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WATERSIDE WORKERS FEDERATION

Deposit No. Z432: Federal Office

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Receipt Dates Quantity Location 31 Mar 1992 5 cartons and 1 parcel (D1-D5) Stack 294-295 5 May 1992 12 cartons (D6-14) Stack 294-295 27 May 1992 9 cartons & 1 archives box (4-13) Stack 294-295 11 Nov 1992 69 cartons & 1 parcel (14-78) Stack 294-295 21 Dec 1992 2 cartons (80-81- No 79) Stack 294-295 18 May 1993 18 cartons Stack 294-295 13 Jul 1994 2 parcels Stack 294-295 13 Jun/23 Dec 1996 1 bundle (82-86) Stack 294-295

Notes: 31 Mar 1992 5 cartons and 1 parcel of donated ACTU material – circulars and Executive minutes (cartons D1 to D5) 5 May 1992 12 cartons containing donated material – newspaper clippings and ACTU Bulletins and Newsletters (cartons numbered D6 to D14) and copies of Port News in cartons 1-3 (Boxes 1-3) 27 May 1992 9 cartons and 1 archives box containing miscellaneous material, rules, instruction booklets, published histories, circulars and records of N. Docker. Records of CH Fitzgibbon were also sent, but these were removed to his personal collection at P101 (remaining cartons numbered Boxes 4-13) 11 Nov 1992 65 cartons and 1 parcel. Circulars, minutes and subject files A-Z (Boxes 14-78) Documents in the parcel were re-distributed as specified in letter to WWF 16 November 1992 (see 3E-N/MUA) 21 Dec 1992 2 cartons containing Brisbane Branch records and various items from Federal Office (Boxes 80-81) 18 May 1993 18 cartons: Cartons 1-16 = the last of the hard copy membership cards (see 3E-N/MUA - letter, 14 May 1993, for details of the membership cards system) (removed to Z361) Cartons 17-18 = miscellaneous records, including floppy disc copies of membership records. Note: any unwanted or duplicate material may be returned to the Federation (Boxes 82-83) 13 Jul 1994 2 parcels labelled 19 and 20: Parcel 19 contains sound recordings, possibly from Newcastle Branch (Box 84) Parcel 20 contains photographs, 1900-1970, and miscellaneous documents (Boxes 85-86) 1995 Ina Heidtman borrowed parcel 20 (dispatched 3 Nov 1995; see loan #41). Not all items have been returned, May 2008 (see X:\Archives\Private\Collection\Lists\Lists by Deposit Number\Z Deposits\Z400- 499\Z432 Loans to MUA) 13 Jun 1996 12 cartons received: Cartons 1-11 = returned items from loan, made to Margo Beasley, Jun 1993; Carton 12 (aka parcel 21) contained photographs (oversized) and printed material from Federal Office (Box 85) Oct 1996/18 Dec 1996 Loan to MUA photographs from Z432/parcels 20-21; Z248/Boxes 80-82 23 Dec 1996 1 carton received; added to Z432/Box 22 Records were originally part of four boxes of unidentified material returned with Margo Beasley’s loan of Jun 1993; additional material was added in Dec 1996. Now Z248/109; Z387/45-50 - see Processing Notes for full details. Oct 2003 Cartons 1 to 16 (of 18 deposited 18 May 1992); removed to Z631 Apr 2006 Received 170 photographs, with digital reproductions on CD. Some photographs were part of the group lent to MUA (Beasley in 1993; Heidtman in 1995); others were new items. Loan items were returned to Z432/Box 86, Z248/Boxes 80-82 and T62/63/14 (K4052); new items were located in Z668/Box 34; Z263/Box 91; Z91/Box135. Digital versions (.jpgs) are located in Demetrius, ANU Archives Program http://dspace.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/1. (see 3E-N/MUA for details)

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Z432 - see letter, dated 4 May 1992, on file 3E-N/MUA regarding ‘D’ material below Box D1 ACTU Circulars Vols 17-21 1982-83 Now S888 (12/1992) Box D2 ACTU Circulars Vols 22-24 1984-1987 Now S888 Box D2 ACTU Committee and Group meetings Vols 12-13 1985-88 Box D3 ACTU Committee and Group meetings Vol 14 1989 Box D3 ACTU Congress Vols 14-17 1979-1985 Box D4 ACTU Executive meetings Vols 26-29 1985-1986 Box D5 ACTU Executive meetings Vols 30-32 1987 Par D6 ACTU Executive meetings Vol 33 1987

Boxes D6-13 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings Box D14 Miscellaneous ACTU Bulletins, Newsletters &c.

