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- 1943 - 1972 (Creation)
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16 boxes + 1 type 10 box
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The Federation of Scientific and Technical Workers was formed on 16 September 1943 by a joint committee of the Australian Association of Scientific Workers and the Federated Scientific Employees' Association. The latter body sank its identity into the new Federation but the Australian Association of Scientific Workers continued as a separate organisation. For some time, the Victorian body acted virtually as the Federal body but as other branches became established, the registered office of the Federation moved to Sydney in August 1946. The Federation was registered federally as a union in September 1946 and was deregistered in 1971.
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Minutes of Federal Council and Executive (1943- 1954) and New South Wales Branch (1950-1961) and Victorian Branch (1944-1955), subject files including rules, minutes, correspondence with NSW, Victorian and South Australian branches, financial records and arbitration material, NSW Branch membership records (1943-1956) and office equipment for inking stencils.
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Although both Federal Council and NSW Branch occupied the same premises, provenance can usually be ascertained by the stamping of files with one or the other name. Alan Richardson was General Secretary of Federal Executive and NSW Branch Secretary
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Entered from deposit description 3 December 2012, reviewed and converted from Z413 to N419 Jul 2020