Minute book of the Sydney Herald Office Chapel

Treasures of the ANU Archives

The minute book of the Sydney Herald Office Chapel of the Sydney Typographical Association dates from December 1848, making it the earliest extant Australian trade union minute book. It is listed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.

This illustration on the opening page appears to replicate Jacques-Louis David's painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps.

This illustration on the opening page appears to replicate Jacques-Louis David's painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps.