Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC N480
Title
Federated Gas Employees' Industrial Union New South Wales Branch membership contribution registers
Date(s)
- 1920-1978 (with gaps) (Creation)
Level of description
Deposit
Extent and medium
18 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
(1911 - 1996)
Biographical history
The Federated Gas Employees' Industrial Union was registered in 1911. Charlie Crofts, who later became the secretary of the Commonwealth Council of Federated Unions from 1923 to 1927 and the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1927 to 1943 was on the first executive and became Victorian then National secretary of the Union in 1914, a position he held till his death in 1950. The union had strong branches in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. It amalgamated with the Transport Workers' Union of Australia in 1996.
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Membership contribution registers (cash receiving registers). Includes names of members but not listed alphabetically.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign an access agreement.