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George Booth (1891-1960) miner, trade unionist and politician
Birth: 19 March 1891, Bolton, Lancashire, England, son of George Booth, fitter, and Elizabeth, née Bell. Marriage: April 1913 to Annie Elizabeth Payne in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. They had one son and one daughter. Death: 31 July 1960 in Wallsend, NSW. Religion: Methodist.
Sources
Heather Radi, Peter Spearritt and Elizabeth Hinton, Biographical Register of the NSW Parliament 1901-1970 (Canberra, 1979); Edgar Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970); Andrew William Metcalfe, For freedom and dignity: Historical agency and class structures in the coalfields of NSW (Sydney 1988).
'Booth, George (1891–1960)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/booth-george-32475/text40281, accessed 8 November 2024.
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19 March,
1891
Bolton,
Lancashire,
England
31 July,
1960
(aged 69)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
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