Agency:
Australian Labor Party, Tasmanian Branch
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1903
Description:
The Labor Party began in Tasmania in 1903 when four MHAs, three from the mining west coast, established a pledged Labor Party, which held its first conference at Hobart that June, attended by the federal leader, JC Watson. John Earle, a miner and blacksmith, became the Party's first parliamentary leader, with journalist WA Woods its first secretary.
Information Sources:
The Companion to Tasmanian History - Online edition http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Labor%20Party.htm
Functions Performed:
Government and politics
Related Agencies:
Kathleen (Kath) Venn (NG3479) | 12 Nov 1926 | 26 May 2019 |
Parliamentary Labor Party - Tasmania (NG965) | 01 Jan 1934 |
Neil Batt (NG603) | 01 Jan 1940 |
Democratic Socialists, Tasmania (NG3275) | 06 Aug 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS788 Correspondence, Minutes and associated Records | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1977 |
NS3662 Branch Records and Proceedings | 01 Jan 1924 | 31 Dec 2002 |
NS3665 State Conference and Convention Proceedings | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1994 |
NS3667 Membership Material, Rules Books and Meeting Attendance Records | 01 Jan 1933 | 31 Dec 1996 |
NS1630 Records of the Australian Labor Party. | 01 Jan 1937 | 31 Dec 1993 |
NS3668 Printed Matter | 01 Jan 1937 | 31 Dec 1996 |
NS113 Labor Party Papers | 01 Feb 1937 | 31 Dec 1946 |
NS3695 Scrapbooks | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1974 |
NS5940 Minutes of Meetings - Labor Women's Executive | 05 Jan 1939 | 23 Feb 1974 |
NS923 Correspondence Files and associated Papers | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1982 |
NS5939 Photographs collected by Kath Venn Which Show Labor Party Activities | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1970 |
NS566 Minutes, Correspondence and associated Papers of Various Branches | 01 Jan 1945 | 31 Dec 1977 |
NS3670 Working Files of Sitting Members and Parliamentary Candidates | 01 Jan 1946 | 31 Dec 1996 |
NS947 Burnie Branch Alp, Minutes and Correspondence and Reminiscences of Horace a Rnold (Jim) Lane | 01 May 1948 | 31 Dec 1976 |
NS3664 Records of Various State and National Focus Groups, Committees and Tribunals | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1999 |
NS3669 National Conference and Convention Proceedings | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1997 |
NS994 Correspondence and associated Papers | 01 Jan 1964 | 31 Dec 1980 |
NS3672 Election Campaign Material and Pre-Election Policy Documents | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1998 |
NS838 Records of the Taroona Branch of the Australian Labor Party | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1979 |
NS6858 Correspondence Files of the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1980 |
NS6859 Correspondence Files of N.L.C Batt, National President Alp. 1978-1980 | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1980 |
NS1816 Records of Various Affiliated Trade Unions | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1998 |
NS3687 Financial Records | 01 Jan 1988 | 31 Dec 1998 |
NS3663 Correspondence | 01 Jan 1990 | 31 Dec 1995 |
NS3694 Copies of Statements and Speeches given by the Prime Minister, Paul Keating | 21 Aug 1990 | 31 Aug 1995 |