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Charles Frederick (Chick) Petersen, also known as Peterson (1920-1988) coalminer, trade union official and Communist
Birth: 23 November 1920 at Charters Towers, Queensland, son of Charles Mathias Petersen or Peterson, baker and Alice, née Simpson (1898-1974). Both parents had been born at Charters Towers. Marriage: details unknown, to Dorothy May maiden name unknown. Death: 1988 details unknown.
Pete Thomas, Miners in the 1970s: a narrative history of the Miners’ Federation (Sydney [1983], and The coalminers of Queensland: a narrative history of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union. Volume 1 Creating the traditions (Ipswich, 1986).
'Petersen, Charles Frederick (Chick) (1920–1988)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/petersen-charles-frederick-chick-34586/text43486, accessed 18 February 2025.
Charles Petersen, c.1942
National Archives of Australia, B883, QX53596
23 November,
1920
Charters Towers,
Queensland,
Australia
1988 (aged ~ 67)