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Percy Brookfield

Percy Brookfield

"Percy Brookfield played a major role in many of the important issues confronting the labor movement during the war and in the years after the war until his untimely death at the hand of an assassin in 1921. Brookfield's biography, Labor's Titan, written by Gilbert Roper (published after Roper’s death), recounts the heroic career of a remarkable, genuine politician. Brookfield fought strenuously inside and outside Parliament for the release of the 12 IWW men."

See Chapter 15 and Appendix 8 (11)

An election leaflet for Percy Brookfield to the electors of Sturt (Broken Hill).

The funeral at Broken Hill for Percy Brookfield.

Related Information:

• The Legend of Percy Brookfield at
  http://www.geocities.com/bhhsi/saving-history68.html. See also photos of the funeral at the same site.



• The Australian folklorist, Warren Fahey, has a site on the Murder of Percy Brookfield, including the text of two songs:
  http://simplyaustralia.mountaintracks.com.au/issue4/bits_brookfield.html



• The NSW Parliament website has a short commentary on Percy Brookfield

My Union Right or Wrong. A history of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union 1900-1932 By Issy Wyner 2003		Navigation Chapter Fifteen