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Michael James (Jim) Donegan (1916-1970) ships painter and trade union official
Birth: 29 June 1916 at Murchison, Victoria, son of native-born parents Michael David Donegan (1881-1924), a farmer and former police officer of Irish heritage, and his second wife Amy, née Loughridge (1893-1938). Marriage: 11 May 1939 at the Government Statist office, Melbourne, to Jean McLeod Rosengrave (1919-2005). They had a daughter and one son. Death: 24 June 1970 in hospital at Footscray, Victoria.
Sources
Lew Hillier, Meet the ship: painters & dockers (St Kilda, 1981); Painter and Docker, July 1970; obituary, Tribune (Sydney), 8 July 1970, p 11: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237503196; Richard Morris, ‘The Incorrigible Waterfront and its Decline’ in Labour History, No 55 (November 1988) pp 77-79.
'Donegan, Michael James (Jim) (1916–1970)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/donegan-michael-james-jim-33407/text41754, accessed 15 March 2025.
29 June,
1916
Murchison,
Victoria,
Australia
24 June,
1970
(aged 53)
Footscray, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia