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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
Series Created By Agency:
NS788 Correspondence, Minutes and associated Records01 Jan 191831 Dec 1977

NS3662 Branch Records and Proceedings01 Jan 192431 Dec 2002

NS3665 State Conference and Convention Proceedings01 Jan 192731 Dec 1994

NS3667 Membership Material, Rules Books and Meeting Attendance Records01 Jan 193331 Dec 1996

NS1630 Records of the Australian Labor Party.01 Jan 193731 Dec 1993

NS3668 Printed Matter01 Jan 193731 Dec 1996

NS113 Labor Party Papers01 Feb 193731 Dec 1946

NS3695 Scrapbooks01 Jan 193931 Dec 1974

NS5940 Minutes of Meetings - Labor Women's Executive05 Jan 193923 Feb 1974

NS923 Correspondence Files and associated Papers01 Jan 194031 Dec 1982

NS5939 Photographs collected by Kath Venn Which Show Labor Party Activities01 Jan 194131 Dec 1970

NS566 Minutes, Correspondence and associated Papers of Various Branches01 Jan 194531 Dec 1977

NS3670 Working Files of Sitting Members and Parliamentary Candidates01 Jan 194631 Dec 1996

NS947 Burnie Branch Alp, Minutes and Correspondence and Reminiscences of Horace a Rnold (Jim) Lane01 May 194831 Dec 1976

NS3664 Records of Various State and National Focus Groups, Committees and Tribunals01 Jan 196031 Dec 1999

NS3669 National Conference and Convention Proceedings01 Jan 196031 Dec 1997

NS994 Correspondence and associated Papers01 Jan 196431 Dec 1980

NS3672 Election Campaign Material and Pre-Election Policy Documents01 Jan 197031 Dec 1998

NS838 Records of the Taroona Branch of the Australian Labor Party01 Jan 197631 Dec 1979

NS6858 Correspondence Files of the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)01 Jan 197631 Dec 1980

NS6859 Correspondence Files of N.L.C Batt, National President Alp. 1978-198001 Jan 197731 Dec 1980

NS1816 Records of Various Affiliated Trade Unions01 Jan 197931 Dec 1998

NS3687 Financial Records01 Jan 198831 Dec 1998

NS3663 Correspondence01 Jan 199031 Dec 1995

NS3694 Copies of Statements and Speeches given by the Prime Minister, Paul Keating21 Aug 199031 Aug 1995