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Biographical entry Troy, Paddy (1908 - 1978)

Born
1908
Victoria
Died
1978
Occupation
Trade Unionist and Trade Union - Official

Summary

Paddy Troy was a Secretary of the Federated Ship Painters' and Dockers' Union in Western Australia and was an active force behind the Coastal Dock Rivers and Harbour Works Union [CDRHWU], a hybrid union which combined harbour construction and maintenance workers, crews, watchmen, patrolmen, casual lumpers and tradesmen's assistants along with cleaners and labourers employed on ship repair and maintenance.

He helped establish the West Australian branch of the Australian Workers' Union [AWU] and was a proponent of a single industrial union covering all maritime workers.

Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Maritime Workers' Union of Western Australia - Records, 1911-1988, 1911 - 1988, MN 862; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
  • Paddy Troy - Papers, 1906-1978, 1906 - 1978, ACC 4154A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Patrick (Paddy) Laurence Troy interviewed by Joan Ambrose, 1977, ORAL TRC 522; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Paddy Troy Papers, 1935 - 1975, Z182; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Macintyre, Stuart, Militant: The Life and Times of Paddy Troy, Allen and Unwin, New South Wales, 1984. Details

Ross G. Elford