The National Union of Railwaymen of Australia was first registered under the Commonwealth's industrial relations legislation in March 1933. It was soon de-registered in July 1933 and many members of this original union were eventually covered by a second union of the same name, which registered on 7 December 1938. The NUR amalgamated with the Government Railways Transport Staff Association in 1938, with the Department of Main Roads Employees' Union in 1942 and the Government Tramway Electrical Branch Workers' Association around 1944-45. The Union continued under this name until 1982 when it changed to the National Union of Rail Workers of Australia. In 1993 the union amalgamated with the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees' Association and the Australian Railways Union to form the Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union.
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Minutes and agenda, correspondence files and registers, arbitration and financial records, industrial files, office files, membership and staff records, press cuttings and printed material. Includes correspondence with Tasmanian Branch and branch rules.
Deposited by the National Union of Rail Workers of Australia on 3 May 1985; 28 October 1991; 10 February 1993; 8 March 1993.
There is a box list for boxes 1-88 (the original deposit), and a further box list for boxes 89-154, as these have been rehoused from cartons into type 1 boxes. For boxes labelled 155 to 272 (a mixture of type 1s and cartons) look at the old list for these boxes in the red ring binder then check what the new numbers of those boxes are in the 'reboxing and renumbering list' on the share drive. This deposit was mid-way through being re-boxed/processed in preparation for the repository move in 2014 and re-boxing/processing has not yet been completed. HH December 2014.
NBAC deposits: E80; E163; N7
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Box lists (need to use several lists for this deposit - ask archivist)