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Life Summary

Name	Norman Randolph Freehill
Alternative Names	Norman Randolph Freeberg Norman Randolph Friberg Civa Rosenberg
Born	21 March, 1892 Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 April, 1984 (aged 92) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	Swedish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	William Street Public School (Sydney) (student, 1897-1904)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1906-1913) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1913-1921) Queensland, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Queensland, Australia communist (1921-1931) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1921-1931) New South Wales, Australia financial adviser (1927-1934) New South Wales, Australia financial writer (1927-1931) New South Wales, Australia communist (1931-1943) Victoria, Australia financial writer (1931-1934) Victoria, Australia journalist (1931-1934) Victoria, Australia stockbroker (1934-1941) Victoria, Australia communist (1943-1949) New South Wales, Australia newspaper executive (1943-1949) New South Wales, Australia communist (1949-1965) Overseas journalist (1949-1965) Overseas
Key Organisations *	Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (member, 1911-1913) Australian Journalists' Association (Qld) (member, 1913-1921) Australian Journalists' Association (Qld) (secretary, 1913-1919) Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (member, 1921) Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (president, 1922-1923)
Political Activism *	anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1921) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1931-1943) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1943)
Workplaces *	Daily Standard (Brisbane) newspaper Evening News (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1906-1911) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1911-1913) Worker (Brisbane) newspaper (sub-editor, 1916) Common Cause (Sydney) newspaper (editor, 1922) Bulletin (magazine) (financial editor, 1927) J. B. Were and Son (consultant, 1927) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (financial editor, 1931-1934) H. Byron Moore, Day and Journeaux (chief executive officer, 1934-1941) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (deputy chief of staff, 1943-1949) Tribune (Sydney) newspaper (chief of staff, 1946-1949)

* Dates are approximate