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.
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Bertram, William (Billy)
(1875–1957)
labor politician
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Bessant, Bernard Bob
(1893–1941)
fitter and turner and Communist
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Bessant, Jean
(1883–1952)
cashier and political activist
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Best, Stephen (Steve)
(1899–1940)
coalminer
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Bevan, Stanley Charles
(1901–1987)
trade union leader and politician
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Biggers, Arthur
(1873–1949)
coalminer and auctioneer
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Bignold, Frank
(1863–1922)
journalist and trade union official
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Bird, Samuel (Sam)
(1868–1928)
coal miner
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Bird, Sidney (Sid)
(1871–1955)
miner, and trade union leader
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Bird, Victor Walker (Vic)
(1912–1997)
trade unionist, Communist leader
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Bird, William
(1899–1978)
seaman and trade union leader
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Birkinshaw, Alfred
(1889–1971)
trade union leader
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Bishop, Reginald (Reg)
(1913–1999)
politician
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Black, David
(1887–1963)
school teacher and trade union leader
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Black, David Joseph
(1898–1979)
public servant and trade union leader
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Black, Donald Edmond
(1875–1945)
trade union leader
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Blackburn, Jean Edna
(1919–2001)
educationist, Communist and feminist
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Blackmore, John Samuel (Jack)
(1853–1931)
printer, trade union leader
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Blackwell, Hugh Octavius
(1847–1937)
carpenter and trade union leader
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Bladon, Herbert
(1855–1917)
iron roller, trade union leader, poultry farmer
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Blake, Audrey Elsie
(1916–2006)
communist
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Blamire, John (Jack)
(1851–1905)
labourer and trade union leader
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Blamire, Richard (Dick)
(1855–1914)
brickmaker and trade union leader
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Blanch, Ernest Henry
(1863–1935)
coalminer and trade union leader
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Bloch, Betty
(1905–2002)
kindergarten director and Communist
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Boardman, Leonard George (Len)
(1897–1989)
miner, and trade union leader
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Bodkin, Bridget Ellen
(1871–1937)
Labor activist
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Bodkin, George Clifford
(1867–1930)
miner and trade union organiser
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Bodkin, Joseph Anthony (Joe)
(1902–1950)
union organiser and politician
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Bodkin, William Francis (Bill)
(1903–1971)
trade union leader
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Bodsworth, William Gilbert (Gil)
(1893–1974)
wood machinist, trade union leader
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Bolitho, Thomas
(1895–1928)
miner
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Bollins, Francis Albert (Frank)
(1918–2005)
sheet metal worker and trade union leader
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Bond, John
(1857–1941)
French polisher and Socialist
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Bookluck, Alexander (Alex)
(1896–1967)
railway worker and writer
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Booley, Henry (Harry)
(1893–1985)
trade union leader and Communist
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Booley, Robert
(1804–1876)
coachbuilder, and political candidate
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Booth, George
(1891–1960)
miner, trade unionist and politician
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Bourne, Ottoway
(1833–1887)
labourer
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Bourne, Walter George (Wally)
(1911–1985)
fitter, die setter, and Communist
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Bourne, Walter Howard (Wally)
(1873–1952)
printer and trade union leader
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Bousen, William Raymond (Ray)
(1911–2002)
railway employee, parliamentarian
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Bow, Richard Rowland (Dick)
(1868–1941)
shearer and trade union official
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Bowen, Fred William
(1906–1980)
upholsterer, trade union leader, politician
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Bower, John
(1861–1940)
coalminer and trade union official
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Bower, William
(1852–1927)
coalminer, mayor and trade union leader
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Bower, William Spowart
(1858–1935)
coalminer, alderman, trade union leader
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Bowes, David John
(1867–1956)
shearer and trade union leader
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Bowman, Edward James (Ted)
(1874–1943)
shearer and trade union leader
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Boxhorn, Joseph (Joe)
(1888–1960)
clerk, PMG linesman and political activist