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Tom Uren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Uren was a strong supporter of the left-wing of the Labor Party, led at first by Eddie Ward and later by Jim Cairns, and was sometimes accused of being a secret communist, an accusation he denied. Uren was born in Balmain, Sydney, then a working-class suburb, and was educated at Manly High School. In 1969 Uren was appointed by Gough Whitlam to the Opposition front bench with responsibility for housing and urban affairs, which became his passion for the rest of his career. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Uren   (559 words)

Evatt Foundation: News: Serving our heritage - 09 December 2002 Tom Uren is honoured by the University of Sydney. Tom Uren has played a key role in the development of innovative social housing policy through the re-housing of the original inhabitants within the area, which ensured a social mix, and by advocating that new infill housing should be of high architectural quality. Tom Uren was born in May 1921, in the then working-class suburb of Balmain. evatt.labor.net.au /news/154.html   (2683 words)

THOMAS OULDS (1854-1924) Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Uren and Mary Rowe was born 22 August 1829 at St. Keverne, Cornwall, England. Thomas Oulds was born 28 December 1854, at Newland, South Africa. Thomas was a happy youngster, and being the only boy was greatly enjoyed by his father, who was a Lighthouse Keeper. www.lofthouse.com /USA/Utah/washington/history/t_olds.html   (2683 words)

AII POW-MIA InterNetwork Tom Uren was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese militarists on 23rd February 1942 in West Timor, remained a POW for 3 1/2 years, serving in Timor, then Java for the first 11 months, then to Singapore for about two weeks. Mr Uren expressed concern at some strong elements of militarism that exist in Japan today and that the Japanese government does not allow their educational system to inform the youth of Japan the crimes their militarists and fascist forces carried out in the 1930s and 1940s. Ex-POW of the Japanese, a Minister In the Whitlam Government and outspoken man on Peace and Environmental issues, the Hon Tom Uren was the keynote speaker at the mayoral Luncheon for the 60th Anniversary of the Cowra Breakout where both Japanese and Australians were present. www.aiipowmia.com /inter24/in010904expow.html   (1029 words)

Lateline - 31/1/2001: Japan visit a step in the right direction: former POW . Australian Broadcasting Corp TOM UREN: Well, I served with Weary for 1.5 years, and if you asked what I thought of the Japanese in the first 2.5 years when I was a prisoner of war with them, I would have exterminated them from the planet. TOM UREN: Yeah, well, I mean the thing is that the enemy -- even though we didn't recognise the cruelty of them -- but it really came from the leadership down. TOM UREN: Well, the situation as I see it is that you've got to keep your powder dry. www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s240401.htm   (816 words)

Evatt Foundation: News: Tom Uren says let's invest in our future - 03 March 2002 Tom Uren noted in particular that, apart from the Whitlam government, previous federal governments have ignored the "serious social and infrastructure problems of western Sydney". The Hon Tom Uren, AO, is a former President and Life Member of the Evatt Foundation. According to Uren, under federal Labor, investment in public housing suffered; in 1983, when the Hawke government was first elected, 120,000 families were waiting on housing commission lists in Australia; by 1996, when Labor was defeated, there were 240,000 families on the lists. evatt.labor.net.au /news/13.html   (2391 words)

Economist and politician honoured - 22 November 2002 - University News - The University of Sydney In his occasional address, Mr Uren, 81, urged graduates to set up a framework to guarantee that harbour foreshores, the "heart of the city", remain in public ownership as a living heritage. Professor Giancarlo Valori, the distinguished Italian economist, and Tom Uren, a minister in the Whitlam government, have received honorary degrees from the University. As minister for urban and regional development in the Whitlam government from 1972 to 1975, Mr Uren initiated the development of the Australian Heritage Commission and the consequent compilation of the Register of the National Estate. www.usyd.edu.au /publications/news/022211News/2211_degrees.html   (221 words)

Arthur Calwell's last hurrah, Vietnamese dictator Ky and Tom Uren MHR is up on the high part, with the chief copper and a megaphone, trying to persuade us to disperse. Uren preaching dispersal, Gould hanging off the wall proposing confrontation without violence, and some anarchists down the back, including one who's now a Labor MP, and another who is now a successful academic, yelling out "rush the pigs" and suchlike. I infuriate Uren and the copper by telling the crowd that we should continue the march down to Kirribilli House and confront the police protecting the dictator, but without violence. members.optusnet.com.au /spainter/67memoir.html   (858 words)

Parramatta City Council: News: Uren Joins Parramatta Planning Body - 23 July 2004 Tom Uren was elected in 1958 as Federal Member for Reid. When the ALP gained government in the 1972 elections, Mr Uren was made Minister for Urban and Regional Development and in 1973 set up the Committee of Inquiry into the National Estate which led to the establishment of the Australian Heritage Commission. Throughout his career, Uren maintained an interest in issues relating to uranium, peace, urban and regional development and the welfare of former prisoners of war. www.parracity.nsw.gov.au /news/20040723_361.html   (398 words)

