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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 		 [Repository details]
Reference:A3823-A3859
Date Range:1871 - 1935
Description:Executive minutes, 1880-1935 (with gaps); Minutes of General meetings, 1871-1935 (with gaps); Minutes of Organising Committee, 1890-1894; Minutes of Political Organising Committee, 1903; Accounting records1891-1922 (with gaps); Parliamentary Committee minutes, 1884-1894; Printed reports, 1915-1928; Minutes of Building Trade Group, 1925-1931; Intercolonial Congress Minutes, 1879; Printed Official Reports and Balance Sheets, 1890-1929 (with gaps); Press cuttings, 1902-1914 (with gaps). Includes records of the Australian Labour Federation, New South Wales District.
Access:Contact repository for details
Related Entries:First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1879) | Sydney District of Australasian Labour Federation (1894 - 1900) | Sydney Labor Council (1900 - 1908) | Trades & Labor Council of Sydney (1871 - 1894)
Title:Albert William Thompson Papers
Reference:ML MSS 727
Date Range:c. 1922 - c. 1962
Description:Personal papers including newscuttings and pictorial material; assorted papers including minutes circulars and correspondence of the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairymens Employees' Union of NSW; papers also include reference to the Australian Labor Party and the Labor Council of New South Wales.
Quantity:14 Boxes
Access:See repository for details
Related Entries:Milk & Ice Carters & Dairymens Employees Union of NSW (1903? - 1971?) | Thompson, Albert William
Reference:ML MSS 2074 Add-on 1877 ML 659/54
Date Range:1871 - 1982
Description:Operational records including subject files, minutes and correspondence of the Labor Council as well as various trade unions, 1906-1929; the Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1939-1982; ALP, NSW branch, 1957-1981; Sydney Opera House, 1957-1967; printed and illustrated material, including newsclippings. Detailed list of contents available.
Quantity:140 boxes (26 m)
Access:Partly restricted. See repository for further details
Title:Barrie Unsworth Papers
Reference:ML MSS 5060 Add-on 1935 ML 988/88
Date Range:1940 - 1991
Description:Personal and miscellaneous correspondence of Unsworth; correspondence of former Premier Neville Wran; transcripts of speeches given by Barrie Unsworth; publications and correspondence regarding ACTU, NSW Labor Council and various unions and government regulatory bodies; included are some official papers of the Labor Council of New South Wales. Detailed list of contents available.
Quantity:122 boxes
Access:Restricted.
Related Entries:Unsworth, Barrie John (1934 - )
Reference:In Add. 733/MSQ 102
Date Range:1891
Description:Letter, dated 8 July 1981, from ALS Houghton, to G B Barton, sending a copy of the rules of the Council and political platform with a promise to send a report for the previous half-year.
Quantity:1 envelope
Access:See repository for details
Reference:1-195c
Date Range:1890 - 1966
Description:Executive minutes, 1890-1893, 1910-1915, 1941-1966; Minutes of General meetings, 1935-1959; Circulars and reports, 1937-1944, 1955; Metal Trades Group records, 1937-1940.
Access:Contact repository for details
Related Entries:Sydney District of Australasian Labour Federation (1894 - 1900) | Sydney Labor Council (1900 - 1908) | Trades & Labor Council of Sydney (1871 - 1894)
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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: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 - ) | Electrical Trades Union of Australia (1919 - 1993)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1985 - 1986
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Pat Clancy
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Pat Clancy, National Secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union, 1972 to 1985. Includes reference to: joining the United Operative Bricklayers' Trade Society; formation of the BWIU; BWIU split; Jack Mundey; his involvement with the ACTU and the Labor Council of NSW; Bob Hawke.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:270 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) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (i) (1945 - 1948) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | Hawke, Robert James Lee (1929 - ) | Mundey, Jack (1929 - ) | United Operative Bricklayers Trade Society of New South Wales
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:Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1986?