Deposited 5 May 1992 Box 1 Port News 1970-1973 Box 2 Port News 1974-1979 Box 3 Port News 1980-1981 Box 3 Australian Foreman Stevedores Review Journals 1981-1984

Box 4 Miscellaneous historical material (see Appendix C) Box 5-6 Norm Docker material (see Appendix D) Box 6 C H Fitzgibbon material Now P102 Boxes 7-18 WWF Circulars 1967-1975 Box 19 WWF auditors’ reports &c 1956-1971 Box 19-21 Federal Council and All-Ports Meetings 1967-1981 Box 21 Federal Financial Statements (see also Box 19) 1973-1980 Box 21 Branch Financial Statements – Qld Branch 1970-1987 Box 22 Branch Financial Statements – NSW 1972-1987 Box 22 Branch Financial Statements – VIC 1965-1987 Box 23 Branch Financial Statements – TAS 1965-1987 Box 23 Branch Financial Statements – SA 1964-1987 Box 23 Branch Financial Statements – Darwin 1977-1982 Box 23 Branch Financial Statements – WA 1976-1987

Boxes 24-78 Subject files - Appendix A for detailed file list Box 24 Aborigines 1976-1908 Box 24 AMWSU 1975-1983 Box 24 ANRO service 1977 Box 24-25 Areas of Work Box 25-26 Australian National Line Box 26 Asbestos Vol 1& 2 1961-1981 Box 26-27 ACTU Box 27 Australian Foremen Stevedores Association 1970-1981 Box 27 Australian Freezers Pty Ltd 1974-1985 Box 27-28 Australian Labor Party Box 28 Australian National Line Box 28 Australian Workers Union Box 28 Awards Box 28 Bans Box 29 Brisbane Amalgamated Terminals Ltd Box 29 Brisbane Wharves & Wool Dumping P/L Box 29 Britain 1968-1978 Box 29 British Phosphate Commission 1947-1981 Box 29-30 BHP

Boxes 24-78 Detailed file list at Appendix A 3 of 15 Z432 – WATERSIDE WORKERS’ FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA: Federal Office (Site List)

Box 30 Cargoes Box 30 China Box 31 Christmas Island 1977-1982 Box 31 City Centre Cold Stores P/L, Sydney 1978-1983 Box 31 Coles Bay Granite P/L 1978-1980 Box 31 COMALCO Aluminium (Bell Bay) 1963-1973 Box 31 Common User Berth – 1970-1974 Box 31 Common User Berth - Sydney 1970-1974 Box 31 CONAUST Ltd, Brisbane Box 31 CONAUST Ltd, Sydney Box 31 Conciliation and Arbitration Act Box 31 Consolidated Stevedores Pty Ltd Box 31 Cool Stores Box 33-34 Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd Box 34-35 Co-ordinating Committees - Port Box 35 Credit Union Box 35 Discipline Box 35 Donations Box 35 Early retirement Box 35 Ecology/Environment Box 35 Economy Box 36-7 Employment Box 37 Enna G (vessel) 1973-1982 Box 37 Equalisation Box 37 Federated Clerks Union Box 37 Federated Miscellaneous Workers’ Union Box 37 Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia Box 38 First Aid Box 38 Freightbases P/L Box 38 Fremantle Port Authority Box 38 Geelong Container Terminal Ltd Box 38 Glebe Island Terminal Government Department/Bodies Grain Holidays Box 39 (William) Holyman & Sons P/L Box 39 Hours of Work Box 39 Industrial clothing Box 39 Industry training Box 39-40 International Box 40 International Affairs and Relations Box 40 International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association Box 40 International Labour Organisation Box 40 International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union Box 41 International South Pacific Bureau Economic Cooperation (SPEC) Box 41 International South Pacific Dock Workers’ Conference 1975 Box 41 International South Pacific Dock Works’ Council Box 41-43 International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Box 43 John Burke Group Box 43 Koorang Coal Loader Box 43 Labour distribution Box 43 Labour rationalisation Box 43 Liner Freight Services P/L Box 43 Liner Services P/L Box 44 Leave Liquid

Boxes 24-78 Detailed file list at Appendix A 4 of 15 Z432 – WATERSIDE WORKERS’ FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA: Federal Office (Site List)

