Deposit E86 - Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia South Australian Branch deposit

Identity area

Reference code

AU NBAC E86

Title

Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia South Australian Branch deposit

Date(s)

  • 1914 - 1962 (Creation)

Level of description

Deposit

Extent and medium

1.2 m

Context area

Name of creator

(1914 - 1918)

Biographical history

The union was formed in 1914 by masons in the Bricklayers' Society who felt that their interests would be better served by a society of their own. In 1918 it became the South Australian branch of the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia. Although ... »

Name of creator

(1918 - 1991)

Biographical history

The union was formed in 1918 and registered in 1919 with the amalgamation of state-based societies in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The Society was deregistered in 1991.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial records, membership register (1914-1953), rules, Eight Hour Day posters, photographs from the New South Wales branch, and a ballot box and other items.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Researchers must sign an access agreement

Description control area

Dates of creation revision deletion

Entered from deposit description 28 September 2012