Collection UQFL118 - Trades and Labor Council of Queensland Records

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL118

Title

Trades and Labor Council of Queensland Records

Date(s)

  • 1894- (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

635 boxes and parcels, 5 albums, 1 oversized folder

Context area

Name of creator

Administrative history

Trades and Labor Council of Queensland (1922- ).
Objectives - To act as a unifying body for trade unions in Queensland.
Publicists - From 1970 refer to the annual Official Trades Union Directory.
Notes: The T.L.C. was first set up in 1885 then disbanded in 1... »

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Records, 1894-.
Collection alternatively titled as: Trades and Labor Council of Queensland Collection.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The collection reflects not only the emergence of the central organising body of the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, achieved in 1947, but the often radical and pioneering nature of the Queensland labour movement itself. This is especially to be ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Language of material

  • English

Finding aids

Refer to print listing folder for rehoused parcel information.

Uploaded finding aid

Allied materials area

Publication note

Material from this collection has been cited in:

Bleakley P (2022) ‘Dreams of a united Left? The SDA's role in the rise (and fall) of a radical New Left in Queensland’, History Australia, 19(4):771–788, doi:10.1080/14490854.2022.2060270.

Fleming, Jenny. ... »

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991005135449703131

Access points

Name access points

Description control area

Status

Revised

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, BS, 02-Dec-2021
Revised, JR, 11-Nov-2021.
Revised, AM, 10-Mar-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.