Manganese Manning Maritime Industry Inquiry 1974 Maritime Worker Mechanisation Box 45 Medical Clinics Newcastle Cranes Branch Nickel Ocean Island Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Packing/unpacking Papua New Guinea Waterside Workers & Semen’s Union – Award 1981 Peace (V. B.) Perkins & Co Box 46 Port Development Port of Geelong Authority Port of Melbourne Authority Box 46-49 Port Orders Box 49 Port Quotas Recruitment Box 49-50 Redundancy Box 50-51 Rosters Box 51-53 Safety Box 54 Seatainer Terminals Ltd – agreements Box 54 Shifts Shipbuilding/Repair Box 54-55 Shipping Clerks Shipwrights Social Welfare Southern Shipping Lines South Africa South East Asia Box 55-64 Stevedoring Industry Box 64 Stevedoring Industry Acts Stoppages and Strikes FG Strang Pty Ltd Box 64-65 Superannuation Box 66 Supplementary Labour Tasmanian Transport Commission Shipping Service Taxation Technological Change Terminals and depots Terminals and Depots Employers’ Federation Trade Practices Act Box 66-68 Transport Industries Advisory Council (TIAC) Box 69 Transfers Box 70 Trans-ocean Terminals Box 70 Union Bulkships P/L Uranium Box 70-72 Wages Box 72-78 Waterside Workers Federation Box 78 Wool Box 78 Working Conditions Box 78 World Federation of Trade Unions

Bundle 79 Contents re-distributed (see letter, dated 16 Nov 1992, file 3E-N/MUA, for details)

Boxes 24-78 Detailed file list at Appendix A 5 of 15 Z432 – WATERSIDE WORKERS’ FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA: Federal Office (Site List)

Box 80 Brisbane Branch material (for detailed list of file contents see Z432 Appendix B Box 81 Miscellaneous publications, 2 x sound recordings – notes, eulogies, reports, articles – for detailed list of file contents see Z432 Appendix B

Additional deposit received May 1992 Z631/1-6 Membership cards

Box 82 (ex Box 17 of the May 1992 deposit) Miscellaneous records, listed, as follows: WWF filing lists as at Sep 1985 1985 WWF filing list established 1987 1987 Linedex (copy) referred to in 1985 listing Inquiry into waterfront by Waterfront Industry Reform Authority 1989 (WIRA) - In-principle agreement, Sep 1989 - Reports (6), Apr 1990 - Oct 1992 - Booklet issued by WIRA at end of inquiry, Oct/Nov 1989 Report on transport, communications and infrastructure Apr 1992 ‘Efficiency of interface between seaports and land transport – Wharf to Warehouse’, House of Representatives Standing Committee Stevedoring Industry Award 1991 (as at Feb 1992) Copy of a letters from Arthur Sherlock, 23 Nov 1992 enclosing cuttings from the Adelaide Advertiser, Apr-May 1943, regarding the export of scrap iron to Japan (which may not be with other material on this subject) Instructions from the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority 30 Jun 1971 (ASIA) regarding long service leave for waterside workers Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority (ASIA) - memo to all 7 Nov 1966 local representatives regarding the amendments to the Stevedoring Industry Act with regards to long service leave Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority (ASIA) - notice to 9 Nov 1966 waterside workers regarding the long service scheme Programme for the first showing of the WWF Film Unit’s film 9 Mar 1995 ‘The Hungry Mile’, Sydney Branch Office Copy of indenture of Alfred Shurey of Fitzroy, Melbourne, as an 11 Jan 1870 apprentice for seven years to James Leverett, harness maker of Melbourne Address to the Productivity Council by C H Fitzgibbon 24 Jun 1986 Essay by Ryl Fardell ‘Mechanisation and containerisation of the 1990 Australian Waterfront in the 1950s and 1960s: were the unions a significant impediment to structural change? (BEc Hons, ANU) Phillip Reade and Tony Maguire, ‘Time to get tough on the Oct 1991 waterfront’ (Readers Digest). C T Ryan ‘Ships and sickles – the Communists and three 1989 Australian maritime unions, 1928-1945’, (MA (Hons) UNSW) Captain James Gaby (ex- foreman stevedore and industrial officer for the Overseas Shipping Representatives Association), The Restless Waterfront, together with an unsigned critique and a cutting from the National Times, 11-16 November 1974 Personal folder of Leo Lenane (former Federal Organiser of the WWF) relating to the 1974 contract with the employers

