Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975)
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Auchmuty Library, Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, University of Newcastle
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[Repository details]
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| Reference: | A5137-A5141 |
| Date Range: | 1960 - 1963 |
| Description: | Newcastle Branch: Correspondence and bank statements, 1960-1963. |
| Quantity: | 5 boxes |
| Access: | Available for reference |
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John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
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| Title: | M.A.D. Howarth papers |
| Reference: | OM90-72 |
| Date Range: | 1941 - 1942 |
| Description: | Union Ticket Book,1941-1942. |
| Access: | Available for reference |
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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
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| Title: | Frederick Hancock Papers |
| Reference: | ML MSS 772 |
| Date Range: | c. 1913 - c. 1962 |
| Description: | Correspondence, diaries, notebooks and union receipts, 1913-1962; papers of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, 1918-1942; shop steward's cash book; papers of the Henry Lawson Literary Society, Communist Party, Industrial Workers of the World, the Tom Batho Memorial Fund and the Bertha McNamara Fund. |
| Quantity: | 16 volumes and 10 boxes |
| Access: | See repository for details |
| Related Entries: | Hancock, Frederick |
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| Title: | Anthony Macinante Autobiography: “Italians in New South Wales Project” |
| Reference: | ML MSS 5288 |
| Date Range: | 1915 - 1989 |
| Description: | Funded by the Australian Bicentennial Multicultural Foundation, the “Italians in NSW Project” resulted in a collection of papers, including a bound autobiography of Mr Anthony Macinante who was an active unionist and organiser for the Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia – NSW Branch and the Federated Engine Drivers’ and Firemen’s Association. |
| Quantity: | 3 volumes |
| Access: | Restricted |
| Related Entries: | Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (i) (1908 - 1949) |
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
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| Title: | Tom Brislan Papers |
| Reference: | NLA Mfm G 23067 |
| Date Range: | 1910 - 1972 |
| Description: | Copy of Tom Brislan's autobiography, A Maverick Among Marxists: Includes autobiographical accounts of phases of his life, mixed with reflections on issues at the time of writing. Topics include Catholic education, the Irish problem, the world wars, conscription, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Liberal government of 1972, the Great Depression, industrial disputes (Queensland shearers, circa 1930 and Balmain ironworkers, circa 1945), the Australian union movement, the arbitration system and the Communist Party. |
| Formats: | Microfilm. |
| Quantity: | 1 reel |
| Access: | Available for reference |
| Related Entries: | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) |
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| Reference: | NLA MS 3013 |
| Date Range: | 1937 - 1954 |
| Description: | New South Wales Division: Minutes, chiefly of Port Kembla and Wollongong; also a couple of address books; correspondence of the National Council from 1948-1949. |
| Quantity: | 11 volumes |
| Access: | Available for reference, not for loan |
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| Title: | Gough Whitlam Address |
| Reference: | NLA MS 1959 |
| Date Range: | 1931 - 22 May 1967 |
| Description: | Includes notes for address by Leader of the Opposition, Mr. E. G. Whitlam to the National Conference of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Sydney, 22nd May 1967. |
| Quantity: | 0.02 m |
| Access: | Available for reference, not for loan |
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National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1986 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Darcy Ahearn
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Darcy Ahearn, trade unionist. Includes references to: joining the Federated Ironworkers' Association; union elections; working as a union advocate; Trades & Labor Council Disputes Committee; the role of the Labor Council. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 6 sound tape reels |
| Access: | Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Labor Council of New South Wales (1908 - ) |
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1988 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Nick Origlass
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
This recording includes reference to: The Queensland Trades & Labor Council; the Queensland branch of the Builders' Labourers' Union; the waterfront strike in 1945; the Ironworkers' Union; Labor Council of New South Wales; 1949 coal strike; Builders' Labourers' Federation. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 390 minutes |
| Access: | Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Australian Builders Labourers Federation, BLF (1911 - 1972) | Labor Council of New South Wales (1908 - ) | Trades & Labor Council of Queensland (1922 - 1993) |
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1985 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Jack McPhillips
