Correspondence of Queensland branch, copies of Federal Council and Federal Management Committee minutes, and photocopy of General Labourers' Union of Australasia minute book, Brisbane (1889-1891).

Minutes of Branch and Executive Committee meetings (1940-1942, 1948-1950) and membership register (1950s).

Records of the South Australian Branch of the Builders' Labourers' Federation and the Building Workers' Industrial Union: minutes of general, Executive and shops' stewards meetings (1974-2001), membership registers (1948-1984), newscuttings (1970-1992), arbitration files and workplace agreement files, files relating to CFMEU amalgamation, circulars, photographs and printed material including building trade journals, histories, awards and rules. Also includes members' contribution book of Operative Bricklayers' Tilers' and Tuckpointers' Society of South Australia (1958-1961).

Chronological set of publications including notices, leaflets, posters and newsletters printed by the Builders' Labourers' Federation, many authorised by Norm Gallagher, General Secretary.

Correspondence and subject files including asbestos files, industrial files, membership records (1970s-1987), financial records, printed material, posters, photographs and Eureka Flag banner. Includes records of the Women's Committee and the ACT Branch of the Federated Furnishing Trade Society.

Minutes of Builders' Labourers' Federation Federal Council and Management Committee (1964-1993) and Federal Conference (1965-1979), of the Operative Plasterers' Federation of Australia/Building Workers' Industrial Union Building and Plasterers Division Executive (1924-1989), of the Operative Painters' and Decorators' Union Executive (1946-1979) and Management Committee (1951-1992), of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association Federal and State Council (1927-1991) and of the State Executive of the Construction and General Division of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (1992-1995), membership records of the South Australian branch of the Operative Painters' and Decorators' Union (1950-1990), subject and arbitration files, photographs of FEDFA committee (1915), Cyclone Tracy cleanup 1975 and union tour of USSR in 1970s, and audiovisual material (Paul Robeson concert).

Photographs of events, marches and protests; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; South Australian Branch membership registers (1955-1974 and (1970-1984); bound volumes of newspaper The Building Worker.

Sydney. Official organ of the NSW Branch of the Australian Builders' Labourers' Federation

Melbourne. Official organ of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Builders' Labourers' Federation. Issued by the Builders' Labourers' Federation 'Defend the Union Committee' (Victoria) Jun-Aug 1952. Some gaps in holdings

Minutes of meetings (1923-1994), subject files, membership records (1934-1936, 1941-1950, 1984-1986), financial records, printed material, photographs, posters, audiovisual material, badges, drawing by Rick Amor, portrait of Norm Gallagher and banner.

Melbourne. Federal journal of the Building Construction Employees' and Builders' Labourers' Federation. Also included under this title is the WA journal "The B.L.", Winter 1988 - Mar 1991 (incomplete)

Minutes of Federal Council (1923-1984) and Federal Management Committee (1940-1985 with gaps), rules, general files (1947-1986), industrial files (1913-1990) with index, files relating to the Royal Commission into the activities of the BLF and deregistration proceedings, balance sheets, press cuttings (1970-1989), printed material, posters, photographs, cartoons and sketches by C Stokes and Coxsedge.