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Tom Nelson (ex Sydney Branch Secretary and Federal 1957 now Library Councillor), The hungry mile. / Syd., [Waterside Workers HD6894.W52 Federation (Sydney Branch)], 1957. illus (reprinted to W35 commemorate the opening of the new Sydney Branch building, 1 Jul 1992) Ship to shore : a history of Melbourne's waterfront and its union 1990 now Library struggles Lockwood, Rupert Sydney : Hale & Iremonger, ca. HD6894.L82W375 1990 1990 Four discs of membership records, as at March 1992, giving 1992 particulars of present members and comparatively recently retired members Phil O’Brien (ex official of the Brisbane Branch), Towards Peace 1992 – a worker’s journey The background of the waterfront, produced and published on 1963 behalf of the Shipping and Stevedoring companies in Australia War on the waterfront: Menzies, Japan and the pig-iron dispute. 1987 now Library Lockwood, Rupert. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, ca.1987 DU113.5.J3L63 [autographed copy]

Additional deposit received Jul 1992 Box 83 Reports of the Australian Stevedoring Industry Board and, later, (ex Box 18) the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority. 3x4-post volumes. Note: these copies of the reports were collated by Mr CH Fitzgibbon.

Additional deposits received Jul 1992; Jun 1996 Sound recordings Box 84 Long time ago ; [other tracks : EP]. Contents: 1. Long time ago nd (ex Box 19) (The Young Folk) -- 2. Shadows on the wall (Jean lewis) -- 3. Sweet song for Katie (Dick Hackett) -- 4. Atomic lullaby (Chris Shaw) -- Out back (Dick Hackett) -- 6. Weevils in the flour (Ken Raffe). Mutual Records. 1 sound disc : analogue, 33⅓ rpm.

Faces in the Street: a selection of Australian verse and song, by nd The Nomads Three, Lorna Cooper and Clarrie Reilly. Contents: 1. Faces in the Street -- 2. The Christening -- 3. Eubalong Ball -- 4. Waltzing Matilda -- 5. Texas Jack -- 6. The Men Who Made Australia -- 7. Freedom’s on the Wallaby -- 8. Reedy River -- 9. Click go the Shears -- 10.The Waratah and the Wattle -- 11. Romeo and Juliet. Vista Recording Studios, Victoria. 1 sound disc : analogue, 33⅓ rpm. 1956 Strike - Trade Union Talk, Waterside Workers' Federation 1956 Newcastle Branch. 1 sound disc : analogue, 33⅓ rpm.

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Documents Box 85 Illuminated certificate presented to office staff of the Melbourne May 1919 (ex 21) Wharf Labourers’ Union by the wives and families of Melbourne Wharf Labourers’ Union members in appreciation for assistance received during the Bureau Dispute, 1917-1919 (shows Melbourne Waterside Workers’ Union banner) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 49) (includes reproduction copy)

Printed Material Box 85 The Waterside Workers Gazette. The Official Organ of the Oct 1903; (ex 21) Council of the Waterside Workers' Confederation of Australia Sep 1904 (photocopy) IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) members charged with 18 Oct 1916 treason - sensational revelations, The Sydney Mail, p.7 (photocopy) - includes photographs of the 12 accused; see also – ‘Explanation with Rules of the IWW’, deposited with NBAC, Mar 1981 [item no?]

Photographs Box 85 Waterside Workers Federation Conference, Melbourne, 30 Oct 1912 (ex 20) Delegates (includes A Fisher and W M Hughes) (mounted & identified) Box 85 Waterside Workers Federation, Committee of Management 1921-1922 (ex 20) Box 85 Federated Waterside Workers Union, Brisbane Branch, 1908 (ex 20) Executive Officers Box 85 ACTU Congress Delegates, Melbourne 1938 (ex 21) Box 85 Fremantle Branch Committee of Management members 1955-1956 (ex 21) (identified) Box 85 WWF Urangan Branch float (1st prize Industrial Section), May 1958 (ex 21) Day march (Don Davies photo) Box 85 South Townsville football team (juniors) - Premiers, 1902-1903 1903 (ex 20) Box 85 WWF Rugby League Football Club, Sydney Branch, 1951; 1951 (ex 20) toured and played Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand; undefeated (mounted; members identified)

Items received Apr 2006 Box 86 Photographs – for detailed list see next page

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Items received Apr 2006 Photographs

Several of the following photographs appear in Maritime Worker, Maritime Workers’ Journal and in Margo Beasley’s Wharfies : the history of the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1872-1972; digital versions (.jpgs) located in Demetrius, ANU Archives Program http://dspace.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/1

