Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia
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The union was formed in 1918 and registered in 1919 with the amalgamation of state-based societies in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The Society was deregistered in 1991.
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ANU Archive Item Open Access Certificate to RA McAuley in Technical Arithmetic, Sydney Technical CollegePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access John J WarePhotographer: P. MurtonANU Archive Item Open Access King George V MemorialPhotographer: not knownDesigned by sculptor George Rayner Hoff and architect Harry Foskett, the bulk of the memorial was built in 1941. Both men died before its completion and John E. Moorfield was chosen to finish the structure which was not finished until 1943 due to delays caused by the second world war. The King George V memorial was erected by the people of Australia to commemorate the reign of King George V from May 1910 to January 1936.ANU Archive Item Open Access Photograph of group of stonemasons outside Central Railway Station, SydneyPhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Ballot box of the Operative Masons' and Bricklayers' Association, South Australia branchVarnished wooden box with brass hinges and a button on the side for opening and fastening the lid. Painted in gold and black on front is: 'O.M.B.A./ Ballet (sic) Box.'. On the top is a framed circular opening. Inside are two compartments and 75 voting marbles. 44 of the marbles are of pale clay, each with a unique pattern of coloured ink lines drawn on it. Of the remaining marbles, 32 are mottled brown and shiny and one is made of swirly black glass. Traditionally, white stones were chosen for acceptance, of a candidate or proposal, and black for rejection. The box also contains tickets for various fund-raising events in 1914 and 1915 in aid of wives and families of unemployed members of the Bricklayers' and Masons' Unions. The events include a Football Carnival and a Grand Entertainment with vaudeville and pictures. In the box are also a number of notes addressed to the Secretary, J. Gilbert Griffin, mostly about membership contributions. The initials O.M.B.A. indicate that the box was used by the Operative Masons' and Bricklayers' Association, which was a Trade Union registered under the provisions of the Trade Unions Act of 1876. In 1914, members proposed that the two societies separate. The Operative Masons' Society of South Australia, as it was first known, was formed in September 1914 and in 1918 became the South Australian branch of the Operative Stonemasons' Society of Australia. The organisation amalgamated with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union, South Australia branch in 1962.ANU Archive Item Open Access ANU Archive Item Open Access Certificate to Robert Alexander McAuley in Masonry, Sydney Technical CollegePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Photograph of the Operative Stonemasons' Society Eight Hour Day floatPhotographer: not knownThe stonemasons are noted as being the first organised group of workers anywhere in the world to achieve the 8-hour working day with no loss in pay.ANU Archive Item Open Access Intermediate certificate to RA McAuley in Applied Mechanics, Sydney Technical CollegePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s Sydney bannerPhotographer: not knownA large symbolic ‘8’ on one side of the Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s Sydney banner represents the eight-hour working day campaign. On the other side two local buildings, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Sydney University’s Great Hall, display the skills of the craft.ANU Archive Item Open Access Winners, 2nd prize, Trades Display competition, Eight Hour Day demonstrationPhotographer: Hall and Co.ANU Archive Item Open Access ANU Archive Item Open Access Grave of Edward William O'Sullivan at Rookwood Cemetery, erected by the people of NSW, 1912Photographer: John Heckley and CoANU Archive Item Open Access Eight Hour Day float outside Sydney Showground, Driver AvenuePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Certificate to Robert Alexander McAuley in Masonry, Sydney Technical CollegePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Eight Hour Day procession in NewcastlePhotographer: not knownANU Archive Item Open Access Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s floatPhotographer: Hall and Co.The stonemasons are noted as being the first organised group of workers anywhere in the world to achieve the 8-hour working day with no loss in pay. Posing outside the Royal Agricultural Society’s Sydney showground, the Stonemasons’ contingent displays two banners that proudly affirm this Society’s achievement.ANU Archive Item Open Access ANU Archive Item Open Access Winners, 1st prize, Trades Display competition, Eight Hour Day demonstrationPhotographer: Hall and Co.ANU Archive Item Open Access Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s floatPhotographer: not knownThe stonemasons are noted as being the first organised group of workers anywhere in the world to achieve the 8-hour working day with no loss in pay. Posing outside the Royal Agricultural Society’s Sydney showground, the Stonemasons’ contingent displays two banners that proudly affirm this Society’s achievement.