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Green bans

Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association (FEDFA), New South Wales Branch

The following files specifically relate to green bans, but there may be other relevant items within FEDFA NSW deposit 1 (N72) and FEDFA NSW deposit 2 (N129)

N72/1234-1240Subject files: “Ecology” (1971-1980)

N72/1259Environmental issues (1971-1980)

N129/283 BLF – ROCKING THE FOUNDATIONS the story of the union that broke the rules, a film by Pat Fiske on the Green Bans in Sydney of the 1970s (1985-1986) (does not include copy of film)

N129/1429Subject file: Monorail (1986)

N129/1849Save Annandale Foreshore Environment/Save Rozelle Bay Campaign (Green Bans) (1985-1986)

N129/1850Save Our Bondi (Green Bans) (1985)

N129/1851Save Our Stages (Green Bans) (1984-1986)

N129/1852Save Seal Rocks (Green Bans) (1985)

N129/1942St Marks Road, Randwick (Green Bans) (1985)

N129/2141Wintergarden Action Committee – Wintergarden Theatre, Rose Bay (Green Bans) (1985-1987)

N129/2352Green Bans (1975)

N129/2353Green Bans - Current (1980-1984)

N129/2354Green Bans - Master (1975-1981)

N129/2355Green Bans - Regent Theatre (1984)

N129/2356Green Bans - Saint Marks Road Randwick (1984)

N129/2357Green Bans - Wintergarden Theatre (1982-1984)

Building Workers' Industrial Union (BWIU) New South Wales Branch

Building Workers' Industrial Union New South Wales Branch deposit 1 (Z291) contains a variety of items, mostly Building Trades Group (BTG) files, relating to green bans and requests for green bans from the 1970s to the 1990s, mostly in Sydney. These included: Callan Park, Wolloomolloo Finger Wharf, Glebe Gully, Coogee Beach, Riley's Island, the Rocks, Victoria Point / Kings Cross, Belmore, Londonderry, and the Radiata Plateau development at Katoomba.

A small selection of items have been digitised, including:

Z291/Carton 408: Artist's impression of Victoria Point development, c. 1975. Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293575

Z291/Carton 394: Illustration of proposed surfing amenities complex at Coogee Beach (c. 1975). Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293571

 

Z291/Carton 364: Callan Park flyer, 1989. Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293572

Z291/Carton 364: Riley's Island flyer, c. 1975. Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293570

Z291/Carton 364: Article by Anthony M Paul about the Rocks development, 1973. Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293574

Builders' Labourers' Federation (BLF), Victorian Branch

Z398/Box 40: Subject files, c. 1980s, including some relating to proposed green ban sites, including: City Baths; Middle Brighton Baths; Peanut Farm Reserve (1983); proposed Wheat Board Building, Royal Parade, North, Parkville (1980), and various other Carlton Association files

Z398/Box 51: Posters and campaign material

Z398/Box 51 Gippsland Lakes campaign poster (1986). Digital copy available at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293595

Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union, New South Wales (Frank Bollins) deposit

N386-124: Environment: Rocks development, Railways, Green bans, Sand mining, Hunter region, Riley's Island, NW Expressway (1973 - 1979)