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Trade Union entry Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia (1914 - 1993)

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    Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries
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From
1914
To
1993
Functions
Trade Union (Federal)
Reference No
032V

Summary

Known originally as the Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia from 1909, when it was formed, by 1914 the name had been changed slightly to the Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia. The Society's Federal Office was based in Melbourne with branches in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and the ACT. The union covered cabinet makers, French polishers, upholsterers, mattress makers, piano makers, carpet layers, furnishing drapery, wicker workers, and in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania wood machinists and workers in the flat glass trade as well as automotive glass, baby carriages, coffins, musical instrument makers and organ makers. Operating until 1993, the Society eventually amalgamated with the Federated Brick Tile & Pottery Industrial Union of Australia and the Operative Painters' & Decorators' Union of Australia into the Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union.

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Timeline

 1884 - 1909 United Furniture Trade Society
       1909 - 1914 Federated Furnishing Trade Societies of Australasia
             1914 - 1993 Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia
                   1993 - Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (ii)

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1922 - 1928, T59; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1882 - 1987, T58; E240; Z339; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1909 - 1984, E149; N98; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1918 - 1998, Z579; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
  • Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia - Records, 1903 - 1963, T11; P20; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

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Chart 7: Trade Unions - Building, Construction, Mining and Timber Industries
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Bruce A. Smith

Created: 20 April 2001, Last modified: 6 August 2010