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The witless men, 1975
About the ALP in the 1970s, including discussion of the economy and impacts of tariff decisions made by the Whitlam government.Relevant to the history of politics in Australia, particularly the ALP in the 1970s.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; ; black and caricatures of significant political figures (represented as balloons); a pink jester wearing an "It's Time" badge; pink and black lettering. Cover: author and book name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, whitlam, gough, economy, prime minister, alp - federal executive -
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The ALP : a short history of the Australian Labor Party, McKinlay, Brian, 1981
A concise history of the ALP.Relevant to the history of the ALP and politics.Paper; book. Front cover: orange background with black outlined maps of Australia; black and white photos of various ALP leaders; black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, alp, australian labor party, history, politics -
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Minute Book - Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council 29/5/1951-7/12/1961, Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council, 29/11/1951-7/12/1961
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Boundbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, minutes, meetings, governance -
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Minute Book - Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council 18/1/1962-11/5/1972, 18/1/62-11/5/1972
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Boundbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, minutes, governance, meetings -
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Minute Book BTLC - 25/5/1972-20/5/1982, BTLC
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Boundbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, governance, minutes, meetings -
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Minute Book BTLC - 3/6/1982-9/10/1986, 3 June 1982-9 October 1986
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Bound with some loose papers. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, minutes, meetings, governance -
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Minute Book BTLC - 23/10/1986-28/4/1988, 1982-1986
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Bound - some loose paper.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, governance, minutes, meetings -
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Minute Book BTLC - 12/1989-12/1992, 1989-1992
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Lever arch file.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, minutes, meetings, governance -
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Minute Book BTLC - 1/1993-12/1996, 1993-1996
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Lever arch file.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, governance, meetings, minutes -
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Minute Book - Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council 1/1998-11/2005, 1998-2005
The Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council is the second oldest Trades and Labour Council in the world, founded in 1883 on the back of the Ballarat Eight Hour Committees that were established in 1856. Trades Hall helps organise activities and campaigns with and on behalf of our affiliated unions. A record of meetings of Ballarat Trades and Labour Council. The council has met once per month since its inception. As the organisation is run in a democratic governance style, the minutes record all significant decisions made over the relevant period.Lever arch filebtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, minutes, meetings, governance -
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Alice Henry: The power of pen and voice, Kirkby, Diane, 1991
Biography of Alice Henry, Australian suffragist, journalist and unionist. She also became prominent in the USA trade union movement. Relevance to trade unionism, women's suffrage and feminism. Biographical interest.Hardback; purple cover; pink, white and black lettering; 254 pages.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, feminism, women's issues, trade unions, trade unions - history, biography -
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Select Documents in Australian History 1788-1850, 1950
Australian history 1788-1850 Table of contents: 1. The British background 2. The first settlements 3. Transportation 4. Immigration 5. Land policy 6. The squatters 7. Constitutional history 8. Economic and social conditionsConstitution, land, economic and social history pertinent to the period 1788-1850.Hardback; book.Previous owner's name and pencil notes on front page. Cover: authors' names and title.australian history, btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, cmh clark, manning clark, economics, social policy, crime, australian settlement, convicts, migration, lands, squatters, constitution, land -
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Photograph: Frank Sheehan's campaign fundraising - Betty Borchers, et al, September 1988
Frank Sheehan was the state member of South Ballarat from 1982-1992. There are several persons (unidentified) in the picture. Betty Borchers is identified as the woman in the blue and white dress. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers.Photograph.sheehan, frank, politicians - state, borchers, betty, political campaigns, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall -
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Photograph: Frank Sheehan's campaign fundraising meeting, September 1988
Frank Sheehan was the state member for Ballarat South from 1982 to 1992. Photograph.sheehan, frank, politics, political campaigns, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council -
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Photograph: Frank Sheehan, campaign poster, September 1988
Frank Sheehan was the state member for Ballarat South from 1982 to 1992.Photograph. sheehan, frank, political campaigns, politics, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council -
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Photograph: Flo O'Neill, Norm Borchers and Joan Kirner, June 1989
Joan Kirner served as a member of the state parliament from 1982-1994. Deputy Premier of Victoria, Minister of Education and subsequently Premier of Victoria (1990-92). Photo taken in June 1989. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, kirner, joan, o'neill, flo, borchers, norm, politicians, state premiers -
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Photograph: Betty Borchers, Hazel Hawke (wife of Prime Minister, Bob Hawke) and John Milden, Member for Ballarat, 1989
Hazel Hawke was the wife of Bob Hawke (Australian Prime Minister). John Mildren was a state Member for Ballarat. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers.Photograph.hawke, hazel, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, borchers, betty, milden, john, politicians, politicians spouses, hawke, bob -
