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Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975

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  1. Zwolsman, John Francis (Jack) (1891–1969) labourer
  2. Young, William J. (Bill) (1900–1938) construction worker
  3. Young, Robert (1858–1934) coal miner, gaoled trade unionist
  4. York, Robert Herman (1868–1933) printer and trade union official
  5. Yardley, Ernest Henry (Ern) (1869–1932) barber and tobacconist
  6. Wright, Jabez (1852–1922) carpenter, trade unionist and politician
  7. Woodward, Francis (1846–1905) gaoled solicitor and politician
  8. Wood, John (Jack) (1839–1877) coal miner and trade union official
  9. Winspear, Alice Maud (1866–1898) free love advocate
  10. Wilson, John Richard (Jock) (1884–1976) radical activist
  11. Wilson, James (1792–1859) tailor and radical conspirator
  12. Wilson, Arthur Allan (Dalry) (1869–1948) coalminer and politician
  13. Wilson, Alfred William (Alf) (1876–1937) Socialist political activist
  14. Wilson, Alan Alfred (1900–1980) trade union official
  15. Wilmot, Ernest Ambrose (Ernie) (1897–1988) labourer
  16. Williamson, Robert (1800–1877) coal miner
  17. Williams, John (?–?) tailor
  18. Williams, David (Di) (1861–1951) coalminer and trade union leader
  19. Wickham, Louis Norman (1879–1971) blacksmith, trade union leader
  20. Whittaker, David Paul (Roger) (1899–1944) tramway employee and trade union leader
  21. Whittaker, Alan Prior (1892–1929) wharf labourer and trade unionist
  22. Whitham, John (1873–1943) bricklayer and contractor
  23. Whitham, Amy Ann (1871–1932) nurse and women’s activist
  24. Whitbread, George Warner (1886–1958) printer
  25. Wetherell, Ernest (Ern) (1893–1969) miner, journalist and parliamentarian
  26. Werner, Kathleen Mary (Kitty) (1876–1943) Labor activist
  27. Wells, Harold Clyde (Bob) (1908–1996) carpenter, trade union leader, communist, and novelist
  28. Webb, Patrick Charles (Paddy) (1884–1950) miner and New Zealand politician
  29. Webb, Frederick John (1898–1976) telephone mechanic and trade union official
  30. Watson, Frederick William (1854–1917) coalminer
  31. Watson, Frederick William (Fred) (1904–1972) wharf labourer
  32. Watson, David (1870–1924) labor senator
  33. Watson, Arthur Edmund (1892–1941) carpenter
  34. Waters, Francis John (Frank) (1907–1990) postal worker and politician
  35. Ward, Thomas Bassett (1884–1960) engineer and trade union leader
  36. Ward, James (Jim) (1881–1964) ironworker
  37. Walker, Frederick Ernest (Mick) (1901–1954)
  38. Walker, Alfred (?–1898) compositor, journalist and trade union leader
  39. Vinall, Charles Thomas (Charlie) (1882–1962) miner and trade union official
  40. Varty, William (Bill) (1881–1955) coal miner
  41. Turner, William Howard (Bill) (1881–1947) trade union official and mayor
  42. Truscott, Edwin (Ted) (1865–1937) coal miner
  43. Troy, Michael Francis (Frank) (1877–1953) miner, trade union leader, and politician
  44. Traise, James (1859–1887) coal miner
  45. Toomey, James (?–?) coal miner and trade union official
  46. Toohey, John Sidney (Sid) (1881–1952) printer and trade union official
  47. Thomson, James (1857–1927) miner and politician
  48. Thomson, Hilda Violet (1905–1997) schoolteacher and trade union leader
  49. Thomson, Andrew (1858–1905) stonemason and trade union leader
  50. Thompson, Claude William (1876–1949) journalist, socialist and trade union leader
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