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Trade Union entry Ballarat Typographical Society (1857 - 1921)

From
1857
Victoria
To
1921
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

Formed in 1857, this small, conservative body operated independently from larger amalgamations within Victoria and nationally until it eventually merged with the Victorian Typographical Society and the Australian Bookbinders & Paper Rulers' Association to become part of the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia in 1921.

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Timeline

 1857 - 1921 Ballarat Typographical Society
       1917 - 1966 Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia
             1966 - 1986 Printing & Kindred Industries Union (i)
                   1986 - 1992 Printing & Kindred Industries Union (ii)
                         1992 - 1995 Printing & Kindred Industries Union (iii)
                               1995 - Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

  • Victorian Typographical Society - Records, 1857 - 1961, M23; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Fitzgerald, R.T., The Printers of Melbourne: The History of a Union, Pitman in association with Printing and Kindred Industries Union, Melbourne, 1967, 173 pp. Details
  • Hagan, James, Printers and Politics: A History of the Australian Printing Unions 1850-1950, Australian National University Press in association with the Printing and Kindred Industries Union, Canberra, 1966, 386 pp. Details

Ross G. Elford

Created: 28 September 2001, Last modified: 12 December 2002