Meredith Burgmann
Academic, politician and political activist. Co-wrote, with Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the NSW Builders Labourers' Federation (UNSW Press, 1998).
Dr Burgmann's collection (N150) comprises 20 boxes of research files created during the writing of Green Bans.
N150/68: A rally for a royal commission: Who killed Juanita Nielsen - why have police covered up the facts (1977). Digital copy available at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293581
Joe Owens
Joseph (Joe) Owens was Secretary of the NSW Branch of the Australian Building Construction Employers' and Builders Labourers' Federation (ABCE & BLF) from 1973 to 1975 and along with the Branch leadership which included Jack Mundey and Bob Pringle, supported the BLF Green Bans. In 1975, Owens and other members of the NSW Branch leadership were expelled from the BLF by the federation's then federal secretary Norm Gallagher. Owens was also a Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemen's Association of Australasia (FEDFA) delegate and Senior Project Delegate of the Labour Council to the Darling Harbour Construction Project.
Z235/Boxes 1-3, 10-17, 32-33, 56-57, 62: various files and publications on Green Bans 1972-1975
A small selection of items have been digitised, including:
Z235/Box32: Proposed development site at Kings Cross (c. 1974). Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293230
Z235/Box 32: Victoria Street Rag (5 Jan 1974). Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293143
Z235/Box 56: Federal Branch of Australian Building Construction Employees' (ABCE) and Builders Labourers' Federation (BLF) in
New South Wales, Elizabeth Street Sydney (1974). Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293191
Z235/Box 32: Protect the people's environment, ABCE & BLF Victorian branch leaflet, in Italian and English (c. early 1970s). Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293544
Bob Pringle (ABCE&BLF- NSW Branch)
Bob Pringle was the president of the New South Wales Branch of the BLF in the late 1960s. As one of the leadership of the NSW Branch of the BLF, along with Jack Mundey and Joe Owens, Pringle was an active supporter of the 1971 green ban in Kelly’s Bush, Sydney. He was expelled from the BLF in 1975 and in 1996.
N279: Rough minute books of the NSW Branch of the BLF (1962-1967, 1969-1974)
Albert Langer
Albert Langer (also known as Arthur Dent) was a student activist at Monash University in the 1960s and 1970s during the Vietnam War years. He was involved with the Maoist faction at the university and a supporter of the Communist Party of Australia (Maoist-Leninist).
Z457/Box 27: BLF (1970-1977)
Z457/Box 27: Builders' Labourers Federation poster, c.1974. Digital copy at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/293591
Humphrey McQueen's interviews with union officials
N369/4: Lindsay Fraser, former CFMEU Assistant Divisional Secretary and National OH&S Officer, speaks of his family and personal background, working conditions, Green Bans, union activism and health and safety issues.
N369/10: Rob Owens, former BLF South Australian Branch Secretary, speaks of his personal background and family, union activism, union politics, Green Bans, Jack Mundey, working conditions, health and safety issues, and Prices and Income Accord.