Davis, Thomas Martin (1856-1899)

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labour politician; Member of Lower House; merchant sailor; trade union official
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DAVIS, THOMAS MARTIN (1856-1899), trade unionist and politician, was born on 22 January 1856 at Redditch, Worcestershire, England, son of Thomas Davis, fruit merchant, and his wife Ann, née Martin. At 3 he moved to Glasgow with his family. Educated at Glasgow High School and Garnet Bank Academy, at 13 he went to France to learn the language. In 1871-75 he worked at sea, interspersed with some light military experience in South Africa, service as an inspector of the railway line across the Sabi desert in India, and employment as an interpreter in the mines in New Caledonia. About 1876 he settled in Sydney.

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  1. 'Davis, Thomas Martin (1856 - 1899)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    Bede Nairn
    [1981]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 8
    pp 240-241.

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