| Call Number |
MN 1327 |
| Physical description |
1 m. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference, not for loan. |
| Cite As |
Battye Library, MN 1327, Papers of Patrick Laurence (Paddy) Troy, ACC 4154A, 4779A, 8339A |
| Biography/history |
Communist trade union leader. Signed on as ordinary seaman on the "Eucla" in 1924 and joined the Seamen's Union. Subsequently became a member of the Coastal Dock Rivers and Harbour Works Union and was Secretary of that Union and its successors for 25 years. Retired from the Maritime Workers Union in 1973. Became Communist Party member in 1924. Imprisoned for his political beliefs in 1940. Travelled to USSR and was active in the USSR-Australia Society. Instrumental in the foundation of the Trades and Labour Council in 1963. |
| Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1327) |
| Summary |
Badges, 1939-1973. Certificates, 1906, 1915, 1917, 1941. Constitutions, 1954, 1973. Correspondence, 1948-1978. Diaries, 1965-1978. Files, 1921-1978. Newspaper cuttings, 1973-1978. Photographs, 1960-1974 (includes photographs and postcards taken and bought in the USSR). Publications, 1972, 1937. Scrapbooks, 1936-1938. Union due books, 1937-1966. |
| Subjects |
Troy, Paddy, 1908-1978 -- Archives.
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Eucla (Steamship)
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Labor leaders -- Australia -- Archives.
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Communists -- Australia -- Archives.
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Sailors -- Australia -- Archives.
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| Related names |
Seamen's Union of Australia.
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Coastal Dock Rivers and Harbour Works Union.
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Maritime Workers' Union of Western Australia.
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Communist Party of Australia.
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Australia-U.S.S.R. Society.
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Trades and Labor Council of Western Australia.
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