The Progressive Political League was formed in 1891 after the 1890 Maritime Workers Strike; it subsequently became the Australian Labor Party. This object includes the organisation's constitution. The PPL is also contemporaneous with the defeat of the Shearer's Strike (1891). Its platform included "electoral reform, reform of the labour laws, social reform and supported Federation on a ‘democratic basis’." (Anarchist Age 2008). More information about the formation of the Progressive Political League in Victoria can be found at http://anarchistmedia.org/pdf/701-800/AAWR-07768.htmlProvides significant background to the formation of the ALP and political activity around the period of significant industrial actions and Australian Federation. The minutes are from the Ballarat West Branch of the League.Paper, 1 bound volume.ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, progressive political league of victoria, ballarat west, minutes, ppl, federation council, alp, australian labor party, maritime workers' strike, shearer's strike

The Progressive Political League was formed in 1891 after the 1890 Maritime Workers Strike; it subsequently became the Australian Labor Party. The PPL is also contemporaneous with the defeat of the Shearer's Strike (1891). Its platform included "electoral reform, reform of the labour laws, social reform and supported Federation on a ‘democratic basis’." (Anarchist Age 2008). More information about the formation of the Progressive Political League in Victoria can be found at http://anarchistmedia.org/pdf/701-800/AAWR-07768.htmlProvides significant background to the formation of the ALP and political activity around the period of significant industrial actions and Australian Federation. The correspondence is from the Ballarat West Branch of the League.Paper in folder.ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, btlc, ppl, progressive political league, maritime workers' strike, shearer's strike, alp, australian labour party, federation, correspondence

The Progressive Political League was formed in 1891 after the 1890 Maritime Workers Strike; it subsequently became the Australian Labor Party. The PPL is also contemporaneous with the defeat of the Shearer's Strike (1891). Its platform included "electoral reform, reform of the labour laws, social reform and supported Federation on a ‘democratic basis’." (Anarchist Age 2008). More information about the formation of the Progressive Political League in Victoria can be found at http://anarchistmedia.org/pdf/701-800/AAWR-07768.html More information about the history of the PPL and its political fortunes can be found in Paul Strangio's book, "Neither Power Nor Glory". PPL enjoyed some political success in Victoria around this time, but it was unsustainable due to the loose political allegiances of some of the candidates. (Strangio 2012). Committee reports are part of the history of the PPL and the ALP's early attempts to gain parliamentary representation. Reports held are from the Ballarat West Branch.Paper in folder.ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, ppl, progressive political league of victoria, elections, labor, australian labor party, parliament, btlc

The Progressive Political League was formed in 1891 after the 1890 Maritime Workers Strike; it subsequently became the Australian Labor Party. The PPL is also contemporaneous with the defeat of the Shearer's Strike (1891). Its platform included "electoral reform, reform of the labour laws, social reform and supported Federation on a ‘democratic basis’." (Anarchist Age 2008). More information about the formation of the Progressive Political League in Victoria can be found at http://anarchistmedia.org/pdf/701-800/AAWR-07768.html More information about the history of the PPL and its political fortunes can be found in Paul Strangio's book, "Neither Power Nor Glory". PPL enjoyed some political success in Victoria around this time, but it was unsustainable due to the loose political allegiances of some of the candidates. (Strangio 2012). The balance sheets are a financial record of activity around the Ballarat West Election.Paperbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, balance sheets, finances, elections, progressive political league of victoria, ppl, maritime workers strike, shearer's strike, alp, australian labor party, reform, federation

Constitution of the Political Labor Council of Victoria can be found at http://tinyurl.com/politicallabourcouncilvic. It has platforms at federal, state and municipal levels. The state platform includes land policy, financial policy including restriction of public borrowing, reform of parliamentary structure, industrial regulation, free education, support for technical education and adequate pensions.Comprises part of the history of Ballarat's participation in the Political Labor Council of Victoria.Paperpolitical labor council of victoria, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, public borrowing, constitution, reform, parliament, education

The ledger is part of the financial recordkeeping of the Political Labor Council of Victoria, Ballarat Branch. Constitution of the Political Labor Council of Victoria can be found at http://tinyurl.com/politicallabourcouncilvic. It had platforms at federal, state and municipal levels. The state platform includes land policy, financial policy including restriction of public borrowing, reform of parliamentary structure, industrial regulation, free education, support for technical education and adequate pensions.Constitutes part of the history of the Political Labor Council of Victoria. Financial transactions. Paper ledger - one volume.political labor council of victoria - ballarat branch, btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, finance - record keeping

