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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Young, Robert
(1858–1934)
coal miner, gaoled trade unionist
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Wright, Jabez
(1852–1922)
carpenter, trade unionist and politician
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Woodward, Francis
(1846–1905)
gaoled solicitor and politician
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Winspear, Alice Maud
(1866–1898)
free love advocate
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Wilson, John Richard (Jock)
(1884–1976)
radical activist
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Wilson, James
(1792–1859)
tailor and radical conspirator
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Williamson, Robert
(1800–1877)
coal miner
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Williams, John
(?–?)
tailor
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Williams, David (Di)
(1861–1951)
coalminer and trade union leader
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Wickham, Louis Norman
(1879–1971)
blacksmith, trade union leader
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Whittaker, David Paul (Roger)
(1899–1944)
tramway employee and trade union leader
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Wetherell, Ernest (Ern)
(1893–1969)
miner, journalist and parliamentarian
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Wells, Harold Clyde (Bob)
(1908–1996)
carpenter, trade union leader, communist, and novelist
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Watson, Frederick William
(1854–1917)
coalminer
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Watson, David
(1870–1924)
labor senator
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Ward, Thomas Bassett
(1884–1960)
engineer and trade union leader
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Walker, Alfred
(?–1898)
compositor, journalist and trade union leader
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Troy, Michael Francis (Frank)
(1877–1953)
miner, trade union leader, and politician
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Traise, James
(1859–1887)
coal miner
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Thomson, Andrew
(1858–1905)
stonemason and trade union leader
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Thompson, Claude William
(1876–1949)
journalist, socialist and trade union leader
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Teerman, Nelson (Jack)
(1883–1939)
miner and trade union leader
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Teerman, Ethel Nelson
(1884–1958)
community activist
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Teece, Arthur
(1876–1940)
miner and trade union officer
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Taylor, George Cuthbert
(1886–1957)
shearer and politician
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Sullivan, Mary Jane (Minnie)
(1871–1934)
shearer’s wife and Labor activist
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Sullivan, Charles William (Charlie)
(1857–1942)
shearer and trade unionist
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Sullivan, Alfred John
(1855–1949)
trade union organiser and mathematician
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Strange, John Shaw
(1788–1868)
boot- and shoe-maker, and publican
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Stokes, Walter James
(1879–1967)
cook and labourer
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Stepney, Andrew Stuart (Andy)
(1851–1914)
shearer, strongman and trade unionist
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Stenhouse, John Wilson
(1874–1931)
coal miner and trade union leader
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Sneddon, Peter
(1860–1927)
coal miner, gaoled trade unionist
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Smith-Barry, Henry Charles
(1842–1928)
shearer and trade union leader
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Smith, Percy Joseph
(1880–1959)
builders' labourer and trade union leader
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Smith, Bernard (Barney)
(1902–1967)
seaman, trade union leader and Communist
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Simpson, James Brunton (Jimmy)
(1905–1968)
trade union leader and politician
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Simmons, Elizabeth Mary
(1876–1965)
manager
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Simm, Mary Ellen (Nellie)
(1901–1983)
community activist
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Short, Laurence Elwyn (Laurie)
(1915–2009)
ironworker and trade union leader
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Shillington, Richard Davis (Dick)
(1868–1935)
shearer and trade union official
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Shearer, Samuel
(1874–1938)
seaman and gaoled trade union leader
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Scott, David
(1849–1927)
iron moulder and politician
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Scanlon, Henry Patrick (Harry)
(1902–1987)
coal miner, and trade union leader
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Scanlon, Grace
(1903–2003)
miners’ auxiliary leader
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Savage, Robert Emmett (Bob)
(1895–1959)
clerk, trade unionist and Labor politician
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Savage, Mary Helena
(1869–1932)
Labor activist
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Saunders, William (Billy)
(1861–?)
shearer, trade union leader
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Sangster, George
(1845–1915)
seaman, trade union leader and politician
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Ryan, Thomas Joseph (Tommy)
(1852–?)
shearer, trade unionist, politician