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Trade Union entry Operative Stonemasons Society of New South Wales (? - 1918)

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New South Wales
To
1918
Functions
Trade Union (State or Territory only)

Summary

The Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons' of New South Wales was originally known as the United Operative Masons.

The United Operative Masons was formed in 1853. It was later known as the Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons' of New South Wales and then as the Operative Stonemasons' Society of New South Wales. The Society joined the federated body of Stonemasons in 1889, and became the New South Wales Branch of the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia on the formation of that body in 1918.

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 1853 - ? United Operative Masons
        Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons of New South Wales
             ? - 1918 Operative Stonemasons Society of New South Wales
                   1919 - 1991 Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

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

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Sheldon, Peter, 'Arbitration and Union Growth: Building and Construction', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 35, no. 3, 1993, pp. 379-397. Details

Ross G. Elford

Created: 1 October 2001, Last modified: 12 December 2002