Isaac (Ike) Fry (?–?)
This article was published:
- in the Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975
- online in 2022
Isaac ‘Ike’ Fry (?-?) gaoled shearer
Birth: unknown. Marriage: unknown. Death: unknown.
- Tall (6 feet 4 ins according to Julian Stuart). Long Ike was loosely built, with a fair moustache and of 'rather rowdy' appearance.
- Was at a meeting of the Queensland Laborers’ Union at Ayrshire Downs in July 1889.
- Active in Queensland Shearers' Union during shearers’ strike in 1891. At Clermont in February attempted to intercept blacklegs bound for Wolfgang station. Was present at Peak Downs 'riot' March.
- Arrested on 26 March on conspiracy charge. Tried, with others, before Judge George Harding at Rockhampton Supreme Court in April-May, but was discharged on jury's recommendation on 20 May.
- In 1893 he raised £26 in a raffle of George Taylor’s horses.
- In 1941 Harry Kelly remembered him as a “gun” shearer.
Sources
Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989).
Additional Resources
- was at a meeting of the Queensland Laborers’ Union at Ayrshire Downs in July 1889, Western Champion (Barcaldine, Qld) 9 July 1889, p 4, column 4
- gives evidence at Clermont in case against rioting shearers, Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld), 13 March 1891, p 5
- is arrested and charged with conspiracy, Brisbane Courier (Qld), 27 March 1891, p 5, column 4
- is acquitted on a charge of conspiracy, Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld), 21 May 1891, p 5
- Julian Stuart's reminiscences - include a description of Ike Fry, Worker (Brisbane), 1 June 1927, p 13
- Harry Kell's reminiscences - recalls the name of Ike Fry, Worker (Brisbane), 7 January 1941, p 8
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- Bennett, William James (colleague)
- Brown, Alfred John (colleague)
- Hamilton, William (colleague)
- Murphy, Edward Hartnett (colleague)
- Fothergill, William (colleague)
- Prince, Robert (colleague)
- Taylor, George (colleague)
- Stuart, Julian Alexander (colleague)
- Harding, George Rogers (judge)
Citation details
'Fry, Isaac (Ike) (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fry-isaac-ike-32323/text40041, accessed 10 October 2024.