Identity area
Type of entity
Trade union
Authorized form of name
Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association
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Description area
Dates of existence
1872 - 1915
History
The Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association was established in 1872 to protect the interests of wharf labourers. It assisted members obtain a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, maintained order and decorum among its members and raised a benefit fund through entrance fees, subscriptions and fines. The Port Adelaide Working Men’s Association joined the Waterside Workers’ Federation in 1915.
Places
Adelaide, South Australia
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Representation for waterside workers
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Control area
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Prepared by Margaret Avard, April 2013
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Sources
Beasley, Margo (1996) ‘Wharfies : a history of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia’. Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. : Halstead Press in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum.