Trade Union entry Australian Teachers Federation (1937 - 1987)

Summary

The Australian Teachers' Federation was formed in 1937 but originated as the Australian Teachers' Union in 1930. Its member base expanded greatly when members of the defunct Federated State School Teachers' Association of Australia migrated across in 1950. By 1987 the union had, once again, adopted the name Australian Teachers' Union, which it retained until 1993, despite an amalgamation in 1991 with the ACT Teachers' Federation and the Northern Territory Teachers' Federation. From 1993, the Union has been known as the Australian Education Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1930 - 1937 Australian Teachers Union (i)
       1937 - 1987 Australian Teachers Federation
             1987 - 1991 Australian Teachers Union (ii)
                   1991 - 1993 Australian Teachers Union (iii)
                         1993 - Australian Education Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Australian Teachers Federation - Records, 1936 - 1995, E128; E223; E253; E275; Z34; Z219; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Books

• Spaull, Andrew, A History of Federal Teachers Unions in Australia: 1921-1985, Australian Teachers' Federation, Carlton South, Victoria, 1985, 22 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 10: Trade Unions - Education', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/031.html. Details

See also

• Spaull, Andrew, 'The Establishment of a National Teachers' Union in Australia 1921-1937', History of Education Review, vol. 18, no. 1, 1989, pp. 26-42. Details