers' Union
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Representation for marine stewards, merchant seamen and shipwrights
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered from deposit description on 18 March 2013
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Sources
Australian Trade Union Archives, http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0623b.htm