1900s
Australia becomes a federation and Edmund Barton becomes the 1st Prime Minister of Australia
1902
Iron Trades Employers' Association (ITEA) of NSW becomes the first employer body to be registered under the Arbitration Act.
1905
A meeting in Queensland on February 2 resolves to form “an association of engineers and iron founders” and by the following month, the Ironmasters’ Association of Queensland (IAQ) is established.