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Andrew (Andy) Stuart Stepney, also known as Andrew Stuart Stepley (1851-1914), Aboriginal paddle-steamer hand, shearer, strongman and trade unionist
Birth: 26 December 1851 in Adelaide, South Australia, son of Edward Stepley or Stepney, cook, and Elizabeth, née Stewart, who signed with a mark. Marriage: Single. Death: 16 July 1914 at Benevolent Asylum, Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales. Cause of death: spastic paraplegia and heart failure. He was buried in the Sandgate Cemetery with Methodist forms.
Sources
Jordan Humphries, ‘Aboriginal unionists in the 1890s shearers’ strikes: a forgotten history’, Marxist Left Review, No. 22, Winter 2021: https://marxistleftreview.org/articles/aboriginal-unionists-in-the-1890s-shearers-strikes-a-forgotten-history/
Chris Cunneen, 'Stepney, Andrew Stuart (Andy) (1851–1914)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/stepney-andrew-stuart-andy-32470/text40273, accessed 3 October 2024.
26 December,
1851
Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
16 July,
1914
(aged 62)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
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