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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. Zwolsman, John Francis (Jack) (1891–1969) labourer
  2. Young, William J. (Bill) (1900–1938) construction worker
  3. Young, Thomas (1858–1936) iron moulder
  4. Young, Thomas (Tom) (1895–1976) coalminer
  5. Young, Robert (1858–1934) coal miner, gaoled trade unionist
  6. Young, Charles Gordon (Charlie) (1897–1965) wharf labourer
  7. York, Robert Herman (1868–1933) printer and trade union official
  8. Yardley, Ernest Henry (Ern) (1869–1932) barber and tobacconist
  9. Wyner, Isadore Lewis (Issy) (1916–2008) trade union official
  10. Wymer, Gordon Owen (1900–1986) labourer
  11. Wright, Mary Margaret (1903–1993) community activist
  12. Wright, Jabez (1852–1922) carpenter, trade unionist and politician
  13. Workman, Victor Robert (Vic) (1907–1984) labourer
  14. Wookey, Sidney John (Sid) (1900–1954) boilermaker
  15. Woodward, Francis (1846–1905) gaoled solicitor and politician
  16. Woods, Julian Edmund (1859–1937) journalist
  17. Woodbury, Anastasia Maud (1882–1953) political activist
  18. Wood, William Arnold (Bill) (1911–1976) journalist
  19. Wood, John (Jack) (1839–1877) coal miner and trade union official
  20. Wood, Bill (?–?) ironworker
  21. Withers, Ethel Agnes (1905–2005) schoolteacher
  22. Wishart, John Royston (Jack) (1909–1965) solicitor
  23. Wise, William James (1861–1929) miner
  24. Winter, George (1888–1926) accountant
  25. Winspear, Alice Maud (1866–1898) free love advocate
  26. Winn, Albert Comer (1874–1945)
  27. Wilson, John Richard (Jock) (1884–1976) radical activist
  28. Wilson, James Francis (Jim) (1881–1955) compositor
  29. Wilson, James (1792–1859) tailor and radical conspirator
  30. Wilson, Arthur Allan (Dalry) (1869–1948) coalminer and politician
  31. Wilson, Alfred William (Alf) (1876–1937) Socialist political activist
  32. Wilson, Albert James (1878–1946) carpenter and politician
  33. Wilson, Alan Alfred (1900–1980) trade union official
  34. Wilmot, Ernest Ambrose (Ernie) (1897–1988) labourer
  35. Willman, Colin Weston (1916–1983) trade union official
  36. Willis, Stanley Thomas (Stan) (1906–1980) railway employee
  37. Willis, Emma (1846–1923) midwife
  38. Williamson, Robert (1800–1877) coal miner
  39. Williamson, Francis Elijah (Frank) (1874–1968) blacksmith and farmer
  40. Williams, John James (Jack) (1881–1959) miner
  41. Williams, John (?–?) tailor
  42. Williams, John (Jack) (1858–1934) labourer
  43. Williams, Jack (1915–1985) painter and decorator
  44. Williams, Frederick John (Fred) (1907–1969) council employee
  45. Williams, David (Di) (1861–1951) coalminer and trade union leader
  46. Williams, Alan Charles (Beau) (1910–?) fitter and turner
  47. Wilkinson, James (1853–1915) railway worker and politician
  48. Wilcox, Susan (1867–1951) clerk
  49. Wilbur, Joseph Henry (1850–1914) public servant
  50. Wicks, Herbert Moore (Harry) (1889–1956) journalist
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