The membership was affiliated with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Demonstrates union practices.Paper in folder.proposition forms, clearance forms, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, awu, australian workers' union, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Records income/member contributions to the union. Paperfinances, union dues, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, awu, australian workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.The bank book is a financial record of the union's Ballarat Branch.Bank book. Paper.bank book, finances, australian district of amalgamated carpenters and joiners, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, awu, amalgamated workers union, bwiu, building workers' industrial union, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Correspondence is an example of the Union's activities at this period in time.Three letters in one folder.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, australian workers union, awu, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees, correspondence

The membership began affiliation with its British parent union from the 1850s. It officially registered as Australian District of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in 1911. In 1945 it changed its name to Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU). The BWIU was deregistered in 1948 and re-formed in 1952. After subsequent amalgamations, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) now has coverage of these members.Printed materials retained by the Branch. Indicative of contemporaneous events and interests of the union.Printed material in three boxes. 1. Monthly reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australasia 1901 September, November, December 1902 February, July 1903 April, May, November 1904 February-July 1908 May, December 1910 April, July, September-December 2. Monthly reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain 1902 Nos. 474-480, June-December 1903 No. 481, January; No. 483, March; No. 485, May; Nos. 487-488, July-August; No. 491, November. 1904 Nos. 494-498, February-June. 1905 No. 506, February; No. 511, July; No. 513, September. 1906 No. 519, March; Nos. 522-524, June-August. 1907 No. 533, May. 1908 Nos. 546-547, June, Jul; Nos. 549-552, September-December. 1909 No. 552, Jan; Nos. 556-557, April, May; No. 564, December. 1910 No. 565, January; Nos. 567-569, March-May. New Series 1911 Nos. 6-8, June-August; No. 10, October. 1912 Nos. 13-15, Jan-March; Nos. 18-20, June-August; No. 22, October; No. 24, December. 1913 No. 26, February. 1914 No. 42, June. 3. Annual reports of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain 49th Report December 1907 - December 1908 52nd Report December 1910 - December 1911 53rd Report December 1911 - December 1912 4. Lists of branches, officers and nights of meetings of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain January 1909 January 1910 Minutes of proceedings of the meeting of the General Council of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain, held in Manchester, 13th February-29 February 1912 6. Suggestions for the consideration of the meeting of the General Council held 28 June (1904?). 7. Returns of the votes on proposals of the General Council of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain for amending the rules, November 1910. (2 copies) 8. Circulars published by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain: to Branch Secretaries, 5 May 1906; and June 1912; advertising the Society ca? 1910; and regarding removal of the General Office, 1 February 1904. 9. Circulars published by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Victorian Branch: giving extract of the Determination of the Carpenters' Board, 29 April 1911 (3 copies); and advertising the Society ca? 1910. 10. Notice of special meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Ballarat Branch, 27 November 1911. 11. Entrance card to the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Ballarat Branch, in the name of C. Rawlings, 18 May 1908. 12. List of proposals to be submitted to the votes of the members, together with the General Council's reasons for suggesting amendments to the rules. n.d. 13. Annual Report to the Members of the Victorian Branches of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, for the year ending 1911. (1 bundle) btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, building workers' industrial union, bwiu, fimee, federation of industrial, manufacturing and engineering employees, unions, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of australasia, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of great britain, minutes, general council of the amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners of great britain, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, victorian branch, carpenters' board, amalgamated society of carpenters and joiners, ballarat branch, entrance card, c. rawlings

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.The minutes are a record of decisions and discussion by FCDIUA in Ballarat over the period of 1911-1928.Paper. 4 bound volumes.fcdiua, federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, twu, transport workers union, minutes, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.The minutes are a record of decisions and discussion by FCDIUA in Ballarat over the period of 1903-1917.Paper, 2 bound volumes.fcdiua, federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, twu, transport workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, minutes

Several smaller transport and carters' unions preceded the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia. In 1906, smaller carters' unions organised and registered together as Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia (FCDIUA). FCDIUA is a direct predecessor of the Transport Workers' Union.Materials retained by the Branch represent contemporaneous events and matters of interest to the Union.Paper in folder. 1. Log of wages and working conditions; March 1918. 2. Judgement of Mr. Justice Powers in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in the case of the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia and L. Arthur and others; c.a. 1918. 3. Judgement of Mr. Justice Quick in the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia's application to the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration for variation of awards (125/1920 and 67/1921); March 1923. 4. Rules of the Federated Carters and Drivers' Industrial Union of Australia; 1925. 5. Law relating to Factories, Workshops and Shops in Victoria; n.d. c.a. 1908.federated carters and drivers' industrial union of australia, fcdiua, twu, transport workers union, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, unions, wages, mr justice powers, commonwealth court of conciliation and arbitration, l. arthur, mr justice quick

Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia was formed in 1907 from amalgamation of a number of small craft-based unions that had been in existence since the mid-1800s. Around this time, membership of these types of unions was predominantly male. The union was amalgamated with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia in 1992.The minutes are a record of discussion and decision making at the Ballarat sub-branch.Paper, bound, one volume.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, federated clothing and allied trades union of australia, unions, fcatua, textile, clothing and footwear union of australia, tcfu

Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia was formed in 1907 from amalgamation of a number of small craft-based unions that had been in existence since the mid-1800s. Around this time, membership of these types of unions was predominantly male.Records names of members of Federated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia for the period ca 1917 to ca 1930.1 bound volume. Paper.membership, fcatu, federated clothing and allied trades union of australia, craft unions, unions, btlc, ballarat trades hall, textile, clothing and footwear union of australia, tcfu

Federated Municipal Employees' Union was formed in 1910. It has undergone subsequent name changes as follows: -Federal Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (1917). -Australian Municipal Administrative Clerical & Services Union (1993) - a merger with the Australian Municipal Transport Energy -Water Ports Community & Information Services Union. Membership is now covered by the Australian Services Union (ASU).This a financial record of the union for the period 2 August 1916-1 November 1918.Paper, 1 bound volume.federated municipal employees' union, fmeu, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, federal municipal and shire council employees' union of australia, australian municipal administrative clerical & services union, asu, australian services union

W.J. McAdam was a former union organiser (Ballarat Municipal Employees section of the Shop Assistants and Textile Workers Union). He is a past president and secretary (on two occasions) of Trades Hall, Ballarat. "Labor Memoirs, Ballarat": #Ballarat North Railway Workshops History #Preferential voting at elections #History of the White Swan Dam Project (1 vol) The White Swan Dam was completed in the 1950s. Ballarat North Railway Workshops were opened in 1917 after political pressure to decentralise railway workshops. The White Swan Dam was completed in the 1950s. Ballarat North Railway Workshops were opened in 1917 after political pressure to decentralise railway workshops. Relevant to Ballarat employment opportunities, history of preferential voting and history of the White Swan Dam Project. 2017 is the centenary of this important outcome for the City of Ballarat. Paper (1 volume) btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, wj mcadam, labor memoirs, preferential voting, elections, white swan dam project, textiles, textile, clothing and footwear union, white swan reservoir, railways, voting, ballarat north railway workshops

Pictorial history of Ballarat collected by a local person, Max Harris.Local history.Paper; bookbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat, pictorial works, buildings - ballarat, streetscapes - ballarat

Pictorial history of Ballarat collected by a local person, Max Harris.Local history.Paper; bookbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, ballarat, pictorial works, buildings - ballarat, streetscapes - ballarat

This book explores the choices employers have made and the reasons behind those choices in the context of the national economy, global meat trade and period of severe booms and busts.Relevant to industrial relations and the Australian and global meat trade.Paper; book. Front cover: Purple and white background; colour picture of meat worker at work.Front cover: author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, meat industry, employers, globalisation, economy, australasian meat industry employees' union, meat industry and trade -- australia, employee relations, exports

This book fills some gaps in the narrative of goldfields' history. The author addresses social and cultural significance of the goldfields' history.Relevant to the history of gold mining in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: background is black and white. Picture of soil horizons.Front cover: title and editors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian history, goldfields, gold, gold mining, social history, eureka stockade

The story of what was once the largest Australian union. The Shearers' Union was started by David Temple in 1886 in Ballarat. This union ultimately became the AWU from which the ALP evolved.Relevant to unions in the Ballarat region, particularly the Shearers' Union.Book; 136 pages. White cover with one colour photograph and two images of the Eureka Flag; black lettering; title and author name.Inscribed on title page: "To Graeme Shearer, [donor's name illegible], 04/09/2004."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, shearers' union, shearers' and rural workers' union, awu, australian workers union, alp, australian labor party, temple, david, history, shearers, pastoralists, unions, strikes

A historical timeline of Ballarat images (1853 to 1998).Pictorial expression of Ballarat's history.Paper; part leather bound; book.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, ballaarat, ballarat, photographs, history, buildings/structures, lithographs, lake wendouree, ballarat flat, panoramas, ballarat historical society

Jan Vennik was a miner at the Eureka Stockade who was arrested for alleged treason. This book investigates whether Jan Vennik was innocent and provides a biographical account beyond what happened at the Stockade. Vennik was acquitted of the treason charges.Significant to the story of the Eureka Stockade. Biographical interest.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: colour photograph of the Southern Cross/Eureka Flag; blue theme; white text.Front cover: Title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, vennik, jan, eureka stockade, gold, gold miners, treason, biography, dutch miners - eureka