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Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

AU NBAC E117
Deposit
1850 - 1965

Minutes of general and Committee meetings (1856-1962), correspondence and letterbooks, alphabetical registers of members (1855-1953), financial records, arbitration material, rule books, and records of the following lodges: Batesford, Ballarat, ... »

Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

Minute book for Carlsruhe, Woodend and Williamstown Lodges

AU NBAC E117-60
Item
13 Feb 1860 - 12 Dec 1861, 23 Feb 1865 - 2 Mar 1868

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minute book of Batesford Lodge

AU NBAC E117-30
Item
11 Nov 1858 - 14 Jun 1860

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes minutes of meetings of Moorabool Lodge Strike Committee and details of income and expenditure 1861.

Minute book for Collingwood Lodge

AU NBAC E117-39
Item
12 Dec 1859 - 27 Nov 1860

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Also includes Treasurer's list of sick members' names and amounts paid 1880-82.

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-9
Item
14 Dec 1892 - 5 Nov 1902

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-8
Item
10 Apr 1889 - 7 Dec 1892

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-7
Item
15 Apr 1885 - 27 Mar 1889

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-6
Item
8 Mar 1881 - 1 Apr 1885

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-5
Item
24 Jun 1874 - 23 Aug 1876

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes pressclippings and correspondence pasted into volume.

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-4
Item
6 May 1868 - 10 Jun 1874

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

This volume also includes a record of contributions to the Harcourt Lodge 1859, the Middle Stump Lodge 1860-61 and Black Forest Lodge 1861. The cover is inscribed 'Two Mile Creek Lodge'.

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-3
Item
9 Jul 1862 - 22 Apr 1868

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-2
Item
15 Dec 1856 - 27 Oct 1858

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Lodge meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-1-1
Item
5 Mar - 29 Dec 1856

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes a record of members' contributions 1855-57 and details of income and expenditure 1856-57. Also includes members' contributions and cash receipts of the earlier Operative Masons' Benefit Society 1850-51.

Minutes of Central Committee meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-2-3
Item
6 Aug 1890 - 1 May 1912

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Committee meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-2-2
Item
24 Dec 1858 - 23 Apr 1863

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minutes of Central Committee meetings, Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria

AU NBAC E117-2-1
Item
30 Oct 1856 - 22 Dec 1858

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Printed balance sheets of the Trades Hall Committee and 8 Hour Anniversary Committee

AU NBAC E117-28-8
Item
1879 - 1883

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes press cuttings relating to Lock Out 1921, stone deterioration and use of pneumatic tools 1921-1937.

Minutes of Rules Committee meetings, Operative Stonemasons' Society, Victorian Branch

AU NBAC E117-4
Item
26 Sep - 19 Dec 1928

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Also includes record of payments by Melbourne and Footscray Lodge members of Timber Workers' Levy 1929 and Unemployed Levy 1929-30.

Half-yearly statements of receipts and expenditure

AU NBAC E117-18-1
Item
1908 - 1919

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes accounts of income and expenditure for Lock Out Fund 1914.

Contributions book for trade members

AU NBAC E117-15-4
Item
1896 - 1901

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Later entries in this volume are incomplete.

Contributions book for trade members

AU NBAC E117-15-3
Item
1888 - 1890, 1895

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

This volume duplicates entries in items E117-15-1 and E117-15-2 and includes some additional information for 1895. It also includes a list of members out of work due to the Lock Out in April-July 1914.

Contribution book for Carlsruhe and Woodend Lodges

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes a list of members of the Woodend Lodge in the back.

Contribution book for Pentridge Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes contributions for Yan Yean Lodge 1874-75, and Victorian members' payments of Lock Out Levy 1914, Anti-conscription Levy 1917-18, and Extra Levy for Funds 1920-21. There is also a list of Pentridge Lodge members at the back.

Contribution book for Williamstown Lodge

AU NBAC E117-59
Item
1865 - 1868, 1870 - 1872

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Victorian members' payment (and non-payment) of the Extra Levy for Funds 1921-22 is also recorded in this volume. Includes a list of members of the Williamstown Lodge in the back.

Minute book for Riddles Creek Lodge

AU NBAC E117-58
Item
24 Mar 1859 - 12 Oct 1860

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Contribution book for Ravenswood Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

The Melbourne Lodge also recorded contributions to the Sick Fund 1906-1914 in this volume. Includes a list of members of the Ravenswood Lodge in the back.

Contribution book for Prahran Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes a list of Prahran Lodge members at the back.

Contribution book for Moorabool Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes record of income and expenditure 1860 and list of addresses for secretaries of other lodges.

Lists of members and dates of admission to Victorian Branch

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes loose pages from membership register for surnames R to Z only, recording details for members initiated from 1863 to 1930, and list of members receiving unemployed sustenance payments in June 1929.

Contribution and account book for Maryborough Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

There is a record of bank notes sent to the Central Committee 1859 in the back of the volume.

Contribution book for Leithbridge Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minute book for Leithbridge Lodge

AU NBAC E117-51
Item
9 Jun 1859 - 11 Apr 1861

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Accounts for Harcourt Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Account book of income and expenditure for Geelong Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

The back of the volume has been used by the Melbourne Lodge to record 'art union' ticket sales 1915 for late members John Mathewson, W Brunsdon, J Clark and J Powell.

Minute book for Geelong Branch

AU NBAC E117-48
Item
30 May 1934 - 2 Sep 1936

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

A newspaper clipping relating to Eight Hours Anniversary celebrations in Ballarat and Melbourne 1880 is attached to the front cover.

Account book of income and expenditure for Footscray Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Contribution book for Footscray Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Members' payment of the compulsory levy and the Timber Workers' Levy 1929 is in the back of the volume.

Contribution book for Footscray Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

The book was originally used by the Maryborough Lodge and a list of members' names 1860-61 is in the back.

Contribution book for Footscray Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Contribution book for Footscray Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

The book was originally used as the contribution book for Bolinda Vale Lodge 1860 and there is a list of members of the lodge in the back. There are also a few entries for the Melbourne Branch Sick Fund 1901.

Minute book for Footscray Lodge

AU NBAC E117-42
Item
3 Jul 1939 - 10 Sep 1941

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Minute book for Footscray Lodge

AU NBAC E117-41
Item
21 Oct 1907 - 23 Oct 1916

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Contribution book for Collingwood Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes a list of members in the back and a separate list of addresses for members.

Contribution book for Castlemaine Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Also includes contributions for Faraday Lodge 1866-67. From 1921 to 1922 the book was used by the Footscray Branch to record payment of the Lock Out Levy by members.

Alphabetical register of new and re-admitted members and record of accidents and deaths

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

The membership register is in the back of the volume - it records re-admitted members for the period 1862-63 and new members for 1910- 1923. At the front of the volume is a list of names of members' wives 1860, a list of members receiving accident funds 1... »

Accounts for Campaspe Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes correspondence relating to the balance sheets and payment of Strike Pay 1861.

Contribution book for Campaspe Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes at the back list of members' payments to other lodges 1861.

Contribution book for Big Hill Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Contribution book for Big Hill Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes at the front members' payment of Strike Levy.

Contribution book for Beechworth Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes at the back members' payment of Railway Strike Levy.

Account book of income and expenditure of Ballaarat [Ballarat] Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes Melbourne Lodge subscriptions for J Clark, H Versi and R Rees 1914-16.

Account book of income and expenditure of Batesford Lodge

Part of Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia Victorian Branch deposit

Includes Sunbury Lodge accounts 1858-1861 and also list of unemployed 'caused through strike' since 1 November 1906, list of members locked out on 3 Dec 1906 to 27 Dec 1906 and list of members' names and amounts on 5 May 1915.

Contributions ledger