Amalgamated Society of Engineers' minute book

Amalgamated Society of Engineers, No. 1 Australian Branch

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Amalgamated Society of Engineers' minute book

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Amalgamated Society of Engineers, No. 1 Australian Branch

Abstract

The minute book records the establishment of the ‘No. 1 Australian Branch’ of the British union when a group of twenty-six members held a meeting on board the Frances Walker en route to Sydney on 8 October 1852. The second meeting was held at the Castle Tavern in George Street, Sydney on 30 October. The minute book is listed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.