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Commercial Travellers' Association
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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsProfessional organisationsHistoryFormed in 1880, the Victorian Commercial Travellers' Association was established to improve the conditions of employment and residence of commercial travellers. Exerting a considerable influence within regional economies, commercial travellers represented one of the most mobile elements of the colonial workforce. A national body, the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia, was formed in 1895. The organisation ceased to operate in 2014.
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Object - Wooden ballot box with painted on front: CTA of Victoria Ballot Box", with slot at the top.
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Date1880-
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AcronymCTA
Commercial Travellers' Association (1880-). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 13/11/2024, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/59664