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Sid Vaughan
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

This recording includes reference to: Vaughan's early involvement with the Operative Painters' & Decorators' Union; working as a union organisor; the Builders' Labourers' Federation; becoming Union Secretary; and the Labor Council of New South Wales.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:90 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) | Operative Painters & Decorators Union of Australia (1918 - 1993) | Vaughan, Sid (1924 - 1990)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1987
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Frank Bollins
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Frank Bollins, former New South Wales President/Organiser of the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union. Includes reference to: Bollins' early union activities; becoming a union organiser in 1959; role of the Labor Council of New South Wales; relations with other unionists; factionalism and the Labor Council; becoming New South Wales President/Organiser of the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union; the future of unionism in Australia; his achievements as a union official; 1949 miners' strike.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:268 minutes
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (i) (1973 - 1976) | Bollins, Frank (1914 - 1983)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1999
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Stan Sharkey
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Stan Sharkey, Assistant National Secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia. Includes reference to: working full-time for the Union; political and religious affiliations; becoming a delegate to the Labor Council; Labor Council meetings; suspension of the BLF; the role of the Assistant Secretary; court appearances; green bans; Jack Mundey; deregistration of the BLF; Gallagher and demarcation; ACTU Committee activities.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:3 sound tape reels
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) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | Gallagher, Norm (1931 - 1999) | Mundey, Jack (1929 - ) | Sharkey, Stan (1933 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1994
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Don McDonald
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Don McDonald, Assistant National Secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia. Includes reference to: His election as an organiser for the BWIU; arguments with non-unionists; persecution of unionists; membership drives; builders' labourers' green bans; Labor Council and green bans; right and left factions in the Labor Council; deregistration of the BLF; campaign to enlist BLF members to the BWIU.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:3 sound tape reels
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) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (i) (1945 - 1948) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | McDonald, Don (1938 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1994
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Tom McDonald
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Tom McDonald, National Secretary of the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia. Includes reference to: the miners' strike; his appearance in arbitration court to defend the Union; impressions of Labor Council Secretaries; demise of the 'right pub'; deregistration of the BWIU; affiliation of the ASC&J; relationships between the Labor Party, Communist Party and the Labor Council; interference from the Builders' Labourers'; campaign for superannuation; green bans; deregistration of the BLF; creation of the CFMEU; penal clauses; improvements to conditions; secondary boycotts; Troubleshooters; Building Industry Royal Commission.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:5 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (iii) (1952 - 1992) | Australian Builders Labourers Federation, BLF (1911 - 1972) | Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | Construction Forestry & Mining Employees Union (1992) | McDonald, Tom (1926 - )
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Edgar Ross
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Edgar Ross, former member of the Labor Council of New South Wales. Includes reference to: His brother Lloyd; joining the Miners' Federation in 1929; formation of the ACTU; working as a journalist at the Barrier Daily Truth in Broken Hill; the struggle with Lang for control of the Labor Daily; producing Common Cause; the 1949 Coal Miners' Strike; his thirty years on the Executive of the Labor Council of New South Wales; his membership of the Australian Journalists' Association; serving as a delegate to ACTU Congress.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:450 minutes
Access:Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation, Miners' Federation (1916 - 1990) | Australasian Council of Trade Unions (1927 - 1947) | Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) | Australian Journalists Association (i) (1911 - 1991) | Ross, Dr. Lloyd (1901 - 1987) | Ross, Edgar (1904 - 2001)
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) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975) | Trades & Labor Council of Queensland (1922 - 1993)
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Mary Wright
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Mary Wright. Includes reference to: Meeting Tom Wright; Tom Wright's involvement in the union movement; fights on the Labor Council of New South Wales; miners' strike; Jessie Street.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:8 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Wright, Tom (1902 - 1981)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1994
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Joe de Bruyn
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Joe de Bruyn, Secretary/Treasurer of the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales Branch. Includes reference to: Becoming a research officer with the SDA; appearing in the Federal Industrial Relations Tribunal; the proposed amalgamation of shop assistants with the BWIU; the credit union failure; sacking of Barry Egan; wage increases; affiliation with the Labor Council; attendance as delegate to the Labor Council; advantages to officials from experience working in the industry; changes to trading hours; penalty rates; redundancy provisions; wages increases; consumption tax; the Accord.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:2 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (ii) (1962 - 1991) | de Bruyn, Joe (1949 - ) | Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association (i), SDA (1972 - 1991) | Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association (ii), SDA (1991 - )
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Jack Cambourn
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Jack Cambourn, National Secretary of the Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemens' Association of Australasia. Includes reference to: Balmain Branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association [FIA]; 1949 Coal Strike; joining the Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemens' Association [FEDFA]; his time as a FEDFA organiser; FEDFA relations with the FIA; FEDFA deregistration in 1948, 1953 and 1959; rebuilding the FEDFA after the 1959 deregistration; the Labor Council of New South Wales and delegates; Jack Mundey and the Green Bans; relations of FEDFA with the Builders' Labourers' Federation; immigrants and unionism; corruption.
