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- 1900 - 1930 (Creation)
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The Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employees' Federation of Australia was formed from unions representing retail workers in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia and was registered on 14 May 1908. By 1972, the Union changed its name to the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association.
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The United Grocers, Tea & Dairy Produce Employees' Union of Victoria was formed in 1905 from an earlier entity, the Victorian Grocers Employees' Association. In 1916 the Union changed its name to the Federated Grocers Employees' Union of Australia and in July 1918 amalgamated with the Shop Assistants Union of Victoria. It was deregistered in 1950 with its members joining the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association.
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Minute books of the branch meetings, committees and conferences. Includes records of predecessors the Victorian Grocers Employees' Association and the United Grocers, Tea and Dairy Produce Employees' Union of Victoria.
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Digital copies of Victorian Grocers Employees Association minutes (1900 - 1902) are available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123239
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NBAC E105; M31
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One volume of Victorian Grocers Employees Association minutes (1900 - 1902) is 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 on 19 November 2012