Melbourne’s North – the new knowledge economy is a study commissioned by NORTH Link and the Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Area Consultative Sub-Committee with seed funding from the Victorian Government Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and matching funding from industry, education and local government in Melbourne’s North. It was prepared by National Institute of Economic and Industry Research. The report provides a detailed analysis of the Melbourne’s North regional economy and builds on the previous report, Growing Melbourne’s North – developing an integrated economy. It concludes that the region can achieve significant economic and social benefits if stakeholders share resources and cooperate across local government boundaries to form a discrete economic zone. The report includes recommendations and benchmarks that will support growth and quality employment outcomes for the region into the future as it undergoes the transition into a knowledge economy. Consultants National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR), Carmine Consulting ISBN 978-0-9803994-4-3 northern melbourne region, nmit

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

Dr Michele Matthews has been a local and social historian for nearly three decades since she first used correspondence held by the then Bendigo City Council for her Honours thesis. She is an ardent advocate for the use of local history records to tell Victorian and Australian history from a grassroots perspective. Michele’s MA thesis, ‘A forgotten “Father” of Federation: Sir John Quick 1852‑1911’ (2003), and her PhD thesis, ‘Survivors, schemes, Samaritans and shareholders: the impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925‑1935’ (2007), both drew heavily on Bendigo and district records. Michele Matthews Collection: PHD Research - Relief during the great depression This item includes the following documents: 8672.78a The document is a letter dated 18 June 1934 from the Unemployed Ratepayers' and Citizens' Association in Bendigo to Mr. F. T. Amer, Town Clerk of Bendigo. It reports the outcomes of a special meeting held to discuss the Sustenance Act and outlines the Association's concerns and resolutions regarding unemployment relief and sustenance work. The Association's primary resolution calls for unemployed workers to receive the full amount of sustenance to which they are entitled under the Act. It also urges the Government to provide sufficient funding to the City Council so that it can continue supervising sustenance work, ensuring unemployed people have access to appropriate relief and employment opportunities. A second resolution requests that the City Council prevent agitators from interfering with sustenance works, including during lunch breaks while men are employed. The Association argues that supervisors should have the authority to keep agitators away from work sites, claiming that outside interference and worksite meetings are not in the best interests of the workers and may disrupt employment. The letter concludes by stating that the Association is compiling a list of additional public works capable of employing more workers. It notes that the resolutions have already been forwarded to both the Premier and the Minister of Sustenance, expressing hope that the matter will be resolved quickly. The letter is signed by Fred C. Sweeney, General Secretary of the Unemployed Ratepayers' Association.bendigo, michele matthews collection, letters seeking support in bendigo during the great depression 1932 to 1934