Photographs of the Sydney Branch Executive and State Committee of the Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society of Australia, ca. 1960-1971 and a banner of the Metal Trades Federation of N.S.W., ca. 1948-1969

PXA 1437
XR 73

fonds

ca. 1948-1971

Graphic Materials, Objects, Photographs

908885

4 photographs - on mount 24.5 x 29.5 cm or smaller - gelatin silver
1 banner - approx. 180 x 120 cm - silk and braid, col.

The Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society was formed in 1965 when members of the deregistered Blacksmiths' Society of Australia joined the Boilermakers' Society of Australia. The Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society originated directly from the Federated Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders of Australia which was registered federally in 1911, and became the Federated Society of Boilermakers Iron Shipbuilders & Structural Iron & Steel Workers of Australia in 1929. By 1937 the union had become the Boilermakers' Society of Australia which, accommodated the influx of blacksmiths in 1965. The Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society was itself deregistered in 1972 . Its members went on to become part of the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union, established a year later in 1973.

Reference:
http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0305b.htm
Australian Trade Union Archives, 28 March 2012

PXA 1437
Item 1
'Sydney Branch Executive 1960'

Item 2
'N.S.W. District Committee 1960'

Item 3
'Federal Council 1961'

Item 4
'Last meeting of B.B.S.[the Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society] State Committee November 1971'

Back Row: J. Convery (S.A.); J. J. Hartigan (Qld.); M. J. Brown (S.A.); C. B. Brown (Sydney Branch); R. G. Miller (Proxy Del. N.S.W.); S. Willis (Vic.); J. T. Miller (Tas.)
Front Row: F. W. Bastow (W.A.); E. Bright (Vice-Pres., Qld.); G. C. Cahill (Vice-Pres., W.A.); A. Barty (President, Vic.); A. R. Buckley (Gen. Secretary); J. W. Bevan (Asst. Gen. Secretary); H. Grant (Sydney Branch)

XR 73
Metal Trades Federation N.S.W. Branch Banner, ca. 1948-1969

Access via appointment - Applies to XR 73

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright status:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Australian Manufacturing Workers Union

The photographs were framed when they were donated, but the frames were removed 26 August 1976

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