Mervyn Callaghan was the inaugural Secretary/Manager of the Queensland Police Credit Union 1964-1968, and inaugural Secretary/Treasurer Federation of the Australian Police Credit Unions; President, Queensland Credit Union League 1965-1968; inaugural Secretary/Treasurer Australian Federation of Credit Union Leagues and later Senior Vice-President; inaugural Secretary/ Treasurer South Pacific Confederation of Credit Union Leagues; founder of nine Queensland Credit Unions including Bardon Parish Credit Union and Editor and Publisher Queensland Credit Union Magazine. On 14 June 1982 he became a member of the Order of Australia 'In recognition of service to the community and trade unionism'.
He received the 1989 Kevin Yates Award for service to Credit Unions between 1964 and 1991.
Mervyn Callaghan provided an oral history interview for the credit union movement in 1987 when he was interviewed by Dermot Ryan.
Orange Credit Union will celebrate its 60th anniversary in December. It was registered as Email (Orange) Employees Credit Union after forming during a special meeting of Email (Orange) employees in
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
