Financial records, wages books, newspaper cuttings, photographs, oil painting, staff provident fund records including minutes of trustee meetings, journal, ledgers and cash book.

Memorandum and articles of association, incorporation records, minutes, annual reports, financial and share records, correspondence, mortgages and lease registers, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material. Includes minutes of subsidiary companies Wright McCulloch Pty Ltd, Wright Heaton Rural Pty Ltd, and Wright Heaton Stores Pty Ltd.

Minutes of Federal Council and Federal Conference (1962-1983), Victorian-Tasmanian Branch minutes (1965-1971), office files, membership records (1960s-1970s), rules and printed material.

Minutes of Federal Council and Federal Conference (1959-1967) and NSW Branch (1959-1972), membership cards (1921-1972), correspondence and office files, financial records and printed material.

Transcripts of applications to the Arbitration Commission.

The prescription books are registers recording medications dispensed by the pharmacy on a daily basis. The details recorded include date dispensed, name and address of customer, and the pharmaceutical preparation or drugs dispensed. There are name indexes in the front of each volume. From 1952 to 1963 there is a second run of registers for medications dispensed under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act.

Minute books, memorandum and articles of association.

Personal and political papers, including pamphlets of William and Lily Bergin, British immigrants active in the Australian labour movement. The deposit consists correspondence, photograph, rules of the Victorian Plasterers' Society, membership cards and printed material, most of which is related to the labour and socialist movements in Britain, USA and Australia before the depression.

Annual reports, balance sheets and Directors' minutes of William McCulloch & Co Ltd (1877 - 1887) and the Australasian Carrying & Shipping Co Ltd (1886 - 1891).

Memorandum and articles of association, photographs, plan, minutes, copy of an industrial agreement and unpublished typescripts of company history.

Memorandum and articles of association, shareholder and financial records, personnel records (1941-1965), correspondence, papers relating to subsidiaries and printed materials.

Financial records, catalogues, photographs and publications

Microfilm copy of photographs of Western Australian Labor leaders (trade unionists).

Research files from the office of Liberal Senator D J Hamer for speeches in the Australian Parliament between 1980-1990, particularly relating to industrial relations, including copies of speeches, drafts, research notes, newspaper articles and printed material.

Wave Hill Station improvements book contains information such as construction costs and materials, plans and photographs of buildings, fences, bores and other structures.

Minutes of general, special and committee meetings, 1902-1968; income and expenditure books, 1908-1962; membership records, 1902-1943.

Sydney Shipping Clerks’ Branch, Association of Employers of Waterside Workers, Patrick Stevedoring and Maritime Services Board correspondence, 1982-1985; financial records, including union dues, 1982-1985; ballots and elections, 1981-1991; industrial agreements, 1982-1985, 1987; All Ports Conference resolutions, 1982-1985; subject files, 1981-1991. This Branch merged with the Sydney Branch (Sydney Port) in July 1992.

Microfilm copy of minutes of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Society (later the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation) general, special and committee meetings, 1889-1957, NSW State Executive meetings, 1920-1929, Sydney Branch Executive meetings, 1935-1954 and stop work meetings over the whole period.

Minutes, 1878-1954; membership records, 1881-1949; funeral benefits, 1872-1940; correspondence, 1941-1950; arbitration material, 1943-1954; award decisions, 1932-1948; ACTU Congress minutes, 1947; photograph, 1920; plans, poster, certificate and other printed material, 1909-1946. Also includes records of the Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association and the Port Adelaide Waterfront Employment Committee of the Stevedoring Industry Commission.

Minutes of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Federal Union and the Waterside Workers' Federation, Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Branch, 1909-1950; financial records, 1951-1956; contribution books, 1927-1937; list of members, 1959; arbitration material, 1917, 1945.

Minutes of Branch meetings, 1924-1979; correspondence and industrial files, 1947-1973; membership records, 1939-1953; reports, some from Australian Stevedoring Industry Board, 1945-1962; press cuttings, 1937-1952; historical material (photocopies of notices, press cuttings, handbills, members’ licences, etc.), 1908-1953; Job Delegates and Gang Leaders Association minutes and correspondence, 1956-1975; Branch Disciplinary Sub-Committee records, 1945-1954.

Minutes, 1911-1980; membership badges (9).

Rule books, minutes, financial records, membership records, printed material.

Minutes, 1914-1925; financial records, 1914-1932; ACTU Congress minutes, 1930-1940; ACTU Arbitration Committee meetings, 1928-1937; a brief history of waterside workers’ unions and the Australian waterfront.

