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Cassidy, Robert John (Bob or ‘Gilrooney) (1880-1948) journalist, poet and labour activist
Birth: 18 December 1880 at Coolac, New South Wales, son of Stephen Cassidy (1848-1897), a carpenter and miner, born at Derry, Galway, Ireland, and native-born Rose, née Dominick (1854-1897). Marriage: 1926 at Randwick, Sydney, to Lucy Maria Sullivan (1878-1958), nurse and Labor activist. They had no children. Death: 26 September 1948 at Waverley, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
W. H. Wilde, Joy W. Hooton and B. G. Andrews, Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994).
Chris Cunneen, 'Cassidy, Robert John (Bob) (1880–1948)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cassidy-robert-john-bob-32650/text42305, accessed 23 September 2023.
Bob Cassidy
Bulletin (Sydney), 20 January 1930, p 52
18 December,
1880
Coolac,
New South Wales,
Australia
26 September,
1948
(aged 67)
Randwick, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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