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- 1856 - 1958 (Creation)
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The union was initially formed in 1853 as the United Operative Masons and was later known as the Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons of New South Wales, before the more common name, the Operative Stonemasons' Society of New South Wales was used. It became the New South Wales branch of the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia in 1918.
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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.
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Minutes of meetings of Sydney Lodge and central committee (1856-1958), financial records, rule books, certificates, photographs, ballot box and other realia. Some records of the following branches included: Balmain, Barker's Creek, Bathurst, Bowral, Lithgow Valley, Mudgee, Nattai, Newtown, Northern, Rookwood, Waterloo, and West Maitland. Also includes records of the Marble and Slate Workers' Union of New South Wales (1901-1920), the Monumental Workers' Union of New South Wales (1902-1913) and the Quarrymen's Union of New South Wales (1942-1958).
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Digital copies of selected items are available as follows:
Sydney Lodge rough minutes (1856 - 1893) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/123244
Sydney Lodge minutes (1889 - 1902) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117820
United Operative Stonemasons Institution Sydney, [Central] Committee minutes (1856 - 1883) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117720
Sydney Central Committee minutes (1865 - 1883) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/123245
Nattai/Mudgee/Bowral/Lithgow Valley Lodge minutes (1866 - 1902) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117822
Sydney Lodge strike committee minutes (Aug 1893) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117821
Bathurst Lodge minutes (1885 - 1897) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117803
Bowral Lodge minutes (1892 - 1893) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117802
Bowral Lodge minutes and ledger, Muswellbrook Lodge ledger, Newtown ledger (1865 -1901) at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117819
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Five volumes of Sydney Lodge rough minutes (1856 - 1893), two volumes of Sydney Lodge minutes (1889 - 1902), one volume of Sydney Central Committee minutes (1865 - 1883), one volume of United Operative Stonemasons Institution Sydney, [Central] Committee minutes (1856 - 1883), one volume of Nattai/Mudgee/Bowral/Lithgow Valley Lodge minutes (1866 - 1902), one volume of Sydney Lodge strike committee minutes (Aug 1893), one volume of Bathurst Lodge minutes (1885 - 1897), one volume of Bowral Lodge minutes (1892 - 1893) and one volume containing Bowral Lodge minutes and ledger, Muswellbrook Lodge ledger and Newtown ledger are inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register as part of the Minute Books of Pre-Federation Australian Trade Unions (http://www.amw.org.au/register/listings/minute-books-pre-federation-australian-trade-unions)
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Entered from deposit description 28 September 2012