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Robert Ferdinand Burbidge (Bob) Norman (1851-1918) builder and carpenter, trade union official and Labor activist
Birth: 25 May 1851 at Sydney, New South Wales, son of Robert Norman (1820-1880), jeweller, and Maria Jane Burbridge (1815-1894). Both parents were born in London, England. Marriage: 21 January 1875 at Trinity Church, Glen Innes, New South Wales, to Rachel Peck (1854-1938), born at Rosebrook, West Maitland, NSW. They had two daughters and five sons. Death: 25 February 1918 at Amhurst Road, Midland Junction, Perth, Western Australia. Religion: buried with Anglican rites.
Sources
Verity Burgmann, In Our Time: Socialism and the Rise of Labor, 1885-1905 (Sydney, 1985).
'Norman, Robert Ferdinand (Bob) (1851–1918)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/norman-robert-ferdinand-bob-34551/text43426, accessed 14 November 2024.
25 May,
1851
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
25 February,
1918
(aged 66)
Midland, Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia
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