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.
Open Access - A History of Australian Co-operatives 1827-2023In fantastic news for the advance of knowledge and the promotion of co-operatives and mutuals in Australia, the recent book by Greg
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Australian customer owned banks have had an association with Bridges Financial Services since 1985. The above newly digitised 16mm film of ANSWCU’s (Association of NSW Credit Unions) May 1988 video
