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Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland
 
[Repository details]
Reference:UQFL 238
Date Range:1945 - 1963
Description:Electrical Trades Union of Australia
Federal Conference materials 1945, 1947, 1958, 1960-1964; Queensland Conference materials 1955, 1957, 1959,1961, 1963; papers 1957-1959; combined Railways Union Constitution and Circulars 1947-1948.

Australian Council of Trade Unions
Papers 1951-1952.

Detailed list of collection available.
Quantity:2 boxes
Access:Contact archive for details.
Related Entries:Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979)
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Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia
 
[Repository details]
Title:Contribution book of William Furner
Reference:D 5648 (Misc)
Date Range:1941
Description:Contribution book.
Quantity:0.01 m
Access:Contact repository for details
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National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1986?
Description:New South Wales Branch: Oral history recording
Interviewee: Henry Frederick Jensen
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

This recording includes reference to the Electrical Trades Union, New South Wales Branch.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:210 minutes
Access:Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use.

Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Jack Keenahan
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Includes reference to: Being organiser for the Electrical Trades Union; propaganda; strikes and negotiation; the ETU as a team; removal of Jack Kane from office; Labor Council meetings; Labor Council personalities; Chifley and the coal strike.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:5 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use

Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Frederick Hugh Campbell
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Fred Campbell, former President of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia. Includes reference to: His early activities in the Electrical Trades Union; technological changes in the electrical trade; his time on the State Executive of the ETU; New South Wales Labor Council; 1949 coal strike.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:156 minutes
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Campbell, Frederick Hugh (1908 - ) | Labor Council of New South Wales (1908 - )

Date Range:1996
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: John Gandini
Interviewer: Stuart Reid

This recording includes reference John Gandini's time as a member of the Electrical Trades Union and as President of the Trades & Labor Council of Western Australia. A number of industrial and Trades & Labor Council issues are dealt with, including the Robe River dispute and the trend to union amalgamation.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:510 minutes
Access:Open
Related Entries:Gandini, John Rivo (1929 - ) | Trades & Labor Council of Western Australia (1963 - 2000)
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The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University
 
[Repository details]
Title:Gerry Whittle Papers
Reference:Z518
Date Range:1964 - 1970
Description:Records relating to elections of the Victorian Branch of the Electrical Trades Union.
Quantity:0.15 m
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Edward A Cashmore Papers
Reference:MS 12563
Description:Includes trade union membership receipts; Electrical Trades Union of Australia contribution cards.
Access:Contact archives for access conditions.
Related Entries:Cashmore, Edward A
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The University of Melbourne Archives
 
[Repository details]
Reference:85/61
Date Range:1920 - 1984
Description:Victorian Branch: Branch meetings, 1920-1969; meeting attendance record books, 1960- 1984; biennial conference papers, 1961-1968; federal conference papers; policy; Shop Steward's correspondence, minutes, papers; Victorian Trades Hall Council papers, 1958-1973; Trades and Labour Council correspondence, 1947-1975; correspondence with unions, associations, government departments, local government, private, politicians, labour organisations and others, 1928-1975; arbitration records, 1937-1975; notebooks; administration records.
Quantity:200 boxes
Access:Restricted
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University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:John Henry O'Neil Papers
Reference:01/
Date Range:1921 - 1970
Description:Letters to J.H. O’Neil referring to his career as State Secretary of the Carters’ and Drivers’ Union, the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Federated Storemen and Packers’ Union, Federated Gas Employees’ Industrial Union, Meat & Allied Trades Federation of Australia, Federated Miscellaneous Workers’ Union of Australia, Federated Confectioners’ Association of Australia and as Secretary of the Hobart Trades Hall Council. Includes press cuttings and photographs, mostly of a personal nature.
Quantity:0.15 m
Access:Contact archive for access conditions.
Related Entries:Federated Carters & Drivers Industrial Union of Australia (1906 - 1947) | Federated Confectioners Association of Australia (1925 - 1986) | Federated Gas Employees Industrial Union (1911 - ) | Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia (1916 - 1992) | Federated Storemen & Packers Union of Australia (1912 - 1988) | Hobart Trades Hall Council (1917 - 1968) | Meat & Allied Trades Federation of Australia (1942 - ) | O'Neill, John Henry (1888 - 1971)
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University of Wollongong Archives
 
[Repository details]
Reference:D133
Date Range:1969 - 1979
Description:South Coast Branch: Material relating to the Inquiry into explosion at Appin Colliery, 1979; Proceedings inquiry into longwall mining, 1967; South Coast Labor Council minutes, 1969-1977.
Quantity:1.1 m
Access:Available for reference
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
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