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Chifley, Joseph Benedict (Ben) (1885 - 1951)

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National Archives of Australia, National Office
 
[Repository details]
Title:Papers. Ben Chifley.
Reference:CP 268
Date Range:1940 - 1951
Description:Assorted papers from the Curtin and Chifley ministries. Some published material is included.
Access:Contact repository for details
Related Entries:Curtin, John Joseph (1885 - 1945)

Description:Chifley's secret diaries
Access:Contact repository for details
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Lloyd Ross Papers
Reference:NLA MS 3939
Date Range:1854 - 1986
Description:Includes: correspondence, reports and cuttings relating to the Australian Council of Trade Unions [ACTU], the Australian Railways Union, adult education, industrial arbitration, automation in the transport industry, John Curtin, Frank Anstey, Industrial Commission of NSW Inquiry into Technical Change, 1958-1959. Also includes talks, broadcasts and lectures, personal correspondence and manuscripts, photographs of Lloyd and Curtin, various subject files, press cuttings printed matter and a biography of R.S. Ross.
Formats:Photographs.
Quantity:73 boxes & folio items (19.6 m)
Access:Available for reference, not for loan
Online Finding Aid: 'Chart 27: Employer Associations - Education', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/049.html.
Related Entries:Anstey, Francis (Frank) George (1865 - 1940) | 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 - ) | Australian Railways Union, ARU (1921 - 1993) | Curtin, John Joseph (1885 - 1945) | Mann, Tom | Ross, Dr. Lloyd (1901 - 1987)
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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:Oral history recording
Interviewee: Bill O'Neill
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Bill O'Neill, former New South Wales State President of the Australian Railways Union. Includes reference to: His involvement with the Australian Railways Union [ARU]; the National Union of Railwaymen and the 1917 strike; Ben Chifley; State Council of the ARU; becoming State President in the 1940; Lloyd Ross; becoming an ARU organiser in 1947; issues as industrial officer; 1949 coal strike; dieselisation campaigns of the 1950s; NSW Labor Council ; ACTU.
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) | National Union of Railwaymen of Australia (i) (1933) | Ross, Dr. Lloyd (1901 - 1987)
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Samuel Merrifield Collection
Reference:MS 13045
Date Range:c. 1858 - c. 1977
Description:Includes: Manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, newspapers, books and pamphlets collected by Samuel Merrifield and relating to various unions within the labour movement, with particular emphasis on Victoria.
Formats:Objects and Photographs.
Quantity:29.4 m
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Amalgamated Miners Association of Australasia (c. 1884 - 1916) | Anstey, Francis (Frank) George (1865 - 1940) | Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, AMIEU (1912 - ) | Australian Bank Officials Association (1938 - 1978) | Australian Insurance Staffs Federation (1920 - 1976) | Australian Journalists Association (i) (1911 - 1991) | Ballarat Trades & Labor Council (1882 - ) | Calwell, Arthur Augustus (1896 - 1973) | Cook, Bertie Stuart Baxter (1886 - 1975) | Merrifield, Sam (1904 - 1982)
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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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