People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

9 October, 1936
Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

8 April, 1996 (aged 59)
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (leukemia)

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Marist Brothers' College (Mosman, Sydney)

Occupation or Descriptor

• business agent
• labour party organiser
• labour politician
• Member of Lower House
• political activist
• shearer
• trade union official
• wool classer

Awards

• Officer of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Mick Young Scholarship Trust

Key Organisations

• Australian Workers' Union (SA)
• Eureka Youth League (NSW)
• Broken Hill Pastoral Workers' Committee (NSW)
• Parliament of Australia
• Multicultural Advisory Council

Political Activism

• anti-nuclear activist
• ALP (SA)

Workplaces

• ALP (federal)