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Selected Events in Trade Union History First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1879)

From
1879
Sydney, New South Wales
To
1879
Functions
Congress

Summary

Held in Sydney in October 1879 and organised by the Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales, thirty-nine delegates attended and they mainly represented New South Wales-based unions. However two main resolutions were passed: (i) against assisted immigration, and (ii) against Chinese immigration.

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 1879 First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
       1884 Second Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
             1885 Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                   1886 Fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                         1888 Fifth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                               1889 Sixth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                     1891 Seventh Intercolonial Trades Union Congress
                                           1898 Eighth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress

Archival resources

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

  • Records, 1871 - 1935, A3823-A3859; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Conference Proceedings

  • First Intercolonial Trades Union Congress. Report of Proceedings during session commencing on October 6th 1879, in the Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' School of Arts, Sydney, Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales, Sydney, 1879, 104 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 28 June 2001, Last modified: 7 December 2001