People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Mundey, John Bernard

Birth

17 October, 1929
Malanda, Queensland, Australia

Death

10 May, 2020 (aged 90)
New South Wales, Australia

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

• Malanda State School (Qld)
• St Augustine's College (Cairns, Qld)

Occupation

• autobiographer/memoirist
• builders' labourer
• communist
• conservationist
• heritage conservationist
• local government councillor
• trade union official

Awards

• Officer of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Jack Mundey Place (The Rocks, Sydney)

Key Organisations

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW)
• Friends of Millers Point (Sydney)
• Historic Houses Association of Australia
• Parramatta Rugby League Club (Eels) (Sydney)
• Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

Political Activism

• Vietnam war opponent
• Communist Party (NSW)
• Australian Greens (national) party

Workplaces

• Builders Labourers Federation (NSW)
• Sydney City Council