Corporate entry: Trades and Labor Councils (1867 - 1973)
- From
- 1867
- To
- 1973
Summary
Records 1867-1973. The collection includes records of the Labor Council of New South Wales, Trades and Labor Councils of Ballarat, Mt Isa, Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia and the Trades Hall Councils of Geelong and Melbourne; there are 11 deposits comprising 15 feet 3 inches and 53 reels of microfilm. Records of the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland span 1867-1961 and contain minutes of meetings, financial and general records. In addition records of the Trades and Labor Council of Mount Isa are held and are listed below in detail. This material was collected by B. Shields from the Secretary of the Mt Isa Trades and Labor Council and the Librarian at the Mt Isa Public Library and relates to the Mt Isa Mines industrial strike of 1964-1965.
Pamphlets relating to the strike, 1964, 1965. three items. A.B.L. P.72/1.
Roneoed circulars authorised by the Council for Membership Control of the A.W.U., 1965. one folder. A.B.L. P.72/2.
Roneoed circulars authorised by the Mt Isa Trades and Labor Council, 1965. one folder. A.B.L. P.72/3.
Roneoed circulars authorised by the A.W.U., Mt Isa, 1965, one folder. A.B.L. P.72/4.
Roneoed circulars authorised by the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, 1965. one folder. A.B.L. P.72/5.
Miscellaneous roneoed circulars, some of which may have been circulated by the A.W.U. and the Council for Membership Control of the A.W.U. but which have not been officially authorised by any organization, one folder. A.B.L. P.72/6.
Roneoed circular, authorised by the Townsville Trades and Labor Council, headed: Mount Isa Mines holding Australian people to ransom. A.B.L. P.72/7.
Roneoed copy of letter signed by the branch secretary of the Queensland Branch Executive of the A.W.U. and addressed to Messrs V.R. Moffatt and Co. solicitors, Box 336, Mount Isa, regarding Patrick Mackie, dated 21 January 1965. A.B.L. P.72/8.
Printed sheet, 19" x 18", containing articles on the Mt Isa dispute reprinted from The Worker, 1 March 1965, two copies. A.B.L. P.72/9.
Printed circular authorised by 30 trade unions in Victoria, headed: The Mount Isa Story. A.B.L. P.72/10.
The Worker, official journal of the A.W.U. Queensland Branch, Vol. 19, No.19, 18 January 1965. A.B.L. P.72/11.
Newspaper extracts regarding the Mt Isa strike, 1965. three items. A.B.L. P.72/12. A.B.L. total Councils' deposits: P.72, P.79, E.84, E.97; Micro film M.14, M.15, M.17, M.54, M.59, M.64, M.69.