Photograph: Norm Borchers with Colin Cleary Colin Cleary is the author of "Ballarat Labor". The photograph is taken at the book launch at Ballarat Trades Hall. Norm Borchers contributed many stories to Cleary's book. Several copies of the book are held at Ballarat Trades Hall and are available for loan. Cleary also wrote a book called "Bendigo Labor". 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. PhotographInscription on back: Norm Borchers with Colin Cleary - Author "Ballarat Labor" at the Launch, 22/7/07 Ballarat Trades Hall. Norm contributed a lot of the stories of Ballarat Labor to Colin's book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, borchers, norm, cleary, colin, alp, australian labor party, unions, ballarat labor, history

Diary created by the PTEU for the months of January-December 2016. Standard diary with public holidays and sector RDOs identified. Contains advertising. The PTEU is also known as the Plumbing and Pipes Trades Employees Union. The union has been in existence since 1850 and was Federally registered in 1912. The diary is part of the body of publications produced by the Union over its history.Small paperback diary.PTEU logo in bottom right hand corner, picture of a hard hat with Southern Cross and PTEU written upon it.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, pteu, plumbing trades employees union, diary or calendar, plumbing and pipes trades employees union, ppteu

Diary created by the PTEU for the months of January-December 2017. Standard diary with public holidays and sector RDOs identified. Contains advertising. The PTEU is also known as the Plumbing and Pipes Trades Employees Union. The union has been in existence since 1850 and was Federally registered in 1912. The diary is part of the body of publications produced by the Union over its history.Small paperback diary.PTEU logo in bottom right hand corner, picture of a hard hat with Southern Cross and PTEU written upon it.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, pteu, plumbing trades employees union, diary or calendar, plumbing and pipes trades employees union, ppteu

Cuthberts was a law firm in Ballarat that was established by Sir Henry Cuthbert in 1855. In 2013, the firm amalgamated with another law practice, Harwood Andrews. The book tells the story of the firm from its beginning up until the 2000s.Of interest to the history of Ballarat and its institutions.Hardback, paper; red and brown cover; golden lettering.Title: gold lettering on front. Author has signed the title page. The book is number 187 of 200 copies.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, blee, jill, cuthberts, law, law - history, law - firms, cuthbert, sir henry, harwood andrews

Commissioned by the Kennett government in 2000. The findings of this report intimate that deregulation of the labour market impacts adversely and inequitably upon workers who are already have unfavourable outcomes from the current system. This is volume 2 of a two volume report. Volume 1 (object B0446) is also held. Vol 1 - survey findings. Vol 2 - Analysis of labour force data.Relevant to history of modern industrial relations in Australia.Paperback. Front cover: background; white lettering.Front cover: title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, victorian industrial relations taskforce, victorian state government, statistics, labour market - deregulation

Commissioned by the Kennett government in 2000. The findings of this report intimate that deregulation of the labour market impacts adversely and inequitably upon workers who are already have unfavourable outcomes from the current system. This is volume 1 of a two volume report. Volume 1 (object B0446) is also held. Vol 1 - survey findings. Vol 2 - Analysis of labour force data.Relevant to history of industrial relations in Australia.Paperback - brown cover, title in white lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, victorian industrial relations taskforce, victorian state government, statistics, labour market - deregulation

Lynn Beaton narrrates the social history of the Victorian Branch of the Federated Furnishing Trades Society from 1856 to 2001.Relevant to the history of the trade union movement in Victoria. The author, Lynn Beaton, was a PhD student at Federation University, Ballarat. Her thesis topic was the history of Trades Hall, Ballarat. Sadly, Lynn passed away before completing her thesis. Paper; hardcover. Front cover: hardcover with dustjacketp; brown and white cover; white and grey lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, furniture trade, trade unions, federated furnishing trades society, trade unions - history, social history

Mr Chifley's last major public speech, made at the annual conference of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party on the day before his passing away. Chifley spoke at the State Banquet at Parliament House, Canberra, on Tuesday 12 June 1951, and in the House of Representatives on the afternoon of the day that he died (13 June 1951), but those speeches were more formal. Ben Chifley was the sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia and a former railway engine driver. He was treasurer in the Curtin government and became Prime Minister after Curtain's death. He lost the 1949 and 1951 federal elections. The 1951 loss was due to his opposing Menzies' proposal to ban the Communist Party. The document was donated by Mr John Mildren, former federal member for Ballarat and former lecturer at Ballarat College of Advanced Education.Rare. Significant to the history of the Labor Party and to political commentary in Australia. Pertinent to political issues in the 1950s.Paper, A5, stapled, two tone (brown and white)Photograph on the front cover of JB Chifley, title and price (3D). Back cover: sketch of JB Chifley (creator of the sketch is unknown).btlc, ballarat trades hall, unions ballarat, ballarat trades and labour council, chifley, jb, chifley, ben, curtin, john, prime minister, treasurers, elections, communism, communist party - australia, political speeches

From the foreword: " ... a factual account of how the Communist Party is undermining the Australian nation. It explains how it is controlled. Its General Staff. Its penetration of the unions. Its sinister influence over the Curtain Government. Its duplicity during the present war. Its wealth. Its tricks and manoeuvres. The Trojan Horse tactic. Its organisation and its overseas bosses." Jack Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in its second term by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation.The book is reflective of growing paranoia about the Communist Party in Australia after World War II. Relevant to the history of the Australian trade union movement, government and political parties. Fear around the Cold War and communism contributed to defeat of the Chifley government at the 1950 election.Paperback. Red and white cover. Price, author and title in black and white lettering on the front cover.Title, author, price and publisher on cover. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, communism, politics - australia, cold war, chifley, ben, unions

