Trade Union entry Blacksmiths Society of Australia (1954 - 1965)

Summary

The Blacksmiths' Society of Australasia was registered in 1919 but had been in existence since 1912. In 1954, the union became known as the Blacksmiths' Society of Australia until it was deregistered in 1965. After this deregistration many of the members of the Blacksmiths' Society were unofficially absorbed into the Boilermakers' Society of Australia. Such were their numbers however, that the Boilermakers' Society changed its name that same year to the Boilermakers' & Blacksmiths' Society of Australia.

Related entries

Timeline

 1919 - 1954 Blacksmiths Society of Australasia
       1954 - 1965 Blacksmiths Society of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Amalgamated Engineering Union - Records, 1881 - 1983, N131; Z446; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Amalgamated Metal, Foundry & Shipwrights Union - Records, 1912 - 1979, 1983.0077; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Blacksmiths' Society of Australasia, Melbourne Branch Blacksmiths' Society Of Australia, Bendigo Branch - Records, 1912 - 1963, 1983.0131; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Blacksmiths' Society of Australasia, Melbourne Branch Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society Of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1918 - 1970, 1985.0121; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1918 - 1972, 1995.0092; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 15: Trade Unions - Manufacturing - Metals and Food', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/036.html. Details