Minutes of Fremantle Lumpers' Union and Waterside Workers' Federation Fremantle Branch, 1929-1938, 1957-1970, 1983-1997; correspondence and subject files, 1986-1997; membership records, 1965-1997; documents concerning arbitration and industrial matters including Royal Commission into alleged payments to maritime unions, 1974-1996; financial records, 1970-1996; and printed material, 1961-1995. Also includes minutes of Fremantle Tally Clerks' Union, 1953-1957; Seamen's Union of Australia, 1981-1992; Shipboard Committees, 1980s-2000s; Fremantle Port Authority Combined Unions Association, 1980-1992; records of the Federated Ship Painters' and Dockers' Union, WA Branch and the Amalgamated Seamen and Dockers' Union of Western Australia; and a MV Koolinda plaque.

Minutes of meetings - Federal Council, 1946-1960, Committee of Management, 1978-1981, Finance and Trustees, 1965-1974, Stop Work, 1962-1987, biennial conference, 1948-1956; Returning Officers’ files, 1966-1983; industrial agreements and awards, 1936-1982; arbitration material, 1976-1981; correspondence/subject files, 1951-1980; financial records, 1975-1980; Co-operative Bulk Grain Handlers files, 1957-1986; Fremantle Lumpers’ Union and Fremantle Tally Clerks' Union conference, 1947; press clippings, 1951-1969; printed material, 1966-1973.

Minutes of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union and the Waterside Workers' Federation Fremantle Branch, 1891-1962; minutes of Casual Section of Fremantle Wharf meetings, 1942-1947; financial records, 1898-1959; office files, 1928-1960; Branch Secretary’s letter book, 1919-1921; membership records, 1920-1955; accident and death books, 1903-1955; Discipline Committee decision record book, 1937-1948; Board of Reference decision record book, 1939-1947; Vigilant Officers Committee agenda book, 1944; office diaries, 1954-1957; Stevedoring Industry report, 1945; correspondence/subject files (including strike of 1956 and 1959 election material), 1929-1959; printed material 1912, 1946.

Membership cards – Federal Office and various Branches

Applications to vary rules, 1947-1990; Australian Shipping and Shipbuilding Statistics, 1957-1964; two Council seals

Branch correspondence, 1957-1969; minutes of Federal Council meetings, 1948-1954; circulars to Branches and Councillors and papers relating to Council voting, 1957-1966; ballot files, 1964-1974; ‘C’ files (files on Federation activities), 1948-1966; subject files, 1963-1975; Committee of Inquiry into matters relating to the Stevedoring Industry – transcripts of evidence and other papers, 1954-1957; Conciliation and Arbitration Court transcripts, 1935-1946; application by Australian Steamships and others to vary the 1914 Award, 1915; transcripts of court proceedings – Munro and Isaksen (1951), Healey and Barnwell (1956-1957), Government Railways (Newcastle Coal Cranes (1955-1957); papers relating to basic wages cases, 1920-1967; Boards of Reference files, 1936-1953; financial records, 1939-1978; membership records, 1902-1971 (includes resignation forms of members of the Permanent & Casual Wharf Labourers Union of Australia, 1949-1950; rule books, WWF and other trade unions and political organisations, 1882-1975; industrial agreements, 1910-1967; miscellaneous papers including members’ financial and membership files, Delegates and Gang Leaders convention papers, Hursey Case (1958), stevedoring industry, conditions of work, etc., 1875-1973; WWF Film Unit (sound recording), 1979; press clippings, 1914-1958; photographs, 1941-1970; printed material, 1904-1984.

Minute book containing minutes of meetings re. formation of the Esperance Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, 1924, 1926 and minutes of Branch Committee, Special and General meetings, 1926-1929 (including ); Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia membership register (?members resident in Esperance), 1907-1909; Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia cash book (?members resident in Esperance), 1909-1910. The Esperance Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia was formed on 3 March 1926.

Minutes, Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, Cairns Branch, 1980 - 1998; financial statements, 1986 - 1991; membership records, 1982 - 1992. Membership records, Maritime Union of Australia, Port of Cairns, 1994 - 1995. Minutes, Cairns Combined Maritime Unions Port Committee, 1985 - 1987.

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.

Minutes, 1911-1945; ledgers, 1911-1935; cash books, 1911-1941; membership registers, 1913-1945 and photograph of World War 1 honour board.

Minutes of the Bunbury Lumpers’ Union of Workers and the Waterside Workers' Federation Bunbury Branch, 1901-1942; Bunbury Lumpers’ Union of Workers rules, 1902 and photograph of members, c. 1902; records of accident and relief money payments, 1901-1927.