Box 86 Headquarters, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sussex Street, Sydney Waterside Workers Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch, 1899-1920 - history 1899-1920 panel. One of a series of thirteen illustrated panels, depicting 120 years of branch history, 1872-1991, which were produced by Tom Nelson, Ina Heidtman, Sonny Glynn and Ralph Sawyer at the Sussex Street headquarters from 1954. (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 163; A Tapestry of Australia: The Sydney Wharfies Mural by Andrew Reeves, p. 8-9) The Sydney Wharfies Mural. Painted on the walls of the Waterside Workers’ 1872-1991 Federation of Australia’s Sussex Street headquarters between 1953 and 1965, the Sydney Wharfies Mural weaves waterside history, labour history and Australian history like a tapestry, portraying writer Henry Lawson, the struggle for the 8 hour day, the Depression, the gaoling of Newcastle coal union leader Peter Bowling, the writings of Karl Marx, the pick up, conscription, both world wars, the general strike, soldiers coming home, the bull days and the wharves, police confrontations, the Communist Party, the dole queue, the Spanish Civil War, wharfies' leader Jim Healy, Hitler's concentration camps and the fight against fascism. Artists involved in the mural include Rod Shaw, Sonny Glynn, Vi Collings, Clem Millward, Ralph Sawyer, Pat Graham and Evelyn Healy. The mural has been donated to the Australian National Maritime Museum by he Maritime Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch. (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. iii-iv; A Tapestry of Australia: The Sydney Wharfies Mural by Andrew Reeves) Headquarters, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 60-66 Sussex Street, 1991 Sydney

Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Brisbane Branch Executive officers, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Brisbane Branch (see 1908 Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 27)

Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Bundaberg Branch Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Bundaberg Branch picnic at Moore Park, 24 Feb 1947 Bundaberg (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 124) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Bundaberg Branch Labour Day ca. 1950s procession (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 121) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Bundaberg Branch Labour Day float ca. 1950s

Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Cairns Branch Committee of Management, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Cairns 1903 Branch (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 32)

Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Townsville Branch Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Townsville Branch banner nd

Working conditions Lumpers at work, Fremantle wharf (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 71) early 1900s Melbourne waterside workers Sydney (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 30) 1903 Waterside workers loading a ship in Melbourne nd Dockworkers discharging lumber from Muscoota in Melbourne harbour; Muscoota, an Dec 1922 American four-masted barque, is commanded by Captain A C Wilvers (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 55)

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‘Dog Collar’ licence issued to Waterside Workers under the Transport Workers’ Act of 1929 1928; licences were periodically revised and waterside workers could not offer for work without them (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 83) North Queensland sugar port; bulk loading was achieved in northern Queensland ca. 1957 sugar ports in 1957 Waterside workers’ change rooms in Sydney; a nail for a clothes hook was placed in early 1960s the wall and a piece of paper protected the clothing from the dirty wall (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 205) Stevedoring operations, Melbourne wharves early 1960s Stevedoring operations, Seatainer Terminals Ltd (STL) depot, Melbourne (see 1987 Maritime Worker, Jun 1987)

May Day, 1950s-1980s Display of banners of WWF leaders - Ted Roach, Jim Healy, Tom Nelson, Jack Beitz ca. 1950s and ‘Dutchy’ Young - at a May Day demonstration in front the Burlington Hotel, corner Hay and Sussex Streets, Sydney, (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 179). May Day procession - Jim Healy, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation 1953 of Australia (centre) Waterside workers lampoon the Petrov Commission’s Christmas Party during a May 1954 Day march in Sydney (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 167) May Day float - depicts United States’ General Curtis LeMay’s quote of May 1964: 1964 ‘Tell them [the Vietnamese] frankly that they’ve got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression, or we’re going to bomb them back into the Stone Age’ May Day procession, Sydney 1967 May Day procession, Sydney ca. 1960s May Day procession, Sydney. First May Day march after the liberation of Ho Chi 1976 Minh City - Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia salutes the unification of Vietnam May Day procession, Sydney; George Gotsis (centre) ca. 1970s WWF Women’s Committee float, Labour (May) Day procession, Brisbane (The float, late 1970s which attacked Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser’s wage freeze, won first prize) May Day procession, Sydney; L-R: Bernie Dunn (Sydney Branch), Tom Supple 1985 (partly obscured) (Secretary , Sydney Branch), Frank Toohey (retired), Rod Mitchell (Transport Workers’ Union), Don Gillies (Vigilance Officer, Sydney Branch), Jim Keogh (Port Kembla Branch), Tas Bull (Acting General Secretary), John Healy (President (retired), Sydney Branch), Jim Rodgers (Vice President , Sydney Branch) and Leo Lenane (Acting Assistant General Secretary) (see Maritime Worker, Jun 1985 p. 19)