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Jack McPhillips, trade union official. Includes reference to: McPhillips time as a union organiser for the Factory Department of AWU; AWU opposition groups; North Australian Workers' Union; Arbitration Agent for Federated Ironworkers; 1949 Coal Strike. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 150 minutes |
| Access: | Written permission required from the Labor Council of New South Wales for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | North Australian Workers Union (1927 - 1972) |
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| Date Range: | 1983 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Frank McGrath
Interviewer: Amy McGrath
Interview with Judge Frank McGrath. Includes reference to: McGrath's involvement with the Ironworkers' Union. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 240 minutes |
| Access: | Not available within Judge McGrath's lifetime |
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| Date Range: | 1988 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Laurie Short
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Laurie Short, former National Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. Includes reference to: Conflict with Stalinists in the Balmain branch of the FIA, 1945-1947; 1944 and 1949 elections for the FIA National Secretary; the battle with Stalinists for control of the FIA after the 1949 election; Nick Origlass; Labor Council of New South Wales; ACTU Congresses; his period as FIA National Secretary, 1951-1982. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 660 minutes |
| Access: | Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) | Labor Council of New South Wales (1908 - ) | Origlass, Nicholas (1908 - 1996) | Short, Laurie (1915 - ) |
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| Date Range: | 1994 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Robert Davies
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Bob Davies, union official, Federated Ironworkers' Association. Includes reference to: Joining the Federated Storemen & Packers' Union at Hume Pipes; becoming delegate; management attitudes to disputes; committee of management; conditions; disputes; becoming an organiser; structure reorganisation; demarcation disputes; appearances before the Arbitration Commission; relations with the Builders' Labourers'; disputes committee meetings; retirement of Laurie Short; green bans; differences between the Victorian Branch and the National Office; mergers; keeping in touch with rank and file members; changes in management; enterprise bargaining; his involvement in the ACTU; standards; differences between State and Federal branches. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 3 sound tape reels |
| Access: | Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) | Davies, Robert (1934 - ) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (ii) (1975 - 1991) | Federated Storemen & Packers Union of Australia (1912 - 1988) | Short, Laurie (1915 - ) |
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1986 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Matthew Edward Heagney
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
This recording includes reference to the Australian Railways Union; 1950 guards strike; work as a Union Industrial Officer; the Federated Ironworkers' Association; FIA disputes; work as Director of the Trade Union Training Authority. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 300 minutes |
| Access: | Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Australian Railways Union, ARU (1921 - 1993) |
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The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University
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| Title: | Tom Brislan Papers |
| Reference: | M67 |
| Date Range: | 1910 - 1972 |
| Description: | Copy of Tom Brislan's autobiography, A Maverick Among Marxists: Includes autobiographical accounts of phases of his life, mixed with reflections on issues at the time of writing. Topics include Catholic education, the Irish problem, the world wars, conscription, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Liberal government of 1972, the Great Depression, industrial disputes (Queensland shearers, circa 1930 and Balmain ironworkers, circa 1945), the Australian union movement, the arbitration system and the Communist Party. |
| Formats: | Microfilm. |
| Quantity: | 1 reel |
| Related Entries: | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) |
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| Title: | Nicholas Origlass Papers |
| Reference: | Z468 |
| Date Range: | 1942 - 1958 |
| Description: | Records relating to the Balmain Ironworkers' Dispute, including minutes of the rebel Balmain branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association. |
| Quantity: | 2 m |
| Related Entries: | Origlass, Nicholas (1908 - 1996) |
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| Title: | Amy G. Cumpston Papers |
| Reference: | P35 |
| Date Range: | 1944 - 1952 |
| Description: | Copies of her manuscript on the Balmain dispute in the Federated Ironworkers' Association. |
| Quantity: | 0.07 m |
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| Reference: | E102 (pt); E170 (pt); E174 (pt) |
| Date Range: | 1905 - 1962 |
| Description: | New South Wales State Council & Branches: Records for New South Wales State Council Sydney, Balmain, Newcastle, Pt. Kembla and Western Districts. |
