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| | Earle, John (1865 - 1932) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | EARLE, JOHN (1865-1932), union organizer and premier, was born on 15 November 1865 at Bridgewater, Tasmania, son of Charles Staples Earle, a farmer of Cornish descent, and his Irish Catholic wife Ann Teresa, née McShane. |
 | | At the 1916 State conference, before Earle had committed himself to conscription, she had declared: 'In a fight like this it should be “one out all out”', and she was arguably of some influence in persuading her husband to adopt the liberal principle of 'equality of sacrifice'. |
 | | Earle died of cancer on 6 February 1932 at Oyster Cove, and was cremated in Melbourne. |
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