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Qld shearers strike leaders, 1893 [Fothergill is second from left, top row]
William Fothergill, also known as William Lewis Richards (1859/1860-1921) shearer, storekeeper, baker and gaoled trade union leader
Birth: 24 October 1859 or 24 May 1860 at Milton, near Gravesend, Kent, England, son of John Lewis Richards (1839-1907), labourer and herbalist, and Mary Ann, née Fothergill (1842-1867). Marriage: 13 February 1899 in Brisbane, Queensland, to Clara Theresa Lyons. They had a son and a daughter. Death: 13 December 1921 in Barcaldine, Queensland. Religion: Freethinker, nominal Anglican.
Sources
Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989).
'Fothergill, William (c. 1859–1921)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fothergill-william-32319/text40036, accessed 16 February 2025.
Qld shearers strike leaders, 1893 [Fothergill is second from left, top row]
c.
1859
Gravesend,
Kent,
England
13 December,
1921
(aged ~ 62)
Barcaldine,
Queensland,
Australia
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