Trade Union entry Australian Journalists Association (i) (1911 - 1991)

Summary

The Australian Journalists' Association [AJA] was formed in 1910 and registered federally in 1911. This union served its members until 1991 when it amalgamated with the Australian Commercial & Industrial Artists' Association to form a new reregistered Australian Journalists' Association. Between 1992 and 1993 the AJA amalgamated with the Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association and the Actors' Equity of Australia to form the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance in 1993.

Related entries

Timeline

 1911 - 1991 Australian Journalists Association (i)
       1991 - 1993 Australian Journalists Association (ii)
             1993 - Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

Archival resources

John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library

• The Australasian Journalist 1920, 1920, JCPML00369/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• The Australasian Journalist 1921, 1921, JCPML00390/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• The Australasian Journalist 1922, 1922, JCPML00369/2; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• The Australasian Journalist 1923, 1923, JCPML00369/3; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• The Australasian Journalist 1924, 1924, JCPML00369/4; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• The Australasian Journalist 1925, 1925, JCPML00369/5; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• Australian Journalists Association, W.A. District 50th Anniversary Dinner menu 26 November 1960, 1960, JCPML00367/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• Australian Journalists Association, W.A. District Annual Report & Balance Sheet, 1984-1985, 1984 - 1985, JCPML00389/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• Australian Journalists Association, W.A. District Annual Reports 1922-1945, 1922 - 1945, JCPML00366/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details
• Australian Journalists Association, W.A. District Membership Register 1917-1918, 1917 - 1918, JCPML00368/1; John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Details

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

• Catherine Seymour and Charles Seymour Papers, c. 1880 - c. 1930, OM91-16; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
• Charles Seymour Papers 1880-1924, 1880 - 1924, OM69-18; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Baxter Cook - Journalistic epoch 19- manuscript, 1876? - 1968?, MS 1689; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
• Baxter Cook - Papers, 1915-1917, 1915 - 1917, MS 1993; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
• Letter of B. S. Baxter Cook to Peter Ryan, 1962 Sept. 20, 1962, MS 779; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Edgar Ross interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/34; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Journalists Association - Records, 1910 - 1980, Z270; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Journalists Association - Records, 1941 - 1990, Z70; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Australian Journalists Association - Records, 1907 - 1982, N59; Z466; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Ken Gott Papers, 1924 - 1965, P36; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Bertie Stuart Baxter Cook - Papers, 1896-1966, 1896 - 1966, MS 8088; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
• Samuel Merrifield - Papers, ca. 1858-ca. 1977, c. 1858 - c. 1977, MS 13045; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Australian Journalists' Association, Victorian Branch - Records, 1892 - 1992, 1993.0133; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Journalists' Association, Victorian Branch - Records, 1929 - 1980, 1987.0073; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Australian Journalists' Association, Victorian Branch - Records, 1892 - 1954, 1974.0032; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Godfrey, G.F., Fifty Years Ago: A.J.A. N.S.W. District 1911-1961, Australian Journalists' Association, Sydney, 1961, 16 pp. Details
• Lloyd, C., Profession: Journalist - A History of the Australian Journalists' Association, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1985, 324 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Hagan, James, 'Craft Power: The Sydney Newspapers Strike and Lockout of 1944', Labour History, vol. 24, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 1973, pp. 159-175. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 17: Trade Unions - Media and Entertainment', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/038.html. Details

See also

• Blackmur, Douglas, 'Arbitration, Legislation and Industrial Peace: Queensland in the Reconstruction Years', Labour History, vol. 63, 1992, pp. 115-134. Details