Deposit T20 - Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia, Victorian Branch deposit

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AU NBAC T20

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Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia, Victorian Branch deposit

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  • 1882 - 1947 (Creation)

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0.4 m

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Name of creator

Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia
(1899 - 1983)

Biographical history

The Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia was formed through the federation of several state unions in 1899 as the Federated Iron Brass & Steel Moulders' Union of Australasia. It was federally registered in 1916 as the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australasia and in 1930 changed its name slightly to the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia. The Union operated until 1983 when it amalgamated with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' and Shipwrights' Union to form the Amalgamated Metals Foundry & Shipwrights' Union.

Name of creator

Iron Founders' Trade Union of Victoria
(1858 - c. 1899)

Biographical history

The Iron Founders' Trade Union of Victoria was formed in 1858. By 1899 the Union federated with several other state unions including New South Wales and Queensland to form the Federated Iron Brass & Steel Moulders' Union of Australasia, a predecessor of the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union of Australia.

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Noel Butlin Archives Centre

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Scope and content

Minute books, accident benefit book and financial records. Includes minutes of predecessor the Iron Founders Trade Union of Victoria.

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Researchers must sign an access agreement

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      Existence and location of originals

      NBAC deposits E121; Z112 (pt)

      Existence and location of copies

      Digital copies available as follows:
      Ironfounders' Trade Union of Victoria, General Meeting minutes (1882 - 1893) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117725
      Ironfounders' Trade Union of Victoria Executive Committee Meeting minutes (1882 - 1890) at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117724

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      One volume of Ironfounders' Trade Union of Victoria, General Meeting minutes (1882 - 1893) and one volume of Ironfounders' Trade Union of Victoria Executive Committee Meeting minutes (1882 - 1890) 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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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Entered from deposit description on 17 December 2012

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