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Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975

This project consists of brief biographical entries on activists who made a significant but hitherto unrecorded or under-recorded contribution to the labour movement's history. [Read More]

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  1. Aarons, Eric John (1919–2019) political activist
  2. Aarons, Jane (1874–1941) political activist
  3. Aarons, Laurence (Laurie) (1917–2005) political activist
  4. Aarons, Samuel (Sam) (1895–1971) radical activist and communist
  5. Abfalter, John Ignatius (Jack) (1881–1967) trade union official
  6. Aikens, Thomas (Tom) (1900–1985) politician
  7. Ainsworth, William (1875–1945) politician
  8. Aitken, Allan Dunlop (1889–1974) trade union official
  9. Alagich, Joseph (Joe) (1891–1982) coalminer
  10. Alagich, Marin Martin (Mick) (1919–2008) schoolteacher
  11. Alexander, Hal (1902–1990) dancer and trade-union official
  12. Allan, George (1883–1928) coal miner
  13. Allen, Douglas (Doug) (?–?) trade union official
  14. Allen, Lela Laura (Lily) (1899–1990) shorthand typist and Labor activist
  15. Allen, Robert Goligtly (1899–1969) coalminer
  16. Amor, John Squire (Jack) (1863–?) shearer
  17. Anderson, Alec E. (?–?) lithographer and trade union official
  18. Anderson, Andrew (Andy) (?–?) miner
  19. Anderson, Charles Henry (Carl) (1860–1934) trade union official
  20. Anderson, Charles Wilson (1918–2009) trade union official and politician
  21. Anderson, Florence (1871–1949) trade union official
  22. Anderson, Irene Joyce (Doddy) (1917–1985) clerk and Labor activist
  23. Anderson, Joseph Edward (Joe) (1915–1986) house painter and union official
  24. Anderson, Kathleen Harris (Kath) (1921–1996) politician and political organiser
  25. Anderson, Keith William (1916–1965) labor politician
  26. Anderson, Selina Sarah (Senie) (1878–1964) parliamentary candidate and trade unionist
  27. Andrews, Leonard (1873–1962) shoemaker and trade union official
  28. Anear, Richard Arnold (Dick) (1920–2003) meatworker and trade union official
  29. Anlezark, Claude Hamilton (1886–1978) coalminer and trade union official
  30. Anthes, Harold Neil (Tommy) (1922–1994) carpenter and trade union official
  31. Antony, Ernest Ross (1894–1960) radical working-class poet
  32. Apap, George (1939–?) trade union official
  33. Apthorp, John Victor (1904–1992) sailor, communist
  34. Archer, George Stacher (1881–1956) labor politician
  35. Ardagh, Richard George (Dick) (1871–1931) labor politician
  36. Armfield, Thomas Gummersal (Tom) (1851–1931) labor politician
  37. Arnold, Charles Edward (Charlie) (1903–1981) trade union official
  38. Arnot, Jean Fleming (1903–1995) librarian, trade unionist, and women’s rights activist
  39. Arrowsmith, Edward (Ted) (1901–1987) trade union official
  40. Arter, John Joseph (Jack) (1904–1973) trade union official
  41. Ashford, Charles (1864–1943) shearer, gaoled trade unionist, bootmaker
  42. Ashmore, Edward Thomas (Ted) (1897–1976) trade union official
  43. Ashton, George Corbett (1860–1918) trade union official
  44. Atcheson, Robert (1829–1858) miner
  45. Aubin, Edward (Ted) (1872–1943) coalminer and trade union official
  46. Audley, Thomas (Tom) (1892–1982) shop assistant
  47. Bailey, Eunice Mary (1900–1958) community activist
  48. Bailey, John William (1863–1936) miner, trade union official
  49. Baines, Sarah Jane (Jennie) (1866–1951) feminist
  50. Baird, Mabel Harriet (1883–1970) schoolteacher and Communist activist
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