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Sarah Ellen (Nelle) Rickie, née Robertson (1887-1974) actor, gaoled Socialist journalist, Communist and playwright
Birth: 27 March 1887 at Myers Flat, Bendigo, Victoria, daughter of John Robertson (1851-1938).’manager’ born at Appin, Argyllshire, Scotland, and native-born Elizabeth, née Edwards (1858-1896). Marriages: (1) 14 November 1903 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, with Congregational forms to George Edwin Rickie (1886-1927), ‘theatrical’. They had one son. (b.1908). (2) 23 October 1929 at the Registrar General’s Office, Sydney, New South Wales, to Timothy James O’Sullivan, shearer and labour activist. They divorced in 1938. Death: 5 September 1974 at Bondi, Sydney, NSW.
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'Rickie, Sarah Ellen (Nelle) (1887–1974)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/rickie-sarah-ellen-nelle-33717/text42204, accessed 7 December 2024.
Workers Weekly (Sydney) 24 April 1925, p 1
27 March,
1887
Bendigo,
Victoria,
Australia
5 September,
1974
(aged 87)
Bondi, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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