Protests and demonstrations Drawn batons in port riot - mounted police charging Port Adelaide rioters Feb 1929 (reproduction of front page of The Register News-Pictorial, Adelaide) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 86) Waterside workers’ demonstration outside Workers’ Pay Centre, Sydney ca. 1950s Waterside workers’ demonstration, Sydney ca. 1950s Waterside workers campaigning in Sydney (digital copy only; print not found, Jul 1950s 2008) Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney ca. 1950s Branch, addresses a meeting at Wooloomooloo Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney ca. 1950s Branch, addresses a Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia meeting in the Sydney Domain Jack Beitz, General President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, ca. 1950s addressing a stop work meeting in Sydney Jack Hartly, delegate, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia addresses ship’s ca. 1960s crew, Sydney Jack Hartly, delegate, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia addresses ship’s ca. 1960s crew, Sydney

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Stan Moran addresses the crowd at the ‘Hands Off Cuba’ demonstration in Sydney’s Apr 1961 Wynyard Square (see Maritime Worker, Apr 1961, p. 1; Jan 1965, p. 7) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch Rally against the United Apr 1961 States invasion of Cuba, Wynyard Park, Sydney (Photography: F Murray, L Shea – John Fairfax & Sons Ltd) ) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 211; Maritime Worker, Apr 1961, p. 1) Workers’ compensation rally, Sydney Jul 1989 Ken Smith, official, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch leads nd a demonstration march for higher wages in Sydney

Peace rallies, 1980s Palm Sunday rally for peace, [Sydney] 1985 Palm Sunday rally for peace, [Sydney] 1985 Palm Sunday rally for peace, [Sydney] 1985 Palm Sunday rally for peace, [Sydney] 26 Mar 1986 Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia rally for peace, Sydney ca. 1986

Boycotts and bans, 1980s Port Jackson during the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s ban on South Apr 1989 African ships protesting apartheid (Photographer: Merv Fitzhenery) (see Maritime Worker, Jun 1989) Waterside worker (unidentified) in Sydney during the Waterside Workers’ Federation 15 May 1987 of Australia’s ban on Fijian ships after the military coup that overthrew the Bavadra government (see Maritime Worker, Jun 1987) Wharf labourers’ boycott - New Zealand cargo ship SS Wanaka ca. 1960s

WWF Women’s Committee Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia Women’s Committee members, Sydney - nd Mrs J Healy (2nd from right) Representatives of Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia Women’s Committees ca. 1950s from various ports in front of the Sydney Women’s Committee banner (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 160)

Christmas Hamper Appeal, Second World War Waterside workers contribute to the Christmas Hamper Appeal during the Second ca. 1942 World War (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 112)

1980 Olympic Games Boycott Fun Run, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s Sydney Branch ‘Alternative 1980 Olympics’ (‘Alternative Olympics’ organised by the Sydney Branch as a protest against Prime Minister Fraser’s decision not to send an Australian team to the Moscow Olympics following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.)

Meetings, Conferences and Conventions Delegates to the All Ports Conference, Sydney. The two women in the photograph 15 Oct 1924 are thought to be the wives of Joe Morris (General Secretary) and Arthur Turley (General President) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 63) President Young welcomes delegates to a convention. (L-R: Ina Heidtmann, Snowy 21 Aug 1955 Teasel, Tom Nelson, Jack Hartley and Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young (Photographer: V Rapp) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s all-ports conference, Sydney ca. 1950s Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s all-ports conference, Sydney ca. 1950s Tom Nelson, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch ca. 1954 at the union's all-ports conference, Sydney Tom Nelson, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch ca. 1954 at the union's all-ports conference, Sydney [unidentified speaker] addresses a Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia nd conference in the Sydney Town Hall

