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Blackwell, Hugh Octavius (c.1847-1937) carpenter, gaoled union leader
Birth: possibly on the Isle of Wight, England or on 9 July 1847 at Bombay, India, son of Thomas Blackwell, “mercantile line” and Annie, née Scott. Unmarried. Death: 6 January 1937 in the Benevolent Asylum, Dunwich, Queensland. Religion: freethinker, nominally Anglican.
Resources
Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989)
'Blackwell, Hugh Octavius (c. 1847–1937)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/blackwell-hugh-octavius-32296/text39969, accessed 13 October 2024.
c.
1847
Ryde,
Isle of Wight,
England
6 January,
1937
(aged ~ 90)
Dunwich,
Queensland,
Australia
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