A.T. Brodney


Name:  BRODNEY, ALFRED TENNYSON (1896-1984) 
Activity:  Lawyers 
Date Range:  1908-1971 
Quantity:  17 archives boxes 
Description:  The Victorian Society of Journeymen Brushmakers minutes 1922- 1925; Australian Brushmakers' Union minute book 1925-1928; Royal Commission into the State Coal Mines material 1923-1937; papers regarding property disputes 1935-1944; miscellaneous arbitration material 1939-1965; 40 Hour Wage Case files 1946-1947; Basic Female Wage Case 1948-1951; Federated Clerks' Union arbitration case files 1948-1951; Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees' Union case files 1957-1960; miscellanous union award decisions 1922-1971; reports 1933-1956; publications 1917-1957. 
Listed:  Yes listed 
Accession Number:  72 / 48 
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  • Details

    Accession Number: 72/48

    Name: BRODNEY, ALFRED TENNYSON (1896-1984)
    Sex: Male
    Group: Business, organisations

    Activity:Lawyers

    Location:Melbourne

    Historical Note: A.T. Brodney was born in Melbourne in 1896, the son of journalist Maurice Brodzky. He spent much of his early life in the United States, returning to Australia in 1918, whereupon he joined the Australian Socialist Party. In 1920 he helped to found the Communist Party of Australia and in 1924, with his wife May (nee Francis), assisted in re-establishing the defunct Melbourne branch. Disillusioned with the Party's increasingly doctrin- aire stance, both resigned from the Party in 1925. Brodney was employed as a clerk at the legal firm, Maurice Blackburn & Co. whilst studying law at the University of Melbourne. After graduating LL.B. in 1939, he began a long career in labour litigation, and became a senior partner in Balckburn's firm and later a solicitor to the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

    Earliest Date: 1908
    Latest Date: 1971
    Access: Open
    Quantity: 17 archives boxes

    Description: The Victorian Society of Journeymen Brushmakers minutes 1922- 1925; Australian Brushmakers' Union minute book 1925-1928; Royal Commission into the State Coal Mines material 1923-1937; papers regarding property disputes 1935-1944; miscellaneous arbitration material 1939-1965; 40 Hour Wage Case files 1946-1947; Basic Female Wage Case 1948-1951; Federated Clerks' Union arbitration case files 1948-1951; Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees' Union case files 1957-1960; miscellanous union award decisions 1922-1971; reports 1933-1956; publications 1917-1957.

    Persons:Blackburn, M.
    Storey, A.
    Wearne, P.B.
    Green, S.
    Young, Harold

    Organisations:Australian Brushmakers' Union
    Federated Clerks' Union
    Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees' Union
    Marice Blackburn and Co.

    Places:Melbourne
    Wonthaggi

    Subjects:Law
    Politics
    Mining
    Trade Union

    Listed: Yes listed
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