McCormack, William (1879-1947)

Field of activity
anti-conscriptionist; labour politician; Member of Lower House; premier; tin miner; trade union official
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466052

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McCORMACK, WILLIAM (1879-1947), miner, trade union organizer and premier, was born on 27 April 1879 at Purnam near St Lawrence, central Queensland, fourth of six children of Melbourne-born Patrick McCormack, carrier, and his Irish wife Mary, née Brennan. Educated at the local state school, McCormack worked on his parents' small grazing property before turning prospector in the Mount Morgan district. In 1904 he departed for the North Queensland base-metal fields and was engaged by the Stannary Hills Mines & Tramway Co. There he experienced the hardships of working underground for low wages in high temperatures and along poorly ventilated drives where safety regulations were virtually ignored.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

  1. 'McCormack, William (1879 - 1947)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    K. H. Kennedy
    [1986]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 10
    pp 233-235.

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  1. Constitutional government or job control? / W. McCormack
    McCormack, William, 1879-1947
    [ Book : 1927 ]
    At State Library of QLD
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  1. The Mungana affair : state mining and political corruption in the 1920s / K.H. Kennedy
    Kennedy, K. H. (Kett Howard), 1948-
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 48 libraries
    The Mungana affair : state mining and political corruption in the 1920s / K.H. Kennedy
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  2. The public life of William McCormack, 1907-1932 / by Kett Howard Kennedy
    Kennedy, K. H. (Kett Howard), 1948-
    [ Thesis : 1900-1973 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  3. Theodore, McCormack and the Amalgamated Workers' Association
    Kennedy, K. H
    Labour History
    [ Article : 1977 ]
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  4. The King v. Frederick Reid, Peter Louis Goddard, William McCormack, Edward Granville Theodore : in the Supreme Court of Queensland, before the Chief Justice, Sir James Blair, and a jury of four
    [ Unpublished : 1900 ]
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  5. The voice of the industrial movement / G. Lawson, Chairman [and] R.J. Mulvey, Secretary
    Queensland Trade Union Congress
    [ Book : 1927 ]
    At State Library of NSW
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