James Toomey (?–?)
This article was published:
- in the Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975
- online in 2023
James Toomey (?-?) coal miner and trade union official
Birth: unknown. Marriage: unknown. Death: unknown.
- Activist with Victorian Coal Miners' Association. 1897 was unsuccessful candidate for VCMA presidency, but elected trustee.
- 1898-99 secretary of Jumbunna lodge & check inspector at Jumbunna mine.
- One of small number of activists, including John Stevenson and James Rickaby, who were blacklisted before Victorian coal strike of 1903-04.
Outtrim News; Great Southern Advocate; 1906 Victorian Royal Commission into Coal Industry; P. D. Gardner, Too old to rat: the radical miners of South Gippsland 1893-1904 (Ensay, Victoria, 1994).
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- is sacked by manager of Outrim mine, Age (Melbourne), 10 July 1902, p 6
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- McNair, Thomas (colleague)
- Mitchell, Robert (colleague)
- Liversage, William Henry (colleague)
- Galloway, Andrew (colleague)
- Temple, David (colleague)
- Rickaby, James Fordue (colleague)
- Stevenson, John (colleague)
- Semple, Robert (colleague)
Citation details
Peter D. Gardner, 'Toomey, James (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/toomey-james-33831/text42369, accessed 23 December 2024.