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John Dixon (1842-1900) geologist, trade union official, senior inspector of collieries
Birth: 11 April 1842 at Haswell, Durham, England, son of Jonathan Dixon (1821-1869) and Ann Sanderson, nee Willis (1821-1899). Marriage: 11 January 1866 at the Glebe, Newcastle, New South Wales, to Mary Lingard (1844-1899). They had two daughters and one son. Death: 15 August 1900 at New South Wales. Religion: Primitive Methodist.
Sources
Robin Gollan, The coalminers of New South Wales: a history of the Union (Melbourne, 1963); Edgar Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970).
'Dixon, John (1842–1900)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/dixon-john-33363/text41683, accessed 27 September 2023.
John Dixon
Sydney Mail, 25 August 1900, p 445
11 April,
1842
Haswell,
Durham,
England
15 August,
1900
(aged 58)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
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