Feature Biography
Bronterre Washington Dooley (1867–1913)
Bronterre Washington Dooley (1867-1913) railway worker and carriage builder and politician Birth: 4 July 1867 at West Ham, London, England, son of Irish-born parents James Poland Dooley, a stonemason and storeman from Belfast, and (Katherine) Ann, née Harkin (1837-1881), from Leitrim. Marriages: (1) 29 March 1888 at the district registrar’s office, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, to Queensland-born Annie Creo Stanley (1865-1940). (2) 16 June 1904 [claiming to be a bachelor] at district registrar’s...