Deposit N30 - William and Lily Bergin papers

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AU NBAC N30

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William and Lily Bergin papers

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  • 1869; 1912 - 1947 (Creation)

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1 m

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William Bergin was a British immigrant active in the Australian labour movement. Bergin was an office bearer and active member of the Victorian Plasterers' Society and was appointed to the Plasterers' Wages Board. Bergin was president of the Society in 1920 and in 1929.

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Lily Bergin was a British migrant active in the Australian labour movement. She was a member of the British Socialist Party in Liverpool before World War I. Her husband, William Bergin, was a trade unionist and active member of the Victorian Plasterers' Society.

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Personal and political papers, including pamphlets of William and Lily Bergin, British immigrants active in the Australian labour movement. The deposit consists correspondence, photograph, rules of the Victorian Plasterers' Society, membership cards and printed material, most of which is related to the labour and socialist movements in Britain, USA and Australia before the depression.

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T9, Victorian Plasterers' Society records

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Created by Erin Gallant on 17 August 2011; revised on 6 September 2011

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