Employer Body entry Master Builders Federation of Australia (1890 - 1988)

Summary

Master Builders Australia, Australia's oldest industry association, was established in the 1870s and was federated on a National basis in 1890 as the Master Builders' Federation of Australia. Operating until 1988, the Federation changed names to becom the Master Builders - Construction & Housing Association of Australia Inc. Six years later in 1994 it was known simply as the Master Builders' Australia, Inc [MBA]. Through its constituent members the MBA has grown to a membership base in excess of 22,000 members and represents national, international, housing, commercial and civil contractors. Its members work in 95% of all sectors of the building industry.

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Timeline

 1890 - 1988 Master Builders Federation of Australia
       1988 - 1994 Master Builders - Construction & Housing Association of Australia Inc
             1994 - Master Builders Australia Inc

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 2: Peak National Councils - Manufacture, Commerce and Industry', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/022.html. Details

See also

• Macintyre, Stuart and Mitchell, Richard (eds), Foundations of Arbitration, Oxford University Press Australia, Melbourne, 1989, 385 pp. Details