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Jane Lindsay (also known as Lindsay Jane), Mountjoy, née Eatock, later Brown (1907-1988) Indigenous social activist, textile worker, bus conductor, trade unionist and Communist
Birth: 5 April 1907 at Winton, Queensland, daughter of William Eatock (1869-1943, drover, and Lucy Harriet, née Wakenshaw (1874-1950). Marriages: (1) 23 December 1927 at the Registrar’s Office, Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, to Wilfred Athelstane (Bill) Mountjoy (1901-1966), brickmaker and Communist. They had one daughter. The marriage ended in divorce. (2) 1967 at Sydney to Sydney-born James Brown (1902-1995), a labourer. Death: 4 November 1988 in her usual residence at Macarthur Parade, Woy Woy, NSW.
Sources
G. C. Bolton, ‘Unemployment and Politics in Western Australia’, in Labor History, No.17, The Great Depression in Australia, November 1969, pp 94-95.
'Mountjoy, Jane Lindsay (1907–1988)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/mountjoy-jane-lindsay-34627/text43546, accessed 12 December 2024.
5 April,
1907
Winton,
Queensland,
Australia
4 November,
1988
(aged 81)
Woy Woy,
New South Wales,
Australia
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