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Selected Events in Trade Union History Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1885)

From
1885
Sydney, New South Wales
To
1885
Functions
Congress

Summary

The Congress was held in Sydney in October 1885. Ninety-nine delegates attended, representing all colonies except Western Australia.

Timeline

 1879 First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
       1884 Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
             1885 Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                   1886 Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                         1888 Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                               1889 Sixth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                     1891 Seventh Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                           1898 Eighth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress

Published resources

Conference Proceedings

  • Norton, John (ed.), Official Report of the Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress, held Sydney on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of October 1885, with introductory preface by the Editor, Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales, Sydney, 1885, 107 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith