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Name	Joyce Barrington
Born	c. 1902
Died	Unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Peebles, Grace (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1926-1940) New South Wales, Australia factory worker (1926-1936) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1926-1940) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1926-1940) New South Wales, Australia domestic servant (1936-1940) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Timber Workers Strike (1929) (supporter)
Key Organisations *	Militant Women's Movement (NSW) (member, ?-?) Unemployed Workers' Movement (Sydney) (member) Young Comrades Club (Sydney) (secretary, 1926-?)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, ?-?)

* Dates are approximate

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