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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. Rutter, George (1859–1939) seaman and trade union leader
  2. Russell, William John (Billy) (1879–1915) plumber and trade union leader
  3. Rudkin, Arthur William (1908–1994) chemist, communist and actor
  4. Rowe, Percy John (1889–1948) miner and trade union leader
  5. Rosser, William (1879–1917) trade union leader, Socialist
  6. Ross, Hector (1894–1970) builder’s labourer and Communist
  7. Ross, Edgar Argent (1904–2001) journalist
  8. Roels, Frederick (Fred) (1891–1939) engine driver and politician
  9. Roels, Eric (1891–1954) engine-driver
  10. Roche, Thomas Lombard (1869–1942) drover, shearer, gaoled unionist
  11. Robinson, Sydney Charles (Sid) (1874–1924) miner, trade union leader
  12. Riddiford, Walter Frederick (Wally) (1895–1984) miner and mayor of Broken Hill
  13. Rickie, Sarah Ellen (Nelle) (1887–1974) playwright and Communist activist
  14. Rickaby, James Fordue (Rick) (1866–1906) coalminer
  15. Reeve, Charles Thomas (Charlie) (1877–1942) gaoled IWW member
  16. Rees, Daniel (Dan) (1866–1934) coal miner and politician
  17. Rees, Daniel (1833–1905) coal miner and trade union leader
  18. Rees, Benjamin (Ben) (1875–1942) miner and trade union leader
  19. Reardon, Arthur Silvey (1888–1973) blacksmith, engineer and socialist
  20. Reardon, Alice Marcia (1889–1965) socialist and communist activist
  21. Purse, Frank Henry (1906–1976) bricklayer and trade union leader
  22. Prior, Charles (1854–?) labourer, gaoled trade unionist
  23. Prince, Robert (Bob) (1860–1937) shearer, and selector
  24. Price, Thomas (1857–1943) ironworker
  25. Power, John Maurice (Jack) (1883–1925) politician
  26. Pollard, Frank (1870–1951) butcher and politician
  27. Polkinghorne, Ernest Josiah (Ernie) (1869–1928) miner and fruit farmer
  28. Poland, Matthew (1855–1939) coal miner and trade union activist
  29. Pocock, John (Jack) (1897–1969) coalminer and trade union leader
  30. Pirani, Henry Broughton (Harry) (1857–1941) book-keeper, gaoled trade union supporter
  31. Pinkerton, Robert Corry (1884–1956) engine driver, gaoled trade union leader
  32. Pillans, Robert (1860–1941) coal miner and politician
  33. Pillans, John (Jack) (1892–1964) compositor
  34. Peters, Ernest Robert (1872–1942) trade union official
  35. Peterken, Joseph Justin (Joe) (1882–1962) postal line repairer
  36. Pescia, Charles (Charlie) (1869–1937) coachbuilder
  37. Pease, Thomas (Bookie) (1863–1927) coalminer, gaoled trade union leader
  38. Payne, Thomas Gilbert (Tom) (1898–1988) boot repairer and communist activist
  39. Payne, John (Jack) (1860–1928) shearer, trade union official and politician
  40. Paterson, John Harold (1906–1968) bank officer and unionist
  41. Parkinson, William (Bill) (1907–1986) trade union official
  42. Parkes, Edward (1856–1929) coalminer and trade union leader
  43. Panton, Alexander Hugh (Frank) (1877–1951) trade union official and politician
  44. Palmer, John Stanley (1926–2001) trade union official
  45. Palmer, Aileen Yvonne (1915–1988) poet, translator and political activist
  46. Padgen, Walter Thomas (1882–1955) politician
  47. Ovenden, Richard Arthur (Dick) (1897–1972) landscape artist, librarian and socialist
  48. O'Toole, John Henry (1882–1955) boilermaker
  49. O'Reilly, John Joseph (Jack) (1888–1933) miner, trade union leader and politician
  50. O'Reilly, John Francis (Jack) (1888–1942) hairdresser and politician
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