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Edward (Old Ted) Riley (1859-1943) plasterer, trade union official and parliamentarian
Birth: 17 April 1859 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of Irish-born parents Philip Reilley (1831-1881), labourer, and Catherine, née Conaghan (or Cunningham) (1836-1881), from Donegal. Marriage: 30 December 1881 at Glasgow to Annie (Annabel) Kirk (1858-1931), cotton powerloom weaver. They had four daughters and four sons. Death: 21 July 1943 at Banksia, Sydney, New South Wales. Religion: Presbyterian.
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Who’s Who in Australia, 1922-1941; Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 1926, 22 July 1943; L. F. Crisp & S. P. Bennett, Australian Labor Party: federal personnel 1901-1954, (Canberra, 1954); Official Souvenir for the Eight-Hour Demonstration, 1900, p 55; Australian Worker, 27 November 1919, p 7, 22 November 1922, p 11, 4 November 1925, p 7; Worker, 28 September 1905, 17 Dec. 1904 p 4; N. B. Nairn, Civilising Capitalism: the Labor movement in New South Wales 1870-1900, (Canberra, 1973), pp 141, 166, 199, 200, 203 and 212.
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Ted Riley, n.d.
National Library of Australia, 23481019
17 April,
1859
Glasgow,
Lanarkshire,
Scotland
21 July,
1943
(aged 84)
Banksia, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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