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- Feb 1962 - Sep 1986 (Creation)
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The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia formed from the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia in 1945 but was deregistered in 1948. An anti-communist faction of the union established a new Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1950 which eventually became part of the Australian Workers' Union. The Building Workers' Industrial Union formally reconstituted in 1962. Members of the Federated Bricklayers' Association of Australia (deregistered 1950) and the Slaters Tilers Shinglers and Roof Fixers Union of Australia (deregistered 1976) also joined. In 1991 the BWIU amalgamated with the timber unions to become the Australian Timber and Allied Industries Union and Building Workers' Industrial Union (ATAIU & BWIU) Amalgamated Union and to eventually be part of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union in 1993.
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Canberra. Official journal of the BWIU of Australia, ACT Branch, Painters Union, ACT Branch, Plasterers Union and the Plumbers Union. Some gaps in holdings. Also includes Award reference book, 1976; one issue of Yulinga, official journal of the Phillip Community Club (Apr 1977)
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