A series of meetings was held in early 1880 which led to the formation of the New South Wales Typographical Association on 15 June 1882.
[2] The organisation achieved some notoriety for boycotting The Dawn for employing non-union labor – women, who they refused to permit to join the association.
[3]: 204 On 13 August 1890, the Western Star and Roma Advertiser newspaper of Toowoomba, Queensland reported that one Miss Hill, employed by a Printer named Mr Jarrett of Clarence Street, was refused admittance to the union.
[4] On 6 May 1902, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that "the monthly board meeting of the New South Wales Typographical Association was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday night The president (Mr T W Spicer) occupied the chair.
Messrs. George Watkins and J A Fraser were appointed delegates to the eight-hour demonstration committee, and the inaugural loan of £4 was voted.