Maggie Niven studied singing at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and worked for 7 years for JC Williamsons and the Tate Brothers promoting performing arts. In 1978 she was appointed secretary to Kevin Murray at the Australian Federation of Credit Union Leagues and subsequently editor for more than five years of the Australian Credit Union Magazine.
She managed all AFCUL Conventions, instituted the Australian Credit Union Marketing Awards, assisted the inaugural working group of the Institute of Credit Union Directors and was the Executive Officer of the Australian Foundation for International Credit Union Development. She returned to the music business in 1990.
Maggie Niven provided an oral history interview for the credit union movement in 1991 when she was interviewed by Richard Raxworthy.
Historically how groundbreaking was the merger between Heritage Bank and People’s Choice? It is true that historical building societies have merged with credit unions, but it appears that it is rare
A new book called A History of Australian Co-operatives 1827-2023 that we were pleased to help with has recently been published. Authored by friends of ours from the University of Sydney Co-operatives
Here is the latest edition of the Archives Newsletter..........
