Minute book of the Relief Works Regulation Committee

MLMSS 3760/Box 1X

fonds

1938-1939

9665294

0.30 metres of textual material (1 volume in outsize box)

In 1937 the Relief Works Regulation Committee was set up under the administration of the Department of Works and Local Government. Unemployed people were able to apply to the committee for consideration in being provided employment through relief work.

Edwin Albert Barker was Conciliation Commissioner and Senior Conciliation Commissioner of N.S.W., 1943-1958. He later became an industrial consultant.

References:
"NO GENERAL REIN STATEMENT ON RELIEF SCHEME", The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder, August 3, 1937, p. 4. Accessed 8 July 2022. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99461503
"AGY-3076. Department of Works and Local Government. 01-02-1936 to 02-06-1941", State Archives & Records NSW, Accessed 8 July 2022.
https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ORGANISATIONS1002600
Barker, Edwin Albert. "Edwin Albert Barker Papers, 1921-1963", 1921, MLMSS 739, State Library of NSW. Accessed 8 July 2022. https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88GZLLn
Library acquisition file

This volume consists of the minutes of discussion about men who applied to the Relief Works Regulation Committee. It includes information on the applicant's living situation, age, health, previous employment, marital status, number of children and address. It also includes whether the applicant had already done relief work or received food relief. The decision to grant work relief or not is mentioned.

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