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Biographical entry Ross, Edgar (1904 - 2001)

Born
1904
Died
2001
Occupation
Trade Union - Official

Summary

Born in 1904, Edgar Ross joined the Miners' Federation and the Australian Labor Party in 1929. Brother to Lloyd Ross, Edgar also worked as a journalist on the Barrier Daily Truth in Broken Hill, which led him to become a member of the Australian Journalists' Association. Ross also served for thirty years as a member of the Executive of the Labor Council of New South Wales.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Edgar Ross interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project, 1988, ORAL TRC 1948/34; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

  • The Coal front: an account of the 1949 Coal Strike and the issues it raised, 1949, A667; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Ross G. Elford

Created: 16 January 2002, Last modified: 5 July 2010