Deposit N380 - Maritime Industry Australia Limited deposit

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AU NBAC N380

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Maritime Industry Australia Limited deposit

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  • 1902 - 2013 (Creation)

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85 m, 422 boxes.

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(2015 -)

Biographical history

Maritime Industry Australia Ltd has existed in various guises, with its genesis as the Australasian Steamship Owners Federation (ASOF) formed in 1899, closely followed in 1905 by industrial body, the Commonwealth Steamship Owners Association (CSOA). In 1986 ASOF became the Australian National Maritime Association (ANMA) which merged with CSOA in 1994 to become the Australian Shipowners Industrial Association (ASIA). ASIA underwent a name change in 1996 to become the Australian Shipowners Association (ASA). In early 2015 ASA became Maritime Industry Australia Limited (MIAL).

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This deposit has been arranged into five series: Awards, Communications, Governance, Publications and Subject files.
Awards series contains copies of published awards, 1902 - 1991, and may be annotated (for logs of claims, disputes, renegotiations or amendments to awards, see Subject files).
Communications series contains circulars, memoranda and letters sent out to inform and update members on current topics. Often meeting notices and extracts from minutes are included. Commonwealth Steamship Owners Association (CSOA) circulars, 1960 - 1995; COSA memoranda, 1986 - 1989; CSOA letters, 1960 - 1987; Australasian Steamship Owners Federation (ASOF) circulars, 1960 - 1988; ASOF letters, 1960 - 1972; Tug Operators Committee (TOC) circulars, 1971 - 1995; TOC letters, memoranda and minutes, 1980 - 1995; Australian National Maritime Association (ANMA) circulars, 1986 - 1990; ANMA memoranda, 1987 - 1994; Australian Shipowners Industrial Association (ASIA) circulars, 1994 - 1995; ASIA memoranda and letters, 1994 - 1995; Australian Shipowners Association (ASA) memoranda, 1996 - 2001; ASA circulars, 1997; National Maritime Industry Training Council Inc. (NMITC) memoranda and letters, 1989 - 1992.
Governance series contains Board memoranda, meeting papers, membership, constitutions and annual reports for governing bodies and sub-committees. ASOF Federation Protection and Indemnity Scheme (FPIS) minute book no. 1, 1920 - 1930;
ASOF meeting papers, 1954 - 1985; ASOF membership, 1951 - 1988; ASOF minute book no. 38, 1983 - 1988; ASOF photograph album, c. 1897; CSOA minute books 1958 - 1967 and 1967 - 1977; CSOA annual reports, 1989 - 1993; CSOA rules and membership, 1952 - 1991; TOC meeting papers, 1971 - 1990; ANMA meeting papers and annual reports, 1986 - 1996; ASIA meeting papers, 1994-1995; ASA meeting papers, Board and Members memoranda, 1996 - 2002.
Publications series contains collected books and reports from the MIAL library, some published by MIAL or predecessors, related to the maritime industry, 1912 - 2000.
Subject files, the largest and broadest series, contains correspondence, circulars, memoranda, reports, drafts and rough notes and court or arbitration commission transcripts of proceedings related to numerous maritime topics. This series includes items originally referred to as Case Files. Topics include: awards, conferences, related unions and companies, disputes, Basic Wage Case, National Wage Case and Waterfront industry reform.

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Researchers must sign an access agreement. Archives staff will need to request permission from the owner of the records before access can be given.

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Most minute books are indexed. Indexes for subject files have been digitised for items N380-2819, N380-3359 and N380-3360.

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E203 Australasian Steamship Owners’ Federation, Sydney Branch deposit (includes CSOA minute books).
E217 Australasian Steamship Owners’ Federation & Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association deposit (includes ASOF and CSOA minute books).
Z559 Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association deposit

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Prepared by Debra Leigo on 10 Dec 2019

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