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Life Summary

Name	Ernest Wetherell
Born	26 March, 1893 Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia
Died	31 March, 1969 (aged 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Wetherell, Thomas (father) Wetherell, Charles (brother) Sinclair, Edward Arthur (colleague)
Education *	Mount Egerton Primary School (Vic) (student, 1895-1898) Mount Egerton Catholic Preparatory School (Vic) (student, 1898-1899)
Occupation or Descriptor *	goldminer (1899-1903) Victoria, Australia copper miner (1903-1905) Tasmania, Australia copper miner (1905-1906) New South Wales, Australia coalminer (1906-1908) New South Wales, Australia builders' labourer (1909-1910) New South Wales, Australia silver, lead, zinc miner (1911-1917) New South Wales, Australia newspaper editor (1914-1949) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1917-1937) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1949-1965) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1965) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Broken Hill Big Strike, 1919-20 (journalist)
Key Organisations *	Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (member) Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (member, 1917-1949) Aborigines Welfare Board (NSW) (member, 1950-1953)
Key Places *	Berringa goldfields (Vic) (goldminer, 1899-1903)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-1969) ALP (NSW) (politician, 1949-1965)
Workplaces *	Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW) newspaper (editor, 1919-1937) Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW) newspaper (managing editor, 1937-1949) Parliament of New South Wales (Leg. Assembly - member, 1949-1965)

* Dates are approximate