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, arbitration material, printed matter.

Microfilm copy of The Maritime Worker : the official organ of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia. vol. 1 (Apr 1938) - vol. 67 (Dec 1983).

Microfilm copy of minutes of Committee of Management meetings, 7 Feb 1902 - 27 Oct 1921.

Film reels (4), video reels (10), sound tape reels (3) received or produced by the Waterside Workers’ Federation and the MV Kanimbla Social Club

Balance sheets, gas reports, a draft history of the gas industry, and other documents.

Warrah and Windy (West Warrah) station records including certificates and agreements, correspondence, reports and returns, rainfall records, station diaries, financial records, stock and share farming records, land sale papers and maps.

Publications relating to employment by CSR, agriculture and the sugar industry, and Indian residents in Fiji. Includes language publications and historical publications.

Memoir and history of industrial relations in Australia, 1907–1970, and of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Association in particular.

Cash book , ledger and wages book.

Ledgers, day books, journal, catalogue of iron tools

Station records, correspondence, financial files, stock and rainfall returns, notebooks and diaries, maps, and inspection and manager's reports relating to Landsdowne Pastoral Co and Malvern Hills Pastoral Co, including Athol, Mount Edinburgh, Southlands, Comfort Hill, Bayrick, and Tambo stations. Personal correspondence and financial records of WG Davies and MG Davies.

Station records, financial records, correspondence and office files relating to stations Athol, Mt Edinburgh, Southlands and Malvern Hills, maps and photographs, wages books, staff ledgers and printed materials.

This is a copy of an MA thesis on the history of the Australian Agricultural Company written in 1933, and covering the company’s history from 1824 to 1932.

Microfilm copy of the book 'The Victorian Teachers' Union: Its history and its influence on education' by W Trudinger.

This deposit includes minutes of meetings of the Victorian State School Teachers' Union (1901 - 1926), Federated State School Teachers' Association of Australia conference and council meeting reports (1934 - 1937) and minutes of Victorian Teachers' Union meetings (1926 - 1980).

This deposit includes secretary's correspondence 1929 - 1944, a cash book (1931 - 1936), draft articles on education matters (1943 - 1949), photographs (1926 - 1931) and printed materials (1937 - 1968).

This deposit consists of pamphlets including The Teachers' Tribunal and Staffing Crisis in Victorian Secondary Schools.

Minute books, rules and constitution, subject files, papers relating to Tariff Board inquiries (timber), reports, conference papers, financial records and publications. Includes records of predecessor the Hardwood Millers Association of Victoria.

Minute books of Managing Committee, Executive and general meetings, diaries (1978; 1985), membership book (1981-1982), agreements, subscription/collection books, union crest, newspaper cuttings and photographs.

Minute books, annual reports, membership records, financial records, agreements, Silver Jubilee report and printing blocks.

Minute books, membership registers and dues cards, membership forms, arbitration records and a name banner.

Minutes of general and Executive meetings (1911-1952), of Melbourne Lodge (1856-1946), Prahran Lodge (1925-1943) and Richmond Lodge (1922-1932), rule book, delegate's diary (1860), correspondence, membership records, financial records, photographs of centenary celebrations (1956) and printed material. Includes minutes of the Lock-Out Committee, Eastern Market Works (1878).

Microfilm copies of minute books of executive, annual and other general meetings, and financial records. Includes copies of minutes of predecessor the Victorian Employers' Union and Employers' Indemnity of Victoria Ltd.

Correspondence, sales papers

Financial records include wages ledgers, correspondence and diaries.

Includes station returns, financial records, correspondence, ledgers, maps and papers relating to the employment of Aboriginal people. Some records relate to other stations owned by Bovril Australian Estates Ltd: Carlton Hill, Walgra, Legune and Ning Bing Stations.

History of the sawmill "The Rise and Fall of Yarras Mill", press cuttings and photographs including aerial photograph.

Minutes and agenda papers of federal council meetings, minutes of federal executive meetings, financial records, 1993 National Conference papers of successor the Automotive Metals and Engineering Union, Vehicle Division.

Microfilm copy of letters and papers of Manager Colonel J Scott including correspondence with brother Arthur.

Station records including financial and sales records, correspondence, wages records, monthly and annual reports, agreements and papers re land sales and improvements.

Microfilm copy of minutes.

Policy and research files of the National Research Unit on the United Mineworkers' Federation relating to environment policy including representation on ACTU Environment Committee, the National Greenhouse Advisory Panel and at United Nations conferences in Rio de Janeiro and Kyoto.

