Railway Unions in Australia organised labour of railway employees in Australia operated under federal and State awards - this is a partial list of known unions. Many of the unions amalgamated over time, creating a complex trail of ancestry for some of the later unions.
The following unions were based on federal - Australian wide awards
Association of Railway Professional Officers of Australia (1921 - )
Australian Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1926 - 1927)
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (ii) (1927 - 1993)
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Commonwealth Division (1925 - 1970)
Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union, RTBU (1993 - )
Australian Railways Union, ARU (1921 - 1993)
Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association (i) (1934 - 1950)
Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association (ii) (1950 - 1993)
Australian Tramway Employees Association (1910 - 1934)
Commonwealth Engine Drivers & Firemens Association of Australia (1918 - 1925)
Commonwealth Railway Officers Association (1917 - 1950)
Federated Tramways Officers Association (1920 - 1949)
National Union of Rail Workers of Australia (1982 - 1993)
National Union of Railwaymen of Australia (i) (1933)
National Union of Railwaymen of Australia (ii) (1938 - 1982)
Australian Railways Union - N.S.W. Branch
Australian Railways Union - South Australian Branch
Australasian Society of Engineers - South Australia
Australian Railways Union - Tasmanian Branch
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (Victorian Division)
Australian Railways Union - Victoria
Victorian Railways Transportation Employees Association (1906 - 1950)
Train & Locomotive Drivers Association of Victoria (2017 - )
Some of the following unions were the railway related unions in Western Australia.
Association of Draughting Supervisory and Technical Employees Union
Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees (see below, Western Australian...)
Australian Railways Union (Western Australian Branch)
Railway Industry Council
Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union
Western Australian Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees' Union of Workers
Western Australian Association of State Railway Employees
Locomotive Engine Drivers’ Firemen’s and Cleaners’ Union of Western Australian
(earlier known as West Australian Locomotive Engine Drivers Firemens and Cleaners Union of Workers)
West Australian Railway Officers’ Union
Western Australian Railway Unions Joint Executive
West Australian Vehicle Builders’ Industrial Union of Workers
Records and archives
The Noel Butlin Archives Centre at Australian National University is one of the more significant repositories of railway union records in Australia
