Trade Union entry Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia (1919 - 1991)

Summary

Formed in 1918, but registered in 1919, the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia was an amalgamation of state masons' societies from Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia, each with a history beginning in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Operating for much of the twentieth century, the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia eventually became a victim of progress and was deregistered in 1991.

Related entries

Timeline

 1853 - ? United Operative Masons
 1855 - ? Independent Society of Operative Stonemasons of Victoria
        Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons of New South Wales
        Friendly Society of United Operative Stonemasons of Victoria
             ? - 1918 Operative Stonemasons Society of New South Wales
             ? - 1918 Trade & Friendly Society of Operative Stone Masons of Victoria
             1914 - 1918 Operative Masons Society of South Australia
                   1919 - 1991 Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia - Records, 1850 - 1956, E117; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia - Records, 1914 - 1962, E86; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia - Records, 1856 - 1981, T46; N55; Z297; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. 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