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AU NBAC T30
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- 1880 - 1954 (Creation)
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The Victorian Society of Coopers was originally established on 18 November 1880 as the Journeymen Coopers of Melbourne and Suburbs Society. In 1910 it became the Victorian Branch of the Federated Coopers of Australia.
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The Federated Coopers of Australia was formed in 1910 and registered in 1913 as an amalgamation of state unions such as the Journeymen Coopers' Society of New South Wales and the Victorian Society of Coopers. It was deregistered in 1977.
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Minutes of Victorian Society of Coopers and Victorian Branch of Federated Coopers of Australia (1880-1949), reports of conferences, correspondence files of Federal Secretary, rules, membership records, financial records of Victorian and other branches, arbitration material, and printed material.
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Digital copies of Journeymen Coopers Society of Melbourne and Suburbs minutes (1880 - 1907) are available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123240
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Four volumes of Journeymen Coopers Society of Melbourne and Suburbs minutes (1880 - 1907) 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 12 October 2012