Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1949-1995. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
18 boxes, 34 posters.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marie McFarlane was a member of the Australian Postal and Telecommunication Union from 1974 until 1988 and for many years one of the union's shop stewards. In 1978 she was elected inaugural secretary of the Working Women's Charter Committee of the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, a position she held until 1987. After changing jobs in 1988 she joined the Australian Telecommunications Employees' Association/Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers' Association where she was again active as a shop steward. In addition to her trade union work McFarlane was involved in a number of political causes and leftwing organisations.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Documenting left politics and struggles in Brisbane, 1960s-1990s
Collection alternatively titled as: Marie McFarlane Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Reports, pamphlets, brochures, conference material, meeting minutes, correspondence, journals and posters relating to Left-wing politics in Brisbane with an emphasis on women's movement activities and trade union activity within Telecom Australia. Collection also includes family photographs, ephemera and trade union and Australian Labor Party membership tickets.
Bulk of records cover 1980s and early 1990s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (Subject)
- Queensland Council of Unions (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.