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Photograph: Dinner at Civic Hall Ballarat - Bev Cadd, Marg Currie, Bob Hawke (Prime Minister), Betty Borchers, 8 June 1989
Pictured: Bev Cadd, Marg Currie, Bob Hawke (Prime Minister), Betty Borchers and several unidentified persons. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers. Bob Hawke is a former president of the ACTU and was Prime Minister of Australia from 1983-1991.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, politicians, prime minister, cadd, bev, currie, marg, ballarat civic hall -
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Photograph: Dinner at Civic Hall Ballarat - Bob Hawke with kitchen staff, 8 June 1989
Pictured: Bob Hawke (Prime Minister) and kitchen staff. Bob Hawke was Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1983 to 1991. Photograph.Bob Hawke's autograph on the back of the photograph.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, ballarat civic hall, hawke, bob, prime minister, politicians -
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Photograph: Ballarat Civic Hall Dinner - Elly Mewson, Bob Hawke (Prime Minister) and Norm Borchers, 8 June 1989
Photograph: Elly Mewson, Bob Hawke (Prime Minister) and Norm Borchers at Ballarat Civic Hall Dinner. Others in photograph have not been identified. Bob Hawke was Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1983 to 1991. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mewson, elly, hawke, bob, prime minister, borchers, norm, politicians, ballarat civic hall -
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Photograph: Senator Peter Cook & John Mildren, MP, 1989
John Mildren was an MP for Ballarat from 1980-1990. Senator Peter Cook served in the Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing Western Australia.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mildren, john, cook, peter, politicians, senators -
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Invitation to a reception by the Premier of Victoria, John Cain, 21 June 1989
John Cain was Premier of Victoria from 1982-1990. Norm Borchers was a long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in Ballarat. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. Postcard sized invitation.Government of Victoria crest. The invitation is to Mr and Mrs N Borchers to "... a Reception in the Gable Room, La Scala Entertainment Complex ... on the occasion of the visit to the Ballarat Region by the Honourable John Cain, MP, Premier of Victoria on 21 June 1989 at 5.30 pm."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, cain, john, premier - victoria, politicians, la scala entertainment complex - ballarat, invitation -
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Photograph: Premier of Victoria John Cain, Nancye Cain and Norm Borchers, 21 June 1989
Picture (left to right): John Cain, Norm Borchers, Nancye Cain. John Cain was the 41st Premier of Victoria from 1982-1990. Nancye Cain (nee Williams) is his wife. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall.Postcard sized invitation.John Cain's autograph sticky taped to the back of the photograph. Some descriptive text on the back of the photo.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, premier - victoria, cain, john, politicians, borchers, norm, cain, nancye, politicians' spouses -
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Photograph: Barry Jones and Norm Borchers, 2 August 1989
Barry Jones was at different times a member of state and federal parliament. He was also well known for his successful run in the quiz show Pick a Box and his talk-back radio show on Radio 3DB. The photograph was taken while Jones was Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. The Foundry Hotel is located at the Corner of Eyre and Drummond Streets, Ballarat. A copy of the invitation to this event is also held: object 0354.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, foundry hotel - ballarat, borcher, norm, politicians, cabinet -
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Invitation: "The Hon Barry Jones, Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business in Ballarat, Wednesday 2 August 1989", 2 August 1989
Barry Jones was at different times a member of state and federal parliament. He was also well known for his successful run in the quiz show Pick a Box and his talk-back radio show on Radio 3DB. The photograph was taken while Jones was Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business. The Foundry Hotel is located at the Corner of Eyre and Drummond Streets, Ballarat. A copy of a photograph from this event is also held: object 0353.Orange paper.Signed by Barry Jones.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, the foundry hotel, jones, barry, cabinet ministers, invitations -
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Photograph: John Mildren's farewell, 1989
John Mildren was member for Ballarat from 1980-1990. This photograph is of his farewell from office. Denise ? speaking and Steve Bracks seated to the right of the photograph. Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mildren, john, bracks, steve, politicians -
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Photograph: Senator Peter Walsh and Norm Borchers, 1989
The photo is taken at John Mildren's farewell from office (member for Ballarat from 1980-1990). Norm Borchers (left side) and Senator Peter Walsh (right side). Third person, unknown. Peter Walsh was an Australian senator from 1974 to 1990. He served as Minister for Resources and Energy from 1983 to 1984 and Finance Minister from 1984 to 1990. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, borchers, norm, mildren, john, walsh, peter, cabinet ministers -
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Photograph: Joan Kirner and Norm Borchers, 1991
Photograph: Joan Kirner (left), Norm Borchers (right). Joan Kirner served as a member of the state parliament from 1982-1994. Deputy Premier of Victoria, Minister of Education and subsequently Premier of Victoria (1990-92). Photo taken during the time that she was Premier. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, borchers, norm, kirner, joan, premier - victoria, politicians -
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Photograph: Senator Brian Howe, MP and Norm Borchers, 1993
Photograph: Senator Brian Howe (left) and Norm Borchers (right). Brian Howe is a former Methodist minister and served in the Australian parliament from 1977 to 1996. He held various ministerial positions in the Hawke/Keating government and was deputy leader of the party from 1991-1995. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, howe, brian, senators, cabinet ministers, politicians, borchers, norm -
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ALP "Walk Against Kennett" - Norm Borchers, et al, October 1994
Walk Against Kennett at Lake Wendouree, 1994. (Jeffrey Kennett was the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999.) Photograph is of several people. Norm Borchers is identified as standing on the right hand side, wearing the light coloured hat. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, borchers, norm, rallies, kennett, jeffrey, lake wendouree, alp, australian labor party