| Quantity: | 2.1 m |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
| Related Entries: | Wire Workers Union of NSW |
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| Reference: | Ref. |
| Date Range: | 1942 - 1969 |
| Description: | Tasmanian Branches: Minutes; financial records. |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | E247; E175 (pt) |
| Date Range: | 1940 - 1973 |
| Description: | Victorian Branches: Records of the Victorian State Council, No. 1 and No. 2 Branches. |
| Quantity: | 3.8 m |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | Rupert Perrett Papers |
| Reference: | MS 9908 |
| Date Range: | c. 1915 - c. 1970 |
| Description: | Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings interleaved with correspondence, 1915-1970. Volume 2 refers to the Australian Workers' Union and volume 6 refers to the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. |
| Access: | Contact archive for access conditions. |
| Related Entries: | Australian Workers Union (i), AWU (1905 - 1976) | Perrett, Rupert |
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| Title: | Frank Russell Papers |
| Reference: | MS 11529 |
| Date Range: | 1938 - 1943 |
| Description: | Receipt book for membership fees paid by Frank Russell to the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, 24 April 1938-1 January 1943. Also includes 1941 membership card of Frank Russell. |
| Quantity: | 0.01 m |
| Access: | Available for reference |
| Related Entries: | Russell, Frank (1910 - 1979) |
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University of Wollongong Archives
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[Repository details]
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| Reference: | D196 |
| Date Range: | 1936 - 1973 |
| Description: | Wollongong & Port Kembla Branches: Minutes, correspondence, publications, ephemera. |
| Quantity: | 6.5 m |
| Access: | Open |
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| Title: | Bill Frame & Ted Arrowsmith - 1945 Steel Strike |
| Reference: | B17 |
| Date Range: | 1945 - 1950 |
| Description: | Port Kembla Branch: Oral history recording
Interviewees: Bill Frame and Ted Arrowsmith
Interviewer: Dr Tom Sheridan
Bill Frame was Secretary of the Port Kembla Branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association in 1945 and Ted Arrowsmith was Assistant Secretary. The interview deals with the various strikes and lockouts affecting the steel industry during 1945. |
| Formats: | Audio. |
| Quantity: | 90 minutes |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
| Related Entries: | Arrowsmith, Ted | Frame, Bill |
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| Title: | Robert Gibson Heggen - Unionism at Metal Manufacturers Ltd |
| Reference: | B8 |
| Date Range: | 1916 - 1976 |
| Description: | Port Kembla Branch: Oral history recording
Interviewee: Robert Gibson Heggen
Interviewer: John Heininger
Robert Heggen began his employment at Metal Manufactures Ltd., Port Kembla in 1936. He joined the Federated Ironworkers' Association [FIA] which was then attempting to break the hegemony of the Australian Workers' Union as the representative of labour in the Works. From 1938 until his retirement in 1965, he was a Works' Delegate for the FIA. His reminiscences relate largely to the struggle to improve working conditions and establish efficient employer - employee relations. |
| Formats: | Audio. |
| Quantity: | 180 minutes |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
| Related Entries: | Heggen, Robert Gibson |
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| Title: | Andrew Barron Collection |
| Reference: | D89 |
| Date Range: | 1941 - 1945 |
| Description: | Port Kembla Branch: Manuscript minutes, 1943-1945; Miscellanea, 1941-1945. |
| Quantity: | 0.05 m |
| Access: | Available for reference |
| Related Entries: | Barron, Andrew |
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| Reference: | A24 |
| Date Range: | 1939 - 1941 |
| Description: | Ironworker, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1939 - Vol. 2, No. 12, December 1941. |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | A127-A128 |
| Date Range: | 1928 - 1939 |
| Description: | Rules, 1928-1939. |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | A131 |
| Date Range: | 1939 |
| Description: | BHP Newcastle Steelworks Award, applicable to members of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, 1939. |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | A662 |
| Date Range: | 1943 |
| Description: | Publication: Stronger trade unions: opponents answered, authored by E. Thornton for the Federated Ironworkers' Association, 1943. |
| Quantity: | 1 item |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | A742 |
| Date Range: | 1942 |
| Description: | Federal Council: Publication: Trade unions and the war, authored by E. Thornton for the Federal Council of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia, (23p.). |
| Quantity: | 1 item |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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| Reference: | C36 |
| Date Range: | 1926 - 1972 |
| Description: | Includes: Booklets; pamphlets and other published ephemera relating to the Union in the Illawarra region. |
| Access: | Contact repository for details |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994.
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Updated: 29 June 2006
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