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Trade Union entry Coastal Dock Rivers & Harbour Works Union of WA (1911? - ?)

From
1911?
Western Australia
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

This was a hybrid union, peculiar to Western Australia, which combined harbour construction and maintenance workers, crews, watchmen, patrolmen, casual lumpers and tradesmen's assistants along with cleaners and general labourers employed on ship repair and maintenance. It was closely associated with official and activist Paddy Troy, a long time believer in an industrial union representing all maritime workers.

Representative(s)

Union Membership(s)

Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Maritime Workers' Union of Western Australia - Records, 1911-1988, 1911 - 1988, MN 862; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
  • Paddy Troy - Papers, 1906-1978, 1906 - 1978, ACC 4154A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Patrick (Paddy) Laurence Troy interviewed by Joan Ambrose, 1977, ORAL TRC 522; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Paddy Troy Papers, 1935 - 1975, Z182; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Macintyre, Stuart, Militant: The Life and Times of Paddy Troy, Allen and Unwin, New South Wales, 1984. Details

Ross G. Elford