IEUTAS History

The IEUTAS came into being as the TCEEA at its inaugural meeting held at St Finn Barr's School on the 10th December 1983 and changed its name to IEUTAS in October 2006.

At that meeting an interim Committee of Management was set up consisting of Chris Shirley (President), Michael Tong-Lee (Vice President), Chris Smallbane (Secretary/Treasurer), Dorothy Herbert, John Crowson, Bev James, Elaine Doran, Marlene Hanlon, Sr Majella Kelly and Tony Webb. On medical advice Mr John Crowson resigned and his place was taken by Andrew Naylor.

The first elections for positions on the C.O.M. for the TCEEA were held in March 1984 and as a result the following took office:

Chris Shirley (President), Tony Webb (Vice President), Michael Tong-Lee (Secretary/Treasurer) and seven C.O.M. ordinary members Sr Majella Kelly, Dorothy Herbert, Chris Smallbane, Michael Tong-Lee, Bev James, Chris Shirley and Michael Gill.

Subsequently Andrew Naylor and Peter Bevilacqua filled the vacancies for the ordinary members of the C.O.M. left by Chris Shirley and Michael Tong-Lee.

The first office space leased by the TCEEA in June 1984 was Room 11 at the Trades Hall, 'Carolside' managed by the then T.T.L.C. Secretary Mr Robert Watling later Commissioner Watling.

The TCEEA affiliated as a member of the Independent Teachers Federation of Australia (ITFA) in July 1990 and subsequently affiliated as a branch of the Independent Teachers Federation (ITF) in March 1993 which became the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU) on the 10th September 1993.

At present the IEU's affiliated branches consist of:

The Queensland Independent Education Union (QIEU)

The New South Wales/ACT Independent Education Union NSW/ACT (IEU)

The Victorian Independent Education Union (VIEU)

The Independent Education Union of South Australia (IEU SA)

The Independent Education Union of Western Australia (IEU WA)

The Tasmanian Catholic Education Employees Association (TCEEA)

The Tasmanian Independent Schools Teachers Association (TISTA)<

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