Australian Journalists Association

The Australian Journalists Association (AJA) was an Australian trade union for journalists from 1910–1992.[1][2]

In 1913 the Australian Journalists' Association merged with the Australian Writers' and Artists' Union.[3] This union had been formed in 1910,[4][5] launched on 9 September of that year in the Sydney Trades Hall by Harold Mercer[6] (1882–1952), also known as Harold St Aubyn, a prolific writer who was involved in the creation of 28 new unions in total.[7]

On 18 May 1992 it amalgamated with Actors' Equity and the Australian Theatrical and Amusement Employees' Association to create the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.[8] The AJA section is now known as MEAA Media.[9]

  1. ^ Sparrow, Geoffrey E; Sparrow, Geoff; Australian Journalists' Association (1960), Crusade for journalism : official history of the Australian Journalists Association, The Association, retrieved 26 January 2012
  2. ^ Lloyd, C. J. (Clement John) (1985), Profession - journalist : a history of the Australian Journalists' Association, Hale & Iremonger, ISBN 978-0-86806-227-3
  3. ^ "Mutch, Thomas Davies, 1885-1958". NSW Parliamentarians. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ Darian-Smith, K.; Waghorne, J. (2019). The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939. Melbourne University Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 978-0-522-87290-3. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Australian Writers and Artists Union". The Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Australian Writers and Artists' Union". Daily Herald. Vol. 1, no. 191. South Australia. 14 October 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 13 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Harold Mercer". AustLit. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  8. ^ "25 years and going strong". MEAA. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. ^ "MEAA Media". MEAA. Retrieved 6 September 2017.