The history of the Labor Party in Bendigo from the 1980s. Relevant to the nature of grass-roots politics and the electoral history of Bendigo.Paperback; book. Cover: Grey, black and white. B&W photographs.Title and author on the front cover in red writing. Author's photograph and review grabs on the rear cover. ANF (Victorian Branch) sticker on the front cover.ballarat trades hall, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, bendigo, australian labour party, unions, history

It was noted in 100 BC that weavers of asbestos became ill. Reports of its bad effects have continued throughout history. In Australia in 1939, employees of James Hardie were reported as having respiratory disorders. The link between asbestos and cancer was confirmed in New York in 1943. Irrespective of this, it is only in recent decades that appropriate measures have been taken to remove and handle asbestos.Of significance to responsible workplace and community health and safety.Paperback. Cover has black background with a picture of a human skull. Title in red on front cover, with union name and logo.Title and union name on front cover.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council;, ballarat trades hall, asbestos, asbestosis, cfmeu

Monty Miller was a miner who fought at Eureka. He continued to be active around industrial and political matters after the battle of Eureka. Around the first world war, he led the campaign against conscription and, subsequently, was sentenced to six months of hard labour (at age eighty five). This book is his autobiography.Autobiographical interest. Pertinent to the history of Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; black and white photo of Monty Miller; blue image of Southern Cross flag; blue and black text. Back cover: orange.Front cover: editor's and author's names. Title page: handwritten in ink, "To dear Angas, love Chris, Jan and Alex."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, miller, montague, miller, monty, autobiography, eureka stockade, world war i, conscription, socialists - australia

The NTEU was formed out of the amalgamation of ACUSA and FAUSA in the 1990s. It represents academic, general/professional and research staff, ELICOS/TESOL teachers and staff of research institutes, student unions, university companies, and (in Victoria) TAFE general staff and staff in Adult & Community Education. It is a smaller union in comparison to AEU.Significant to union representation and rights within the post-secondary education sector.Paperback book; 351 pages. Front cover: white background; red, white and blue text; black and white photo of NTEU members (including Ryan Hsu of Swinburne University) protesting with the Australian Education Union in 2012. Back cover: red and black text.Front cover: author's name and title. Back cover: recommendations by Simon Marginson and Raewyn Connell; author bio and summary of content.ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, btlc, national tertiary education union, nteu, unions - history, education - tertiary, education - tafe, acusa, fausa, universities, student unions, adult and community education, tafe

A biography of Australian prime ministers (Barton-Howard) and political analysis. Essays by a variety of authors.Relevance to the history of politics in Australia, particularly the federal government and prime ministers. Biographical interest.Paperback book. Front cover: black background; sepia portrait photographs of all prime ministers up to John Howard; gold and white lettering.Front cover: editor's name and book title. Back cover: description; editor's biography; list of contributors.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, prime ministers - australia - edmund barton, prime ministers - australia - alfred deakin, prime ministers - australia - chris watson, prime ministers - australia - george reid, prime ministers - australia - andrew fisher, prime ministers - australia - joseph cook, prime ministers - australia - william morris hughes, prime ministers - australia - stanley melbourne bruce, prime ministers - australia - james scullin, prime ministers - australia - joseph lyons, prime ministers - australia - earle page, prime ministers - australia - robert menzies, prime ministers - australia - arthur fadden, prime ministers - australia - john curtin, prime ministers - australia - francis forde, prime ministers - australia - ben chifley, prime ministers - australia - harold holt, prime ministers - australia - john mcewan, prime ministers - australia - john gorton, prime ministers - australia - william mcmahon, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, prime ministers - australia - malcolm fraser, prime ministers - australia - robert hawke, prime ministers - australia - paul keating, prime ministers - australia - john howard, politics, politicians, house of representatives, parliament, biography

First-hand insights into Bernie Sanders' campaign (an policy platform) to become Presidential candidate for the Democrats in 2016. He was beaten by Hillary Clinton. Clinton subsequently lost to Donald Trump (Republican Party) in the actual election. Pertinent to history of USA and its presidential elections. Hardcover book. Front cover: faun background; blue and red edges; blue and black picture of Bernie Sanders waving; blue, red and black lettering. Back cover: black and red lettering; background and edging as above. Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: description; recommendations; excerpts.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics - usa, politics - united states of america, election campaigning, election campaigning - presidential, criminal justice system - usa, health care - usa, media - usa, immigration - usa, higher education - usa, economy - usa, democratic party - usa

The book principally provides an account of the Rudd-Gillard government years (2007-2013), including the conflicts that arose and the ultimate victory of the Abbott Coalition government.Significant to governance of Australia and its party politics. Especially pertinent to Labor Party history during the period 2007-2013.Paperback book. Front cover: red background; black and white lettering. Author and title and media comment. Back cover: white background; red and black text. ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, kelly, paul, paul kelly, deputy prime minister, prime minister, politicians, politics and government, elections, gillard, julia, rudd, kevin, abbott, tony, howard, john, liberal party australia, australian labor party, greens party, policy, parliament

Photographic history of Australian federal politics from 1970s to 2000s.Relevant to history of Federal government over fifty years.Hardback. Front cover: author and title; black background; red, silver and white lettering. Back cover: black background; quotation from Don Watson; white lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, politics, federal government, whitlam, gough, shorten, bill, hawke, bob, prime minister, prime minister - caretaker, fraser, malcolm, abbott, tony, crean, simon, beazley, kim, rudd, kevin, keating, paul, gillard, julia, snedden, billy, hayden, bill, peacock, andrew, hewson, john, downer, alexander, howard, john, latham, mark, nelson, brendan, turnbull, malcolm, leader of the opposition, deputy leader of the opposition, brumby, john, carr, kim, faulkner, john, bishop, bronwyn, costello, peter, hanson, pauline