Corporate entry: Federated Coopers of Australia
Summary
Records 1881-1962. Records are of the Federal Office, and New South Wales, Queensland, South Australian and Victorian Branches; there are five deposits, comprising 22 feet 6 inches. Material includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial, arbitration, membership and general records. Queensland Branch records span 1889-1962 and are as follows:
Minutes of meetings, 2 February 1912-7 July 1917, one volume.
4 July 1919-2 December 1932, one volume.
3 March 1933-6 September 1935, one volume.
18 September 1935-3 July 1936, one volume.
22 July 1936-28 October 1937, one volume.
5 November 1937-1 November 1940, one volume.
6 December 1940-3 December 1943, one volume.
7 January 1944-7 July 1944, one volume.
4. August 1944-4 May 1945, one volume.
23 May 1945-7 October 1949, one volume.
4 November 1949-2 November 1951, one volume.
7 December 1951-7 May 1954, one volume.
4 June 1954-1 May 1956, one volume. A.B.L. T.50/1.
Contribution books, 1 July 1911-31 December 1922, one volume.
1 January 1923-31 December 1928, one volume.
1 January 1929-30 June 1941, one volume.
1 July 1941-30 June 1946, one volume.
1953-1954 including 1953-1954 branch levies, reserve funds, fines and morality calls, one volume.
30 June 1946-31 December 1948, including branch levies and reserve funds, two copies.
1 January 1949-1952, including branch levies, reserve funds, fines and morality calls, one volume.
1955-1958, including branch levies, reserve funds, fines and morality calls, one volume.
1911-1917, rough minutes one volume. A.B.L. T.50/2.
Morality Levy Books, 1918-1923, one volume, 1923-1926, one volume, 1937-1942, one volume, 1942-1946, one volume. A.B.L. T.50/3.
Correspondence files, 1. regarding Meatworks, 1950.
2. regarding Government departments, 1950.
3. regarding breweries, 1950.
4. regarding branch reports, 1950.
5. regarding breweries, 1951-1952.
6. general correspondence, 1951-1952.
7. regarding meatworks, 1951-1952.
8. Federation and inter-branch correspondence, 1951-1952.
9. regarding Government departments, 1951-1952.
10. inward and outward, 1954.
11. inward and outward, 1955.
12. inward and outward, 1956.
13. inward and outward, 1957.
14. inward and outward, 1958.
15. inward and outward, 1959.
16. inward and outward, 1960.
17. inward and outward, 1961.
18. regarding local members, 1950. 18 files in five boxes. A.B.L. T.50/4.
Statements of income and expenditure, 1949-1962, one file. A.B.L. T.50/5.
Issues of and extracts from the Queensland Government Gazette, regarding Coopers' awards, 1947-1958, one file. A.B.L. T.50/6.
Copies of Alterations to Rules of the Federated Coopers of Australia, Queensland Branch, n.d. one bundle. A.B.L. T.50/7.
Copies of Rules of the Federated Coopers of Australia, Queensland Branch, 1946, one bundle. A.B.L. T.50/8.
Material regarding 1937 Brewery Strike, one envelope. A.B.L. T. 50/9.
Material regarding shares held by the Branch in the Labour Daily Newspaper Co. Ltd, 1913-1921;
Letter regarding loan to the Board of Management of the Brisbane Trades and Labour Council, 1921, one file. A.B.L. T.50/10.
Cash books, 1889-1915, one volume, 1916-1951, one volume, 1919-1927, one volume, 1940-1951, one volume, 1941-1952 one volume. A.B.L. T.50/11.
Book containing contribution accounts, levies accounts, postage details, salaries etc, 1932-1941, one volume. A.B.L. T.50/12.
Fine book, 1919-1936, one volume. A.B.L. T.50/13.
Correspondence, 1947-1949, 1953, correspondence regarding George Blatchford, 1936, three boxes. A.B.L. T.50/14. A.B.L. total union deposits: T.30, T.48, T.50, E.93, E.100. Restricted Access E.93, South Australian Branch.