Cook, Joseph, (Sir) (1860-1947)

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Cooke, Joseph (1860-1947)
Field of activity
coalminer; labour politician; liberal/conservative politician; Member of Lower House; opposition leader; prime minister; pro-conscriptionist
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COOK, Sir JOSEPH (1860-1947), prime minister, was born on 7 December 1860 at Silverdale, Staffordshire, England, son of William Cooke, coalminer, and his wife Margaret, née Fletcher. He grew up in poverty. In 1873 his father was killed in a pit accident and he became the family wage-earner, a responsibility which developed in him a high degree of self-confidence and a strong sense of obligation. During his teens he joined the Primitive Methodists, and marked his conversion by dropping the 'e' from his surname. He eschewed alcohol, gambling, sport and other forms of entertainment, and sought self-improvement through study at home. Solemn and humourless, he nevertheless enjoyed the company of other people, among whom he was invariably quiet and modest. He became a lay preacher and a successful public speaker. He also became involved in trade union affairs: before he was 25 he had been elected successively to all the executive positions in his union lodge, and had also become interested in political issues; he supported tariff protection as a method of improving working conditions in the coalmining industry. By the early 1880s Cook had fulfilled his obligations to his family and, after being several times unemployed, he decided to migrate.

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  1. Papers of Sir Joseph Cook
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Unpublished : 1880-1986 ]
    Languages: English, French
    At National Library
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  2. Joseph Cook : a political biography / J. R. M. Murdoch
    Murdoch, John R. M. (John Robert Morris)
    [ Thesis : 1968-1991 ]
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  3. Papers
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Unpublished : 1919-1927 ]
    Languages: English, French
    At National Library
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  4. Australia's food supplies, present and future / Sir Joseph Cook
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Book : 1923 ]
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  5. Papers
    Cook, Joseph, Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Unpublished : 1917-1918 ]
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  6. Speech on the treaty of peace / by Joseph Cook
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Book : 1919 ]
    At National Library
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  7. Speech by the right Hon. Sir Joseph Cook, (Minister for the Navy) on the Treaty of Peace
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Book : 1919 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  8. Opportunities in Australia : a series of talks broadcast from 2LO on November 2nd, 9th and 16th, 1925 by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Company, as a part of an Empire series of Lectures on Opportunities Overseas / [reproduced by the court...
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Book : 1925 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  9. Shipbuilding conference held at Parliament House, Melbourne, on 12th, 13th and 14th June, and 11th and 12th July, 1917, between the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. M. Hughes) and Minister for the Navy (Right Hon. Joseph Cook) and representatives of the...
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    [ Conference Proceedings : 1917 ]
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  10. Speech by The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Cook (Treasurer of the Commonwealth) on the Budget (1921-22) / Commonwealth of Australia
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    [ Book : 1921 ]
    At State Library of NSW
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  1. Papers of Sir Joseph Cook
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Unpublished : 1880-1986 ]
    Languages: English, French
    At National Library
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  2. [Biographical cuttings on Sir Joseph Cook, former Prime Minister of Australia in 1913-14, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  3. Joseph Cook : a political biography / J. R. M. Murdoch
    Murdoch, John R. M. (John Robert Morris)
    [ Thesis : 1968-1991 ]
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  4. Sir Joe : a biographical sketch of Sir Joseph Cook / John Murdoch
    Murdoch, John
    [ Book : 1979 ]
    At 10 libraries
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  5. Papers
    Cook, Joseph Sir, 1860-1947
    [ Unpublished : 1919-1927 ]
    Languages: English, French
    At National Library
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  6. Pit boy to prime minister : the story of the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Cook, P.C., G.C.M.G. / G. Bebbington
    Bebbington, Graham
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At 21 libraries
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  7. Joseph Cook / Peter Cook
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    [ Book : 1994 ]
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  8. Sir Joe : a political biography of Sir Joseph Cook / John Murdoch
    Murdoch, John, 1939-
    [ Book : 1996 ]
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  9. From Barton to Bruce : the Melbourne prime ministers 1901-1927 / edited by Brian Costar
    Costar, Brian J
    [ Book, Audio book : 2001 ]
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  10. Sir Joe : a biographical sketch of Sir Joseph Cook / <John Murdoch>
    Murdoch, John, 1939-
    [ Book : 1979 ]
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