Maurice Blackburn & Co.


Name: MAURICE BLACKBURN & CO. 
Activity: Lawyers 
Date Range: 1923–1968 
Quantity: 1117 archives boxes 
Description: Deeds and case files. File numbers held: 20 000–25 000. Boxes 1178–1395. 
Listed: Not listed 
Accession Number: 72 / 58 
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    Accession Number: 72/58

    Name: MAURICE BLACKBURN & CO.
    Sex:Group: Business, organisations

    Activity:Lawyers

    Location:Carlton

    Historical Note: The prominent legal firm was established by Victorian-born lawyer and socialist Maurice Blackburn (1880–1944) in 1921. Blackburn was a Labor member of both the Victorian (1914–33) and Federal (1934–43) Parliaments. The firm has specialised in trade union and workers' compensation cases and has become the largest industrial law practice in Australia. In 1999 it merged with the Sydney firm of Peter Cashman to become Maurice Blackburn Cashman.

    Earliest Date: 1923
    Latest Date: 1968
    Access: Restricted
    Quantity: 1117 archives boxes

    Description: Deeds and case files. File numbers held: 20 000–25 000. Boxes 1178–1395.

    Persons:

    Organisations:

    Places:Melbourne

    Subjects:Law
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    Industrial relations
    Workers' compensation

    Listed: Not listed
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Name: MAURICE BLACKBURN & CO. 
Activity: Lawyers 
Date Range: 1923–1968 
Quantity: 141.12 m. 
Description: Deeds and case files. File numbers held: 1–20 000. 
Listed: Not listed 
Accession Number: 70 / 3 
UM Number:

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    Accession Number: 70/3

    Name: MAURICE BLACKBURN & CO.
    Sex: Group: Business, organisations

    Activity: Lawyers

    Location: Carlton

    Historical Note: The prominent legal firm was established by Victorian-born lawyer and socialist Maurice Blackburn (1880–1944) in 1921. Blackburn was a Labor member of both the Victorian (1914–33) and Federal (1934–43) Parliaments. The firm has specialised in trade union and workers' compensation cases and has become the largest industrial law practice in Australia. In 1999 it merged with the Sydney firm of Peter Cashman to become Maurice Blackburn Cashman.

    Earliest Date: 1923
    Latest Date: 1968
    Access: Restricted
    Quantity: 141.12 m.

    Description: Deeds and case files. File numbers held: 1-20,000.

    Persons:

    Organisations:

    Places: Melbourne

    Subjects: Law
    Workers' compensation
    Industrial relations

    Listed: Not listed
    UM Number: