Wool and Basil Workers' Federation of Australia

Wool and Basil Workers' Federation of Australia
Founded 1890
Date dissolved 1976
Merged into Australian Workers Union
Members 1250 (1971)[1]
Country Australia
Affiliation A.C.T.U., A.L.P.
Office location 73 Belmont Road, Tingalpa, QLD

The Wool and Basil Workers' Federation of Australia was an Australian trade union which existed between 1890 and 1976[1]. It represented workers employed in scouring and carbonising wool, fellmongery, and the processing of sheep hides into basil.

History

The union was first established in 1890[1], before achieving federal registration in 1912 as the Amalgamated Fellmongers, Woolsorters and Woolscourers' Union of Australia[2]. In 1918 the union changed its name to its final form[2]. John Dacey, a Sydney coachmaker and Member for Botany, where the fellmongering industry was concentrated, helped to organise the Wool and Basil Workers' Union in Sydney[3]. The South Australian trade union leader and later politician Theo Nicholls served as part-time secretary of the union in South Australia, and was active in its organisation[4]. The Wool and Basil Workers' Union merged with the Australian Workers Union in 1976[2].

References

  1. ^ a b c Rawson, D. W. (1973). "A Handbook of Australian Trade Unions and Employees' Associations - Second Edition". Canberra:The Australian National University. ISBN-0-7081-0634-X
  2. ^ a b c Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Wool & Basil Workers Federation of Australia. "http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE0908b.htm". Australian Trade Union Archives. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ Bramble, Tom; Kuhn, Rick (2011). "Chapter 2 - In the beginning". Labor's Conflict: Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-521-13804-8. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ci9kdvRip24C&lpg=PA29&dq=wool%20basil%20workers&pg=PR4#v=onepage&q=wool%20basil%20workers&f=false. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  4. ^ Millar, Ann (2010). "South Australian Senators". The Biography of the Australian Senate. 3. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 185–188. ISBN 978-086840-996-2. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9UKL7t8BAGYC&lpg=PA186&dq=wool%20basil%20workers&pg=PA186#v=onepage&q=wool%20basil%20workers&f=false. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 

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