Trade Union entry Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (i) (1908 - 1949)

Summary

A union concentrated in mines, factories and power plants, the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia has a long history dating back to local engine drivers' unions on Australian goldfields. The union, however, was not registered federally until 1908 and in its initial guise lasted until 1949 when it was deregistered. Forming again a year later in 1950 under the same name, the union continued to function until it was amalgamated with the Construction Forestry & Mining Employees' Union and the Operative Plasterers' & Plaster Workers' Federation of Australia in 1992 to form the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1901? - 1907? Shore Drivers & Fireman's Union
       1908 - 1949 Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (i)
             1950 - 1992 Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia (ii)
                   1992 - 1993 Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (i)
                         1993 - Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii)

Archival resources

Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle

• South Maitland Railways Archive - Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemen's Association papers and correspondence, 1919 - 1939, A5555-A5558; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details
• South Maitland Railways Archive - Legal and Industrial Records, 1903 - 1954, A5547; Archives Rare Books and Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Details

Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland

• Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia - Records, 1911 - 1983, UQFL 159; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details
• Theo Kissick - Papers, 1942 - 1956, UQFL 31; Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Anthony Macinante autobiography, 1915-1989, compiled 1988-1989, 1915 - 1989, ML MSS 5288 Add-on 1969; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Jack Cambourn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/31; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia - Records, 1885 - 1992, T56; Z175; Z257; Z586 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia - Records, 1909 - 1990, N72; N81; N129; Z183; Z540; Z291 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia - Records, 1913 - 1949, E133; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australasia - Records, Z525; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• W.P. Evans Papers, 1965 - 1972, Z437; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia - Records, 1921 - 1950, MS 7826; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia - Records, 1863 - 1892, 1988.0130; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia - Records, 1910 - 1977, 1979.0126; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia, Yallourn Sub-branch - Records, 1946 - 1982, 1988.0112; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

• Rules of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia, 1942, A59; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

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