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- 1900 - 1956 (Creation)
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The Boot Trade Union of New South Wales was formed in 1900. In 1907 the Federal Council of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation pressured the Boot Trade Union to amalgamate with the New South Wales Boot Operators & Rough Stuff Cutters' Union and the New South Wales Clickers' Association to form the New South Wales Branch of that Federation. Consequently, the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation was registered under the Commonwealth's Conciliation and Arbitration Act in that year. By 1908, the federal branch had registered separately.
Although the New South Wales Branch was deregistered in 1950, the federal branch continued to operate until 1987 when it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers’ Union to become the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers’ Union of Australia, and in 1992, a further amalgamation with the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union created the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.
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Boot Trade Council of New South Wales was formed in 1904 by the Boot Trade Union of New South Wales, the New South Wales Boot Operators and Rough Stuff Cutters' Union and the New South Wales Clickers' Association to deal with matters common to all three. When the three unions amalgamated to form the Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation the Council was dissolved.
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New South Wales Clickers' Association was formed in the early 1900s. In 1907 the Federal Council of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation pressured the New South Wales Clickers' Association and the Boot Trade Union to amalgamate with the New South Wales Boot Operators & Rough Stuff Cutters' Union to form the New South Wales Branch of that Federation. Consequently, the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation was registered under the Commonwealth's Conciliation and Arbitration Act in that year. By 1908, the federal branch had registered separately.
Although the New South Wales Branch was deregistered in 1950, the federal branch continued to operate until 1987 when it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers’ Union to become the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers’ Union of Australia, and in 1992, a further amalgamation with the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union created the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.
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The New South Wales Boot Operators and Rough Stuff Cutters' Union was formed in 1902. In 1907 the Federal Council of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation pressured the Boot Operators & Rough Stuff Cutters' to amalgamate with the Boot Trade Union and the New South Wales Clickers' Association to form the New South Wales Branch of that Federation. Consequently, the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation was registered under the Commonwealth's Conciliation and Arbitration Act in that year. By 1908, the federal branch had registered separately.
Although the New South Wales Branch was deregistered in 1950, the federal branch continued to operate until 1987 when it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers’ Union to become the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers’ Union of Australia, and in 1992, a further amalgamation with the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union created the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.
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The Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation was registered federally in 1908 following the earlier registration of the Adelaide, New South Wales, Queensland and Victorian state-based unions. The Union existed independently until the 1980s when imports began to affect the footwear and clothing industries. In 1987 it amalgamated with the Australian Textile Workers' Union to become the Amalgamated Footwear and Textile Workers' Union of Australia, and in 1992, a further amalgamation with the Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union created the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia.
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Minutes of the Boot Trade Union of New South Wales (1900 - 1908), minutes of the New South Wales Boot Operators and Rough Stuff Cutters' Union (1902 - 1909), minutes (1902 - 1909) and financial statements (1900 - 1908) of the New South Wales Clickers' Association, Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation, New South Wales Branch minutes (1907 - 1939), minutes of the Reference Committee (1904 - 1917), minutes of the interstate Boot Trade Conference convened to form the federation (1905), general correspondence (1921 - 1943), correspondence regarding union buildings and kindred unions overseas (1919 - 1943), industrial and arbitration files (mainly 1930s), determinations of the Victorian Boot Board (1916 - 1937), contribution books (1927 - 1932), quarterly statements of income and expenditure (1900 - 1908), annual returns (1908 - 1942), New South Wales commission reports (1911 - 1912), apprenticeship papers (1930 - 1945), newspaper cuttings (1910 - 1935), New South Wales Boot Trade Union Approved Society minutes and statements of income and expenditure (1938 - 1939).
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Digital copies of selected items available as follows:
Boot Trade Union of New South Wales, Management Committee meetings minutes (1900 - 1905) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117800
Boot Trade Union of New South Wales general meetings minutes (1900 - 1904) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117799
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One volume of Boot Trade Union of New South Wales, Management Committee meetings minutes (1900 - 1905) and one volume of Boot Trade Union of New South Wales general meetings minutes (1900 - 1904) 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 15 February 2013