Trade Union entry Woolclassers Association of Australia (1933 - )

Summary

The Woolclassers' Association of Australia was formed originally from the Woolclassers' Association of New South Wales. The Woolclassers' Association of New South Wales was registered under the New South Wales Trade Union Act of 1881 on 6 September 1909. The Association was formed to cover woolclassers in country sheds, shearers and most other shed hands being covered by the Australian Workers' Union, and classers working in woolstores by the Federated Storemen & Packers' Union.

In the early years an award was negotiated with the various New South Wales pastoral associations and then registered in the Industrial Court. The Association decided to apply for federal registration, which it obtained in 1933, and changed its name to the Woolclassers' Association of Australia and acted as its New South Wales Branch. A Victorian Branch (from 1945 the Victorian/Tasmanian Branch) affiliated late in 1934. A South Australian Branch affiliated in 1949. A Queensland Branch was formed in 1962, and the Riverina sub-branch in 1963.

Related entries

Timeline

 1909 - 1933 Woolclassers' Association of New South Wales
       1933 - Woolclassers Association of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Woolclassers Association of Australia - Records, 1965 - 1971, Z178 (pt); The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Woolclassers Association of Australia - Records, 1910 - 1983, T1; E147; E172; N40; Z178; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 22: Trade Unions - Rural Industries. Infrastructure and Manufacturing - Metals and General', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/043.html. Details