Trade Union entry Queensland Teachers Union (1889 - )

Summary

Established in 1889, the Queensland Teachers' Union currently has a membership of over 35,000 teachers in the Queensland government's pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities.

Archival resources

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

• From Lunchroom to Boardroom - Records of Oral History Project, Women in the Labor movement, 1930-1970, 1991, UQFL 300; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

• Stanthorpe State High and Rural School Committee; Teacher's Union Stanthorpe Branch, Stanthorpe Records 1950-1966 - Minute Book, 1959 - 1965, OMGW; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Queensland Teachers Union - Records, 1916 - 1996, T55; Z566; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Queensland State Archives

• Teachers' Salary and Award Files, c. 1918 - c. 1968, 6478; Queensland State Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Spaull, Andrew and Sullivan, M., A History of the Queensland Teachers' Union, Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1989, 357 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Bonnin, Roberta H. (ed.), Dazzling Prospects: Women in the Queensland Teachers' Union since 1945, Queensland Teachers' Union, Spring Hill, Queensland, 1988, 306 pp. Details