Peak Union body entry Barrier Industrial Council (1923 - )

Summary

The Barrier Industrial Council was formed between 1993 and 1994 to coordinate union activity previously conducted by the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (miners) and the other unions affiliated with the Trades and Labor Council. It became the most powerful single body in Broken Hill.

Related entries

Timeline

 1889 - 1913 Barrier District Council
       1913 - 1923 Barrier Labour Federation
             1923 - Barrier Industrial Council

Archival resources

Broken Hill City Library, Outback Archives

• Barrier Industrial Council - Records, 1889 - 1989, 88/28; Broken Hill City Library, Outback Archives. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Mel Pratt Collection: Interview with Sir Maurice Mawby, mining engineer - interviewer, Mel Pratt, 1971, ORAL TRC 121/21; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Barrier Industrial Council - Records, 1979.0085; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Ellem, Bradon and Shields, John, 'Making a 'Union Town': Class, Gender and Consumption in Inter-War Broken Hill', Labour History, vol. 78, 2000, pp. 116-140. Details
• Ellem, Bradon and Shields, John, 'Placing Peak Union Purpose and Power: The Origins, Dominance and Decline of the Barrier Industrial Council', Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2001, pp. 61-84. Details

Online Resources

• 'Chart 4: State and Territory Trades and Labor Councils', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/024.html. Details

See also

• Patmore, Greg, 'Working Lives in Regional Australia: Labour History and Local History', Labour History, vol. 78, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, 2000, pp. 1-6. Details