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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Brock, John William (Jack)
(1892–1966)
tramway employee and trade union leader
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Bromley, Edward Foord
(1852–1934)
drover, police constable, gaoled storekeeper
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Brown, Alfred John
(1858–?)
shearer, labourer and trade union leader
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Brown, George Anthony
(1846–1907)
Christian Socialist preacher
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Brown, John Harold
(1886–1974)
tram driver, union official, and politician
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Brown, Joseph Edward (Eddy)
(1900–1971)
wireworker and trade union leader
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Brown, Norman Laurence
(1900–1929)
mine winch driver shot by police
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Brown, Peter
(1858–1927)
locomotive engine driver and trade unionist
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Brown, Richard (Dick)
(1881–1972)
potter, trade union leader
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Brown, Ronald Henry
(1916–1980)
clerk, journalist and Communist
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Brown, Walter
(1874–1939)
mine worker and trade union leader
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Brown, William Peter (Billy)
(1881–1953)
clerk and trade union official
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Brown, William Walter (Bill)
(1920–2001)
cabinet-maker and politician
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Brownrigg, Annie Katherine
(1904–1975)
Communist and community activist
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Bryan, Basil James (Jim)
(1882–1972)
builders’ labourer and peace activist
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Bryan, Robert Watson (Bob)
(1865–1935)
compositor and trade union leader
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Bryant, Francis Henry (Frank)
(1864–1946)
compositor, trade union leader, parliamentarian
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Bryant, Oscar
(1877–1969)
engineer and trade union leader
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Buchanan, Robert Bruce
(1830–1919)
carpenter, builder and political activist
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Buckingham, George Nathaniel
(1872–1919)
storeman and trade union leader
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Buckland, George Henry
(1889–1966)
miner and trade union leader
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Buckley, Alfred Ruffield (Alf)
(1892–1963)
boilermaker and trade union leader
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Buckley, Arthur William
(1891–1974)
tram conductor and labor politician
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Buckley, Francis Patrick (Pat)
(1894–1971)
barber, union organiser and Labor politician
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Buckley, George Patrick
(1881–1958)
drayman, union leader, and politician
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Budd, Valerie Maud
(1898–1970)
community worker and political activist
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Bull, Tasnor Ivan (Tas)
(1932–2003)
trade union leader and Labor Party activist
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Buller, Samuel
(1802–1871)
convict, sawyer, and trade unionist
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Bulmer, Edward William (Ted)
(1898–1994)
carpenter and trade union leader
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Burcher, John Frederick
(1884–1955)
tramway ganger and trade unionist
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Burdett, Ann (Annie)
(1867–1954)
temperance and Labor Party activist
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Burge, Charles John
(1873–1938)
timberworker and trade union leader
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Burgess, James William (Jim)
(1880–1945)
trade union official
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Burke, Francis Joseph (Frank)
(1884–1948)
bookbinder and trade union leader
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Burke, Michael (Mick)
(1864–1937)
labourer, union official and politician
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Burke, Nathaniel Willie (Bill)
(1889–1970)
postal worker and trade union leader
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Burns, Albert
(1875–1948)
coalminer and produce merchant
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Burns, George Mason
(1869–1932)
union organiser and politician
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Burns, William Fardon (Bill)
(1912–1989)
journalist, wharf labourer and Communist
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Butler, James
(1874–1945)
coal lumper and bookmaker
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Cadden, John William (Jack)
(1871–1940)
wharf labourer and trade union leader
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Caffrey, Martha Ann
(1884–1975)
community worker and political activist
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Cahill, Gordon Charles
(1900–1981)
boilermaker and trade union leader
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Callanan, George
(1883–1923)
miner and trade union leader
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Callard, Maurice Andrew (Morrie)
(1893–1951)
dentist, socialist and trade union leader
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Callin, George Edwin
(1886–1943)
gas employee and trade union leader
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Calthorpe, Ivy Bright Philomena (Mena)
(1905–1996)
writer, editor and social justice activist
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Cameron, Annette Elizabeth
(1920–2008)
political activist
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Cameron, Roy Angus
(1906–1997)
clerk and trade union leader
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Campbell, Alexander William (Alec)
(1899–2002)
soldier, public servant, and trade union leader