Biography - John William Bailey

Bailey, John William (1863–1936)

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in the Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975
online in 2022

John William Bailey (1863-1936) miner, trade union official

Birth: 30 April 1863 in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, son of John Bailey, coal miner, and his wife Jane, née Bridgett, who signed with a mark. Marriage: 25 January 1889 in Petersham, Sydney, with Methodist forms, to Betsy Morrey. They had six daughters and three sons. Death: 1 September 1936 at his residence, Sydney Street, Brown Hill, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Religion: Methodist.

Started work as a trapper boy in the coal mines aged 12.
Arrived in Sydney about 1885. To WA about 1896. Miners’ union official on WA Goldfields.
For many years a delegate to the Australian Labor Party.
Published his reminiscences “Sixty years underground” in instalments, in the Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie) in 1934.

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Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement 1788-1975

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Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 12 August 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 19 August 1934, p 5
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 26 August 1934, p 7
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 2 September 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 9 September 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 16 September 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 23 September 1934, p 7
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 30 September 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 7 October 1934, p 8
Sixty Years Underground, Goldfields Observer (Kalgoorlie, WA), 14 October 1934, p 8

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'Bailey, John William (1863–1936)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bailey-john-william-32412/text40197, accessed 29 January 2023.

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