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Robinson, Sydney Charles ('Sid') (1874-1924) miner, gaoled trade union leader
Birth: 12 February 1874 at Broadway, Stratford, Essex, England, son of Benjamin George Robinson, florist, later commercial traveller, and Harriett, née Cooper. Marriage: with Baptist forms on 22 December 1900 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, to Ada Pauline Zschorn, born in South Australia. They had three daughters and two sons. Death: 5 February 1924 at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Religion: Anglican
Sources
Edgar Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970); information from E. Ross, 1991; Barrier Daily Truth, 6 Feb. 1924; George Dale, The industrial history of Broken Hill, (Melbourne, 1918), pp.80-81; Brian Kennedy, Silver, sin and sixpenny ale; a social history of Broken Hill (Melbourne, 1978), pp.99, 113, 115
'Robinson, Sydney Charles (Sid) (1874–1924)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/robinson-sydney-charles-sid-32439/text40232, accessed 16 March 2025.
Broken Hill defendants, 1909 [Robinson is middle, back row]
Leader (Melbourne), 1 May 1909, p 23
12 February,
1874
London,
Middlesex,
England
5 February,
1924
(aged 49)
Broken Hill,
New South Wales,
Australia
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