Records of the NSW United Bank Officers' Association and the NSW Division of the Bank Officials' Association/Australian Bank Employees' Union including minutes of meetings, subject files, membership records (1978-1979), transcripts of evidence and a small collection of photographs. There is also a small collection of Henry Foord Rawson's private papers relating to the formation of the United Bank Officers' Association.

Subject files (1970-1990), conference papers (1952-1955), papers relating to J S Baker's history, arbitration files, financial records (1921-1970), Sydney Branch contribution books (1929-1934), submissions and reports, and printed material.

Copies of minutes of the Executive Council (1967-1974), officers register, rules, General Secretary's files (JS Baker, then W Rowling) including correspondence, reports, minutes, arbitration material and photographs of Baker's trip to USSR, five photographs of Baker and Queensland Branch, files relating to Baker's role as Publicity Officer for NSW Division of the Australian Council for Salaried and Professional Associations including Federal Executive and NSW Division minutes, minutes of High Council of Commonwealth Public Service Organisations, and printed material.

Minutes of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victorian and Western Australian Branches (1969-1972), reports, conference papers (1943-1970), subject files, arbitration material, photographs of working conditions, and printed material. Also includes J S Baker's papers as member of Federal Executive of the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations and of Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and files relating to the 1971 Union Festival of Arts in Melbourne.

Minutes (1967), correspondence and press cuttings relating to the Five Day Week campaign and the 1970 dispute, financial records, arbitration material and printed material.

Minutes of the Victorian Branch of the Fourth Division Postmasters, Postal Clerks and Telegraphists' Union (1959-1967) and of the Victorian Branch of the Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists (1967-1980), minutes of annual general meetings of the Australian Third Division Telegraphists' and Postal Workers' Union, then Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists (1950-1970), minutes of the Victorian State Committee of Management (1980-1990), copies of meeting agendas, conference papers, Victorian Branch newsletters and printed material.

This deposit includes subject classified office files (1965 - 1991), annual general meeting minutes and reports (1965 - 1982), branch correspondence (1971 - 1988) and printed material.

This deposit includes minutes of the State Executive and the Management Committees (1969 - 1974), office, subject and working files (1968 - 1987), correspondence arranged alphabetically (1968 - 1975) and printed material.

Unprocessed. Includes photographs, product information and labels, research notes and publications, relating to the history, products, staff, factories and offices of Unilever and predecessor companies.

Records of Unilever (Australia) Pty Ltd, Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Burford & Sons Ltd, J Kitchen & Sons Ltd and Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd and some of their associated/ subsidiary companies - Commonwealth Copra Company, Eugene (Australia), Eugene (New Zealand), Hillcastle (New Zealand), J & E Atkinson, Lever Associated Enterprises, Neptune Oil Company, Rexona Pty Ltd, Soap Distributors Ltd and Sydney Soap and Candle Company. Includes various minute books, correspondence files, company journals, reports, formulae books, photographs and factory plans. The History of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, a manuscript compiled by Arnold Riches, The Story of Rexona Pty Ltd by Ken Washington and Rosella: celebrating 100 years of care, a Rosella Public Relations/Promotional Program publication, are useful sources of historical information that complement the business records of these companies. Photographs in the collection depict the many facets of Lever Brothers Pty Ltd/Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd operations at Balmain - the factory buildings, machinery, manufacturing processes, products, staff and employees as well as J Kitchen & Sons Ltd factories at Port Melbourne and Alexandria, Rexona Pty Ltd product launches and promotions, and ‘Good Rexona Town’ signs that appeared throughout NSW and Victoria in the 1930s and 1940s.

Papers, reports and publications re unemployment relating to Parramatta and Inner City branches. See also Joe Owens collection (personal papers).

Minutes of committee and general meetings, membership registers and contributions books, industrial papers, financial records and photographs of memorial plaque for Henry Bessell.

Minute books, correspondence re formation of the union and its Federal Council, general correspondence, contribution books, membership cards, mortuary levies book, financial records, reports, rule books, press cuttings, photographs and ephemera. Includes records of Victorian Branch and predecessors the Undertakers Assistants' Union of Victoria.

Station records for Ularunda and Elmina stations including letterbooks, wages books, ledgers and journals, correspondence, financial records, station reports and stock returns, wool books, and maps.

Corporate and accounting records including minutes, share register, register of mortgages, agreement and certificate of incorporation, correspondence, register of seals, printed annual reports and accounts.

Microfilm copy of register of mortgages realised with separate index, 1862 - 1912