If you want to read more about the ANF(Vic), a list of readings is presented (resources). These readings have been used as reference material for this website. They consist of archival material, such as photographs taken at the time or contemporary writing, recent academic studies and authoritative websites.

The authors of this website have written two papers based on a recent case study of the ANF(Vic). For copyright reasons, we are unable to present the published articles but the journal editors have allowed us to present similar versions. We would like to thank the editors for their generosity. The first is a Report to the union (download article). The second is a journal article (download article).

For the published version, please refer to: James L. Tierney and Christina Cregan, “Strategy and Structure in a Successful Organising Union: The Transformational Role of Branch Secretaries in the Australian Nursing Federation, Victorian Branch, 1989–2009,” Labour History 104 (May 2013): 149–170.

We have also reproduced some contemporary commentaries of events from the archives:

Title: Nurses at war (the Great War)
Date: 2012
Source: Archives of the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) Library

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Title: Brief History of the ANF(Vic)
Date: 1990?
Source: Archives of the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) Library

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Title: Dedication doesn't pay the rent: The story of the 1986 Victorian nurses' strike, Liz Ross, Socialist Action
Date: 1987
Source: Archives of the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) Library

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Title: Celebrating the spirit of the 1986 strike, 1996
Date: 1996
Source: Archives of the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) Library

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A 'Blueprint' for Union Organising

Multiplying the membership in the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) 1989-2012

Further Reading