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Joseph (Joe) Coote (1877-1956) labourer, sawmill worker and trade union leader
Birth: 1877 in Sydney, son of native-born John Coote (1856-1910), a blacksmith, and Sarah Ann, née Stathers (1856-1891), born in West Ham, London, England. Marriage: 1907 in Sydney, New South Wales, to native-born Alice Jane Buckley (1886-1968). They had four daughters and two sons. Death 20 November 1956 in his residence at Alexandria, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Margo Beasley, Wharfies: the history of the Waterside Workers’ Federation (Rushcutters Bay, 1996); Miscellaneous Worker, December 1956; Federation News, September 1958, September 1983; Minutes of NSW Branch (1920-1940) and Newcastle Branch (1928-1950), financial records, rule books, membership records (1916-1944), award files, photographs and medallion presented to Joe Coote (1912) held at the Noel Butlin Archives, ANU..
'Coote, Joseph (Joe) (1877–1956)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/coote-joseph-joe-33114/text41293, accessed 3 November 2024.
1877
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
20 November,
1956
(aged ~ 79)
Alexandria, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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