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 Builders Labourers Federation, BLF (1911 - 1972) | Cambourn, Jack (1928 - ) | Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (i) (1908 - 1949) | Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (ii) (1950 - 1992) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975) | Mundey, Jack (1929 - )
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) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975) | Origlass, Nicholas (1908 - 1996) | Short, Laurie (1915 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1986
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Don Taylor
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Don Taylor, former President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation. Includes reference to: The One Big Union movement; the 1917 strike; joining the New South Wales Teachers' Federation; Australian Teachers' Federation conferences; affiliation with the Labor Council; equal pay campaign; Public Service Association; relations with the Labor Council; working on the wharves; Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations; reforms in secondary and tertiary education; Wyndham report.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:480 minutes
Access:Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Australian Council of Salaried & Professional Associations (1956 - 1979) | New South Wales Teachers Federation (1919 - ) | Public Service Association of New South Wales (1899 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1986
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Jack Hooke
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Jack Hooke, former Federal Secretary of the Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia. Includes reference to: His position held in the Moulders' Union; 1929 Coal Strike; timberworkers' strike; Communist attempts to take over the Labor Council; union representation on repatriation committees in World War Two; other prominent unionists; industrial disputes Hooke was involved in; amalgamation of the Moulders' and Metalworkers' union; legal side of industrial cases.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:330 minutes
Access:Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Amalgamated Metal Workers & Shipwrights Union (1976 - 1983) | Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (ii) (1985 - 1991) | Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australasia (1916 - 1930) | Federated Moulders (Metals) Union of Australia (1930 - 1983) | Hooke, Jack (1898 - )
Date Range:2001
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Meredith Burgmann
Interviewer: Ann Turner

This recording includes reference to: becoming the first woman President of the National Tertiary Education Union; her doctorate on NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) and her subsequent book on the BLF; the NSW Trades and Labour Council.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:206 minutes
Access:Access open for research use; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee
Related Entries:Australian Builders Labourers Federation, BLF (1911 - 1972) | National Tertiary Education Industry Union, NTEU (1993 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Barney French
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

This recording includes reference to the Labor Council of New South Wales.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:6 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: Edward Bennett
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Edward Bennett, State President of the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia. Includes reference to: joining the union; Col Colborne as union leader; differences between printing unions; dispute at the Mirror; communist influence in the unions; becoming State President; donation of the ITU ruling machine; amalgamation of unions; Labor Council meetings; effectiveness of the Council; election of Hawke as President of the ACTU; Hawke's ambitions; Barrier Miner; Barrier Daily Truth; effectiveness of the Conciliation Commission.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:3 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Bennett, Edward | Hawke, Robert James Lee (1929 - ) | Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia (1917 - 1966)
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1988
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: John Ducker
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with John Ducker, former Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia. Includes reference to: working as an ironworker; becoming minutes secretary of the Ironworkers' Union; working conditions; strikes; joining the union; Industrial Groups; move to the Labor council; working for the Ironworkers' Union; conditions; relations with Hawke; Labor Council meetings; styles of chairpersons; his role as Assistant Secretary; left and right pubs; plumbers' nine-week strike; Labor Council meetings; reasons for leaving the Secretaryship; green bans; Jack Mundey; ACTU; Workskill.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:5 sound tape reels
Access:Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use
Related Entries:Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) | Australian Council of Trade Unions (ii), ACTU (1979 - 1981) | Australian Council of Trade Unions (iii), ACTU (1981 - ) | Ducker, John Patrick (1932 - ) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (i) (1911 - 1975) | Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (ii) (1975 - 1991) | Hawke, Robert James Lee (1929 - ) | Mundey, Jack (1929 - )
Title:Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project
Date Range:1986
Description:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Lloyd Ross
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy & Michael Easson

Interview with Dr. Lloyd Ross, former Secretary of the Australian Railways Union [ARU]. Includes reference to: His role as Secretary of the ARU; Labor Council in the 1930s; ARU industrial issues.
Formats:Audio Tapes.
Quantity:150 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) | Ross, Dr. Lloyd (1901 - 1987)
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The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University
 		 [Repository details]
Reference:M17; M59
Date Range:1871 - 1966
Description:Microfilm copies of minutes of executive committee and general meetings; reports; rule book; indexes to minutes of general meetings, 1943-1955; subject files.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:15 reels
Access:Contact repository for details
Title:P. G. Hannett Papers
Reference:N62
Date Range:1919 - 1930
Description:Copy of his A Diary From Russia, 1929; credentials and related correspondence of the Executive of the Red International of Labour Unions to the Labor Council of New South Wales.
Quantity:0.1 m
Related Entries:Hannett, P.G. (1892 - 1979)
Title:Michael Easson Papers
Reference:Z514
Date Range:1973 - 1994
Description:Subject files relating to labour movement collected during Michael Easson's university career and his subsequent employment with the Labor Council of New South Wales. Much of this material also relates to other organisations encountered, such as the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Trade Union Training Authority.
Quantity:26.3 m
Related Entries:Easson, Michael (1955 - )
Reference:Z431
Date Range:1956 - 1990
Description:Building Trades Group of New South Wales: Minute books; meeting papers; subject files; site and dispute files; ephemera (ribbons and badges); and printed material.
Quantity:3.15 m
Access:Contact repository for details
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University of Wollongong Archives
 		 [Repository details]
Reference:D167
Date Range:1871 - 1935
Description:Records.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:7 reels
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A377
Date Range:1960
Description:Secondary industries digest, 1960.
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A378
Date Range:1959
Description:Official industrial directory, 1959.
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A640
Date Range:1935
Description:Committee for the Defence of Democratic Rights: Publication: Defend democratic rights (this concerns You read it)(19p).
Quantity:1 item
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A723
Date Range:1960
Description:Publication: Wages, prices, profits the union answer (12p.).
Quantity:1 item
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A874
Description:Rules.
Access:Contact repository for details
Reference:A762
Date Range:14 May 1946
Description:Rules, 14 May 1946.
Quantity:1 item
Access:Contact repository for details
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
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