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Reference code
AU NBAC N28
Title
Date(s)
- 1891 - 1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Deposit
Extent and medium
16.4 m
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Name of creator
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
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 ... »
Repository
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 ... »
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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)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Entered from deposit description, November 2012