Deposit N28 - Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Fremantle Branch deposit 1

Identity area

Reference code

AU NBAC N28

Title

Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Fremantle Branch deposit 1

Date(s)

  • 1891 - 1960 (Creation)

Level of description

Deposit

Extent and medium

16.4 m

Context area

Name of creator

(1890 - 1993)

Biographical history

The first waterside workers' unions in Australia were formed in Port Adelaide, Sydney, and Sandridge (Port Melbourne) in 1872. By 1889 there were notable waterfront unions in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Although the ... »

Name of creator

(1889 - 1946)

Biographical history

The Fremantle Lumpers' Union was the first known union of unskilled labour in Western Australia. It was formed after a recruiting mission to the west by the Adelaide Lumpers' Union in 1889 and was inspired, perhaps, by the solidarity shown in the Great ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minutes of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union and the Waterside Workers' Federation Fremantle Branch, 1891-1962; minutes of Casual Section of Fremantle Wharf meetings, 1942-1947; financial records, 1898-1959; office files, 1928-1960; Branch Secretary’s letter ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Archives staff will need to request permission from the owner of the records before access can be given

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Digital copy of Fremantle Lumpers' Union minutes (1891 - 1893) available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/123234

Notes area

Note

Fremantle Lumpers' Union minutes (1891 - 1893) 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)

Description control area

Dates of creation revision deletion

Entered from deposit description, November 2012