Summary

This collection of papers from the Townsville subcommittee of the Association of Employers of Waterside Labour (AEWL) is concerned with the operation of firms and employer groups working in both sea-going and shore-based activities of the stevedoring industry.

In addition to log books and minutes reflecting normal day-to-day port management in the period 1956 to 1975, there are reports and transcripts of cases involving the stevedore industry heard before the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission between 1943 and 1983, and an index of cases dealing with the maritime industry from 1905-1954.