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The United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia was formed in 1895. It's headquarters were established in Melbourne, in the facilities of the Commercial Travellers' Association of Victoria, which was formed in 1880. Affiliated organisations also existed in South Australia, which was the first to be established in 1866, New South Wales (1883), Queensland (1884), Western Australia (1896) and Tasmania (1900).[1]

A brief note in the Brisbane Courier at the time of Incorporation in 1905 states the constitution was unanimously adopted by all associations at large public meetings.[2]

"On July 11, 1907—that sounds almost in the dim ages—the very first paid-for telephone con­ versation on the newly opened Sydney-Melboume trunk line was between the C.T.As. of New South Wales and Victoria, and it cost 6/- for three minutes.[3]

South Australia still going: http://www.cta.org.au/

Publications

Branches of the CTA produced a number of publications throughout it's history, which were eventually amalgamated in to a federal newspaper called "The Australian Traveller." Other titles included:

  • The Traveller
  • Road and Sea
  • The Commercial
  • The Australian Traveller
  • The Australasian Traveller
  • Australia To-Day

International connections

  • New Zealand
  • Great Britain
  • Canada
  • South Africa


Significant Buildings

File:Facade of Commerce House, Flinders Street Melbourne, circa 1938.jpg
Facade of Commerce House on Flinders Street in Melbourne

Notable members and Office bearers

  • the Association’s Patron, Mr. E. T. Smith, M.P., who was then Mayor of Adelaide.
  • Mr James Davies

Closure

The organisation was wound up in 2014. Nic Price reported in the Melbourne Leader that the Victorian branch donated more than $500,000 to charities[4].

Digital archive held by the University of Melbourne

References

  1. ^ West, C.A.M. "Fifty years of development : the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia Limited". State Library of Victoria. United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ "COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER'S ASSOCIATION". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXII, , no. 14, 855. Queensland, Australia. 22 August 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ West, C.A.M. "Fifty years of development : the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia Limited". State Library of Victoria. United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ^ Price, Nic (30 June 2014). "Commercial Travellers Association of Victoria calls it quits by donating more than $500,000 to charities". Melbourne Leader.
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