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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Colonial and Indian Exhibition certificate
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Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s float
Photographer: 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.
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Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s float
Photographer: not known
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.
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Eight Hour Day - Operative Stonemasons’ Society of Australia’s Sydney banner
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A 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.
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King George V Memorial
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Designed 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.
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Photograph of the Operative Stonemasons' Society Eight Hour Day float
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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.
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Winners, 1st prize, Trades Display competition, Eight Hour Day demonstration
Photographer: Hall and Co.
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Winners, 2nd prize, Trades Display competition, Eight Hour Day demonstration
Photographer: Hall and Co.

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