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Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia conference [location not known] nd Pat Troy, University of Canberra; John Ducker, Chairman; Frank Purse, Federal nd Secretary, Building Workers’ Industrial Union of Australia (presumed to be at a Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia conference, location not known) Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, Vietnamese Embassy spokesman, addresses the crowded 1985 Sydney WWF Branch Hall on the tenth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. L- R: Tom Supple (Secretary, WWF Sydney Branch); Tas Bull (Acting General Secretary, WWF); Pat Geraghty (Federal Secretary, SUA); Rick Divers (President, WWF Sydney Branch); Nguyen Ngoc Sinh (Councillor, Vietnamese Embassy); Bob Galleghan (Federal Secretary, Federated Ship Painters & Dockers Union of Australia); John Garrett (Secretary, NSW Firemen’s and Deckhands’ Union); Harry Mitchell (Assistant Secretary, Miscellaneous Workers’ Union) (see Maritime Worker, Jun 1985) Stop the dirty war in Vietnam - placard displayed during the function marking the 1985 tenth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Sydney WWF Branch Hall New Zealand and Australian Waterside Workers’ Federations’ representatives at their Jan 1985 historic joint session in Sydney; L-R: Jim Joyce (Vice President, WWFNZ); Rex Powley (National Executive, WWFNZ); Warren Small (Federal Organiser, WWFA); Tas Bull (Acting General Secretary, WWFA); John Coombs (Federal Organiser, WWFA); Sam Jennings (General Secretary, WWFNZ); Bruce Malcolm (President, WWFNZ); Leo Lenane (Acting Assistant General Secretary, WWFA) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 258; Maritime Worker, Feb 1985 p. 6) Delegates vote in favour of the amalgamation of the Waterside Workers’ Federation 1991 of Australia and the Seamen’s Union of Australia at the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s 28th (last) National Conference, Sydney (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 287) Delegates vote in favour of the amalgamation of the Waterside Workers’ Federation 1991 of Australia and the Seamen’s Union of Australia at the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia’s 28th (last) National Conference, Sydney Bill Kelty, Secretary Australian Council of Trade Unions addresses 28th National nd Conference Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia (Photographer: Zoe Reynolds) Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, Mat Munro, Tom Nelson, Neville Isaksen, (speaker unknown), ca. 1950s Harry Teasel, Stan Moran Waterside worker and boxer, Jimmy Carruthers, with Queensland delegates to the All 1954 Ports Conference (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 171) Delegates to the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia Conference, Melbourne; 30 Oct 1912 identified are: Billy Hughes, President WWF (grey suit in centre); Andrew Fisher (to Hughes’ right), and Joe Morris, General Secretary WWF (to Hughes’ left) (Photographer: Norman L Danvers, Sydney) (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley, p. 38) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch meeting; L-R: Pat ca. 1960s Maloney, Carl Lanthry, Harry Black, John McColl, Ray Lewis, Dick Hackett Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney nd Branch, delivers an address (occasion unknown)

WWF members and officials Federal Councillors, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney – Back Row Jun 1945 (L-R): H McAlees, A Graham, G Mullins, E Chapple, G E Thompson, S Barrett, J Young, G Waugh, C Webber, A Nicholson; Middle Row (L-R): T O’Dea, J Healy, J Lonergan, H Barnes (NZ), E Roach; Front Row (L-R): T Nelson, W Keating, C Young (Photography: Norman L Danvers, Sydney) Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia members at a union meeting; identified ca. 1954 are Tom Nelson, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch and Mat Munro, Assistant Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch Dick Hackett, George Goss, George Curtis and Jim Healy (see Wharfies by Margo ca. 1950s Beasley p. 189) (2 copies) Harry Black, Official and Federal Councillor Waterside Workers’ Federation of ca. 1950s Australia, Sydney Branch

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Ina Heidtman and Harry Black nd Stan Moran, Treasurer, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch, nd 1942-1964 (see Maritime Worker, Jun 1989) Stan Moran, Treasurer, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, speaking to an ca. 1950s attentive crowd Ted Roach, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Port Kembla nd Branch, 1938; Assistant General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1941-1967 Ted Roach is raised on the shoulders of fellow waterside workers on his release from 1951 gaol (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 149) Joe Carter, waterside worker, Port Kembla Branch and former member of the nd International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (see Maritime Workers Journal, 1994) Norm Docker, former Federal Industrial Officer and Assistant General Secretary and ca. 1970s General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1983-1984 (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 232) Jack Lonergan and Tas Bull following the launch of the publication, Politics in a Union 1977 – the Hursey Case by Tas Bull (copyright holder: The Mercury, Hobart, ) C H (Charlie) Fitzgibbon, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of 1978 Australia at a Federal Council Meeting, Sydney Harry Black, retired Official and Federal Councillor, Waterside Workers’ Federation of ca. 1979 Australia, Sydney Branch receives a presentation from Tom Supple, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch Tasnor Ivan (Tas) Bull, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of nd Australia, 1984-1992 Ricky Divers, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch ca. 1980s Pat Maloney, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia member (see Maritime nd Worker Nov 1987 regarding Maloney’s compensation claim for deafness) Ron Anderson, Official and Vigilance Officer, Waterside Workers’ Federation of nd Australia, Sydney Branch Ron Anderson, Official and Vigilance Officer, Waterside Workers’ Federation of 1985 Australia, Sydney Branch (see Maritime Worker, Apr 1985 p. 21) Arthur Moynihan, Secretary and Federal Councillor, Waterside Workers’ Federation nd of Australia, Brisbane Branch, 1985-1993 Arthur Moynihan, Secretary and Federal Councillor, Waterside Workers’ Federation nd of Australia, Brisbane Branch, 1985-1993 Claude Cumberlidge, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, nd Melbourne Branch Vic Slater, Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Fremantle Branch nd and Assistant General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation, Sydney Branch nd Jim ‘Dutchy’ Young, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney nd Branch A Fulton, President, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Hobart Branch; C H nd (Charlie) Fitzgibbon, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1961-1983; Tas Bull, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1984-1992 in front of a portrait of Jim Healy, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, 1937-1961 Bert Longbottom, Port Botany (aboriginal waterside worker) nd Archie Arceri, Federal Councillor, WWF, Melbourne and Secretary WWF, Victoria; nd Charlie Fitzgibbon, General Secretary, WWF; Geoff Swayn, Secretary (retired), Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Melbourne Branch at [a Branch celebration, Melbourne]

