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First Australian Labour Federation Executive (Qld), 1890 [Fanning is second from right, top row]
Michael Fanning (1855-1893) shearer, gaoled trade union leader
Birth: 23 February 1855 in Castleroan, parish of Dunkerrin, Offaly, Ireland, son of Patrick Fanning (1829-1869), a farmer, and Sarah Jane ‘Sally’, née Doyle (1831-1901). Unmarried. Death: 23 August 1893 in Melbourne, Victoria. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
John Merritt, The Making of the AWU (Melbourne, 1986); Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989); Daily Northern Argus (Rockhampton, Qld), 25 April 1891, p.5. Worker (Brisbane), 20 May 1893, p.4, 28 October 1893, p.2
Martin Sullivan, 'Fanning, Michael (Mick) (1855–1893)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fanning-michael-mick-32268/text39934, accessed 4 July 2022.
First Australian Labour Federation Executive (Qld), 1890 [Fanning is second from right, top row]
from Worker (Brisbane) 27 February 1940, p 12
23 February,
1855
Dunkerrin, Offaly, Ireland
23 August,
1893
(aged 38)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia