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2014 the building was re-opened by Michael O'Connor, the national secretary of the combined CFMEU National Divisions. At the official reopening he unveiled a plaque bearing the inscription "Back in the Hands of those who built it". The building now not only houses the CFMEU, but is regularly used by like-minded organisations as a meeting venue.
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Western Australia so that the building would once again be used for its intended purpose of trade union business. A significant renovation process was undertaken by union workers restoring the building as far as possible to its original condition, with modern facilities provided for staff. On 29 June
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In 1985 the building was sold and became the Delaney Gallery. The WA Heritage Council has listed it as Heritage Place No. 8783: Delaney Gallery (Trades Hall). A 2010 photograph in the register shows that the name "Trades Hall" has been reinstated above the portico.
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Unity is strength : a history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999
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Design and construction of the original trades hall building was largely due to the efforts of
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became general secretary of the Australian Labour Federation, as the TLC was then called.
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A new "Perth Trades Hall", at Unity House, 77-79 Stirling Street, was opened on
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Perth WA : API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University.
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on 8 August 1911. The hall was officially opened on 20 April 1912 by
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2000. It provided offices and meeting rooms for trade unions, the
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and other community and political groups. The TLC, now known as
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movement. The building is now the WA headquarters of the
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Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
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State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Perth
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Perth
Western Australia
Coordinates
31°56′59″S 115°51′46″E / 31.949780°S 115.862720°E / -31.949780; 115.862720 (Perth Trades Hall)
Western Australia Heritage Register
8783
trades hall
Perth
trade union
Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
Trades and Labour Council
Alick McCallum
Ernest Henshaw
Beaufort Street
Scotch College
Andrew Fisher
John Scaddan
premier of Western Australia
May Day
Australian Labor Party
UnionsWA
United Voice
CFMEU
"The Perth Trades Hall"
The West Australian
Image Details - Trades Hall, west elevation
"Trades Hall back with union"
Archived
ISBN

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