Miscellaneous personalities

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James Kenny, Secretary, Trades and Labour Council addresses a meeting [location ca. 1958 unknown]. Note: Kenny, James Denis (1906-1967); involved in public protests against the régime in South Africa, campaigns for higher wages for Aboriginal workers, and peace and disarmament rallies; main achievement was to promote better industrial conditions, including long-service leave, workers' compensation and associated benefits. Harry Bridges, President, International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union ca. 1960s (ILWU) in the United Stats of America (copyright holder: Harvey Schwartz, 2001 c/- The Harry Bridges Institute, San Pedro, California) Harry Bridges, President, International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union 1967 (ILWU) with Charlie Fitzgibbon, General Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia and Sid Jones, First Aid Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch, during Bridges’ visit to Sydney (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 214) Hal Alexander, Actors’ Equity of Australia, speaks in the Sydney Town Hall regarding ca. 1960s the Social Services Report and Resolution (2 copies) Fred Rose, waterside worker, author and professional; defected to East Germany, 1986 1956 (see Maritime Worker, Mar 1987) John Gordon Morrison (1904-1998), waterside worker and author; recipient of the nd Patrick White Literary Award, 1986 and the Order of Australia, 1989 (see Maritime Worker Nov/Dec 1986) Paul Houlihan, National Farmers Federation; Jim Beggs, President, WWF; Tas Bull, Apr 1989 Secretary, Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia (reproduced in Maritime Worker, May 1989; Jun 1989) Tas Bull, former General Secretary Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia; Bob 1990 Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia; Rupert Lockwood, editor of the Maritime Worker, at the launch of Lockwood’s book Ship to Shore: A History of Melbourne's Waterfront and its Union Struggles (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 266) Waterfront Industry Reform Authority (WIRA) retiring members (unidentified), Sydney Mar 1991 Waterfront Industry Reform Authority (WIRA) retirees (unidentified), Newcastle 1992 Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997), Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia historian; nd editor Maritime Worker and Union Historian; author Black Armada, War on the Waterfront, Ship to Shore. Reproduced from an unknown publication. Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997), Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia historian; nd editor Maritime Worker and Union Historian; author Black Armada, War on the Waterfront, Ship to Shore

Ralph Sawyer Ralph Sawyer, waterside worker and artist, with one of his works, Sydney (see 1985 Maritime Worker, Dec 1985; Maritime Worker, Nov 1993) Ralph Sawyer and Max Petitt (L-R) prepare placards in the rooms of the Waterside 10 Apr 1987 Workers' Federation of Australia, Sydney Branch headquarters Banner by waterside worker and artist, Ralph Sawyer, in Sydney (see Maritime ca. 1980s Worker, Dec 1985; Maritime Worker, Nov 1993)

Dalfram Dispute, 1938 SS Dalfram veterans, Stan Speechly and Rae Elliott at the memorial to the Dalfam 1988 Dispute, the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia ban in 1938, at Port Kembla wharf on loading pig iron for Japan

Tribune (Communist Party of Australia. Central Committee) Distributing the Tribune, Sydney ca. 1950s

Federal Office Elections, 1988 Ballot box used in the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia Federal elections, 1988 Sydney, March 1988 (see Maritime Worker, Aug 1986)

Amalgamated Stevedores’ Labour Protection League Amalgamated Stevedores’ Labour Protection League banner ca. 1890s

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Waterside Workers’ Gazette (reproductions) Words for Watersiders - Waterside Workers’ Gazette Vol 2 No 9, p. 1 (reproduction) Sep 1905 (see Wharfies by Margo Beasley p. 24)

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