Trade Union entry Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners (1911 - 1922)

Summary

Reflecting its status as a branch of its English parent union, this Society was registered as the Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners in 1911 [ASC&J]. By the end of 1922 the name had been amended to become the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia. This original ASC & J operated until the end of the Second World War when its name was changed to the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia in 1945. The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia, however, functioned for just three more years until it was deregistered in 1948. The name Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners was ultimately taken over by a rival, anti-Communist breakaway in 1950. The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia was eventually reregistered in 1962.

Related entries

Timeline

 1911 - 1922 Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners
       1922 - 1945 Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (i)
             1945 - 1948 Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (i)

Archival resources

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

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. Goldfields District (W.A.) - Correspondence, 1910-1922, 1910 - 1922, MN 1274; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
• Western Australian Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' Industrial Union of Workers, Perth Branch - Records, 1897-1973, 1900 - 1948, ACC 3266A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1897 - 1960, Z219; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1904 - 1945, Z291 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1926 - 1945, Z253 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia - Records, 1909 - 1948, Z534 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1913 - 1991, Z285; Z534 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1981, Z291; Z534; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia - Records, 1870 - 1988, Z316; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners - Records, 1878 - 1990, SRG 239; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Geelong Branch - Records, 1911 - 1915, 1988.0082; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Richmond Branch - Records, 1889 - 1945, 1976.0060; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Richmond Branch - Records, 1892 - 1941, 1988.0079; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Victorian Branch - Records, 1915, 1976.0061; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• McGuire, T.A., Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia: Brief History, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia, Adelaide?, 1982?, 16 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Sheldon, Peter, 'Arbitration and Union Growth: Building and Construction', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 35, no. 3, 1993, pp. 379-397. Details
• Shields, John, 'A Matter of Skill: the Revival of Apprenticeship in Early Twentieth-Century NSW', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 37, no. 3, 1995, pp. 236-262. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/028.html. Details