People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

27 February, 1905
North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

28 December, 1983 (aged 78)
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Irish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• St Mary's Christian Brothers' School (West Melbourne)
• St Colman's Central School (Fitzroy, Melbourne)
• St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)
• St Kevin's College (Melbourne)
• Newman College (University of Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation

• Democratic Labor Party organiser
• Democratic Labor Party politician
• labour party organiser
• Member of Upper House
• schoolteacher

Awards

• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Key Events

• ALP split, 1955

Key Organisations

• Catholic Young Men's Society (Vic)
• Debaters Association of Victoria
• Debaters' House of Representatives
• North Melbourne Football Club
• Catholic Social Studies Movement
• Council of Adult Education (Vic)
• Melbourne Cricket Ground

Political Activism

• Vietnam War supporter
• ALP (Vic)
• Democratic Labor Party

Workplaces

• Essendon High School (Melbourne)
• Bairnsdale High School (Vic)
• Essendon Technical School (Vic)
• Newman Institute