Summary

This collection consists of the working files of the past organiser of the local branch, Mr Fred Thompson, for the period 1952-1976. It gives full coverage of every major industrial development in Queensland during this period, including the campaign of the Queensland branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union for autonomy from the English union, finally achieved in 1968, and its subsequent amalgamation with the Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society, the Sheetmetal Workers' Union and the Shipwrights' Union. The collection also includes the minute books of Townsville branch meetings from 1894 and old minute books from the Mackay, Ayr, Innisfail and Rockhampton branches.

This material can be read in conjunction with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' and Shipwrights' Union Archive (see Related URLs).