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Walter Brown (c1874-1939) mine worker, trade union leader
Birth: about 1874 at Costerfield, Victoria, son of Tasmanian-born John Brown (1849-1921), railway employee and miner, and Sarah Jane, née Birch (1851-1928), who was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England. Marriage: 1903 in Victoria to Florence Rebecca Jane Norris. They had eight sons and three daughters. Death: 16 December 1939 at Allambee, Victoria. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
Outtrim News; Korumburra Times; Tocsin; 1906 Victorian Royal Commission into Coal Industry; 1907 Parliament Inquiry.
Peter D. Gardner, 'Brown, Walter (c. 1874–1939)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/brown-walter-32883/text40956, accessed 6 December 2023.
c.
1874
Bendigo,
Victoria,
Australia
16 December,
1939
(aged ~ 65)
Allambee,
Victoria,
Australia
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