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Trade Union entry Coopers United Protective & Philanthropic Society of New South Wales (? - 1886)

From
New South Wales
To
1886
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

Originally known as the Coopers United Protective & Philanthropic Society of New South Wales, by 1886 this union had been renamed the Journeymen Coopers' Society of Sydney & Vicinity. On 21 October 1892 the union was renamed again, this time as the Journeymen Coopers' Society of New South Wales. The Society was registered under the New South Wales industrial relations legislation on 23 September 1909. In 1910 it helped form the Federated Coopers' of Australia and subsequently became its New South Wales branch.

Timeline

 ? - 1886 Coopers United Protective & Philanthropic Society of New South Wales
       1886 - 1892 Journeymen Coopers Society of Sydney and Vicinity
             1892 - 1910 Journeymen Coopers Society of New South Wales
                   1913 - 1977 Federated Coopers of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Federated Coopers of Australia - Records, 1881 - 1975, E100; Z420; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Bruce A. Smith