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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. Bailey, Eunice Mary (1900–1958) community activist
  2. Bailey, John William (1863–1936) miner, trade union official
  3. Baines, Sarah Jane (Jennie) (1866–1951) feminist
  4. Baird, Mabel Harriet (1883–1970) schoolteacher and Communist activist
  5. Baird, William John (Jack) (1901–1981) rubber-worker and trade union leader
  6. Baker, Clarence Wilbur (Carl) (1888–1967) optometrist and editor
  7. Baker, George Chitty (1858–1942) printer and trade union leader
  8. Baker, John Simms (Jack) (1908–2001) trade union leader, folk singer and author
  9. Baldwin, Laurence Fogarty (Laurie) (1920–1985) miner and trade union leader
  10. Baratto, Ernesto (Ernie) (1902–1974) canecutter and communist
  11. Barber, George Phillips (1863–1938) seaman and politician
  12. Barclay, Hilda Violet (1905–1997) schoolteacher and trade union leader
  13. Barclay, Phillip Charles (Phil) (1898–1953) carpenter and trade union leader
  14. Baritz, Moses (1883–1938) journalist, lecturer, and music critic
  15. Barklay, Ronald (1921–2009) seaman and trade unionist
  16. Barlow, Charles Medland (Charley) (1872–1902) compositor and trade union leader
  17. Barnes, Leslie Thomas (Les) (1905–1994) printer, communist and historian
  18. Barnett, William Diggory (1875–1940) printer and trade union leader
  19. Barras, Andrew (Andy) (1897–1971) plumber and communist
  20. Barrett, Sydney Thomas (Ivo) (1907–1980) wharf labourer and trade union leader
  21. Barringer, Ethel (1883–1925) artist, teacher and peace activist
  22. Barrington, Joyce (Joy) (1902–?) Communist activist
  23. Barron, Evelyn (1898–1985) politician
  24. Barry, William Peter (1859–1939) labourer and trade union leader
  25. Barty, Alexander George (1903–1968) boilermaker and trade union leader
  26. Bass, George Philip (1900–1962) clerk and trade union leader
  27. Batho, Thomas (Tom) (1869–1932) printer and Socialist activist
  28. Batterham, Joyce Florence (1916–2006) clerk and communist
  29. Beard, Henry Elisha (Harry) (1866–1910) labor politician
  30. Beardsworth, George Roy (1888–1939) storeman and trade union leader
  31. Beattie, Robert (1860–1910) mechanical draftsman, anarchist, labourer, writer
  32. Beattie, William (Bill) (1886–1972) gaoled IWW member
  33. Beckwith, John Allen (1863–1926) butcher and trade union leader
  34. Beddie, Mary (1856–1933) shopkeeper and Labor Party activist
  35. Beddows, John (1828–1902) boilermaker and trade union leader
  36. Beeby, Doris Isabel (1894–1948) trade union official
  37. Beeson, Walter Percy (1903–1983) trade union secretary
  38. Behan, John Joseph (Jack) (1876–1947) driver and trade union leader
  39. Beitz, John Christian (Jack) (1905–1967) wharf labourer and trade union leader
  40. Belfrage, Henry (1842–1928) seaman, trade union leader
  41. Bell, Thomas Barrett (1899–1976) waterside worker, drover and Communist
  42. Bell, Thomas Henry (1883–1964) printer and trade union leader
  43. Bellotti, Charles (Charlie) (1864–1950) seaman and trade unionist
  44. Belpitt, John Charles (Charley) (1858–1923) watchman, bootmaker and trade unionist
  45. Belton, Philip (1896–1966) journalist and trade union leader
  46. Bennett, Christopher James (Chris) (1867–1930) trade union leader
  47. Bennett, David Monash (1924–1984) school principal, Labor Party official
  48. Bennett, Patrick John (Paddy) (1866–1944) journalist and trade union leader
  49. Bennett, William James (Billy) (1858–1934) shearer and trade union leader
  50. Benson, John (1928–2017) seaman and trade union leader
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