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John Payne (1860-1928) shearer, miner, blacksmith, trade union official and politician
Birth: 9 November 1860 at Spring Valley, Goulburn, New South Wales, son of Yorkshire-born William Payne and Mary, née Brogham, who had been born in Clare, Ireland. Marriage: 2 July 1892 at Rockhampton, Queensland, to native-born Elizabeth Catherine Ahern. They had eight daughters and three sons. Death: 14 January 1928 in Brisbane. Religion: Catholic.
Duncan B. Waterson, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second revised edition, Sydney 2001), p.153; Stuart Svensen, The Shearers' War: the story of the 1891 shearers' strike (Brisbane, 1989), p.180 (photo); Westralian Worker, 31 Feb. 1928 p.2; Australian Worker, 11 Jan. 1928 p.1S
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9 November,
1860
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
14 January,
1928
(aged 67)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia