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Selected Events in Trade Union History Seventh Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1891)

From
1891
Ballarat, Victoria
To
1891
Functions
Congress

Summary

Held in Ballarat, Victoria in April 1891, one hundred and twenty-seven delegates attended, representing all colonies except Western Australia. There was one delegate from New Zealand. The Congress was the first truly representative Intercolonial Congress. A resolution accepting the constitution of an Australian Labour Federation was passed.

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

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Ballarat Trades & Labor Council - Records, 1883 - 1989, E97; Z545; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Conference Proceedings

  • Report of the 7th Congress, Ballarat?, 1891, 119 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith