Minutes, 1901-1979; correspondence, 1904-1966; financial records, 1901-1971; membership records, 1905-1926; Work Gang books, 1925-1940; award decisions, 1932-1963; work diaries, 1949-1957; papers and newspaper cuttings relating to industrial disputes, 1940 - 1966. Federal Council minutes, 1956-1957; Federal Council financial records, 1944 - 1947; Stevedoring Industry Commission Employment Committee minutes, 1943-1946; Stevedoring Industry Commission Foster Report, 1945.
Waterside Workers’ Federation of AustraliaFederal office financial statements, 1944 - 1947; Cairns Branch financial statements and balance sheets, 1947-1948; Queensland State Government financial statement, 1948.
List of members of ship gangs.
Enquiry into the stevedoring industry.
Papers and correspondence relating to the abolition of the afternoon pick-up at Port of Cairns; newspaper cuttings, publications and papers relating to industrial disputes, annual leave and other waterside matters; papers and correspondence relating to Cairns Branch matters, and the sale of four ships by Australian National Line.
Papers and correspondence regarding the negotiation, cancellation and prescription of annual leave credits; list of annual leave entitlements, 1948.
Papers and correspondence relating to disputes over employment and employment conditions of foremen stevedores on the waterfront, and membership of multiple unions.
Correspondence relating to the ban on transport of goods to and from Indonesia; Irrigation and water supply projects map, Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission
Newspaper cuttings and other publications relating to industrial disputes, disarmament, the movement of waterside workers due to work shortages, and other waterside matters.
Papers and correspondence regarding the cancellation of annual leave credits as a result of a number of disputes involving the ships Rona, Bundaleer, Carroo and Goondi.