Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1983-1994 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box, 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Gaynor Alma Cardew was a Canberra-based printmaker, sculptor and cartoonist, who signed her work ‘Gaynor’. She was born in 1952 in Clermont, Central West Queensland and graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1977. Her cartoons appeared in a range of publications, including union and feminist publications, newspapers and government documents. Several volumes of her own cartoons were also published. She died in 1999, aged 47.
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Administrative history
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (AMACSU) trades as the Australian Services Union (ASU). The union exists to defend and advance the rights of its members by protecting their rights at work and achieving better wages and conditions. The union is an amalgamation of several Australian unions and formed as the AMACSU in 1993 (but has been trading as ASU since 1991). In 1991, the Municipal Officers' Association, the Australian Transport Officers' Federation and the Technical Services Guild of Australia amalgamated to form the Australian Municipal, Transport, Energy, Water, Ports, Community & Information Services Union (which traded as the ASU). In 1992, the Australian Social Welfare Union, the West Australian Railway Officers Association and the Australian Shipping and Travel Officers Association amalgamated with the ASU. In 1993, the Federated Clerks' Union and the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union amalgamated with the ASU, creating the union in its present form, as AMACSU. In 2024, the AMACSU's estimated membership is 135000.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection is comprised of two series. Series A is comprised of newsletters, reports, meeting minutes, correspondence and other documents from 1983 to 1994 relating to the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union under the former name of Australian Social Welfare Union and trading name of Australian Services Union. Series B is comprised of original drafts and photocopies of cartoons from the cartoonist Gaynor Alma Cardew. These cartoons were commissioned by the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union under the former name of Municipal Officers' Association of Australia and the trading name of Australian Services Union.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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 Social Welfare Union (Subject)
- Municipal Officers' Association (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, KM, 10-Oct-2024.