The World Today - Former Labor Minister speaks out against proposed Senate reforms TOM UREN: If the Labor party supported these amendments, I would go so far as to campaign against it, because you've got to recognise that there is a broad section of the Australian community votes one way in the House of Representatives, and another way in the Senate. TONI HASSAN: And Tom Uren, that's even despite you being a member of a Federal Government that was most obstructed by the Senate. Tom Uren, who spent 31 years in the national Parliament, has also attacked New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, for his strong backing of Mr Howard's plans. www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s875280.htm   (522 words)

Daily News Obituaries Tom was employed as an electrician at the Kohler Co. for 23 years and enjoyed his years working for Kohler. Tom graduated from Iron Mountain High School with the Class of 1962. Tom served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. www.ironmountaindailynews.com /Archives/obits/sept2001/090401obits.html   (1204 words)

Tom Uren's account of an era But Uren and his comrades were destined to do the war tough -- working on the infamous Burma-Thailand railway, where they were subjected to physical brutality and died by their thousands of starvation and disease. Uren was a sports fanatic in his youth, never the spectator then or in later life. Uren was later to describe himself as a revolutionary -- “probably one of the very few in the parliamentary Labor Party”. www.greenleft.org.au /back/1994/167/167p27.htm   (1514 words)

1841 St Agnes Census UREN Thomas, 25, copper miner, Grace, 25, Thomas, 3. TRENEAR Thomas, 50, mason, not born this parish, Anne, 50, not born this parish, Maria, 20, at the mines, Mary, 18, at the mines, Elizabeth, 17, at the mines, Jane, 13, at the mines, Julia, 11, Eliza, 9, Emma, 9, John, 7, George, 5. Thomas, 35, copper miner, Mary, 35, John, 13, at the mines, Mary, 12, Emma, 7. www.cornish-ancestors.co.uk /Census/1841_st_agnes15.htm   (1514 words)

UREN FAMILY OF LELANT, CORNWALL Since two burials of Thomas Urens occur in the P.R., this analysis of the Churchwarden's Accounts was neccessary to determine which of the two was ours. Also "son and three daughters of Edmund Uren." As the latter must have been Thomas' grandchildren and the first was born early in 1715, Christian and Edmund were probably married around 1713. One of these was Richard Uren, who therefore was married to Peter's daughter Elizabeth (the other 3 remaining daughters are already proven to their respective husbands.) i. webs.lanset.com /azazella/uren.html   (1514 words)

Molly Maguires About fifteen minutes afterward Thomas Sanger, a boss in Heaton and Company’s colliery, accompanied by William Uren, a miner, who boarded in his family and who was employed in the same mine, came along the road, carrying their dinner pails in their hands. Thomas Munley and Charles McAllister were arrested February 10, 1876, charged with the murder of Thomas Sanger and William Uren, at Raven’s Run, near Ashland, Wednesday, September 1, 1875. Uren, who had been shot in the right groin, about same place as Sanger had been hit, lingered until next day, when he died. www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/PA_env-Her/history_1681_1945/molliemaguires.htm   (1514 words)

Mailgate: soc.genealogy.australia+nz: UREN Surname: BARRETT, OPIE, STEVENS, UREN ------------------------- Richard UREN born 1844 Cornwall son of Thomas UREN married in 1888 Collingwood to Phillipa OPIE. Phillipa was born 1840 in Gwennap Cornwall daughter of William OPIE and Phillipa BARRETT. mailgate.supereva.it /soc/soc.genealogy.australia+nz/msg37529.html   (1514 words)

Palm Sunday Committee: News: Tom Uren's Speech to Palm Sunday March - 28 March 2002 Tom Uren was a Minister in the Whitlam Government. Below is the text of Tom Uren's speech to the Palm Sunday March at Belmore Park. Palm Sunday Committee: News: Tom Uren's Speech to Palm Sunday March - 28 March 2002 palmsunday.socialchange.net.au /news/8.html   (1370 words)

Anthony Albanese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albanese was research officer to the Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, Tom Uren, 1985-89, Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party 1989-95, and senior policy adviser to the Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, 1995-96. Albanese has been a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry since 1998. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Albanese   (173 words)

paw-history Thomas Munley, a Molly who was held responsible for the murder of Sanger and William Uren, hung on June 21, 1877. Mollie Maguires, Munley and McAllister, Arrested for Murder of Thomas Sanger and William Uren. Hung at the Mauch Chunk prison were Michael Doyle and Edward Kelly for the murder of John P. Jones in Lansford, Alexander Campbell for the murder of Morgan Powell at Summit Hill, and John "Yellow Jack" Donahue. www.lehigh.edu /~ineng/paw/paw-history.htm   (4332 words)

Palm Sunday Committee: Speakers: Speakers at Palm Sunday 2002 Tom Uren was born in Balmain, Sydney in 1921 and was educated at Manly High School. Throughout his Parliamentary career Tom Uren was an active member of the left wing of the ALP, maintaining opposition to the Vietnam War, conscription and nuclear testing. In 1983 he became Minister for Territories and Local Governement, and from 1984 to 1987 he was Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services. palmsunday.socialchange.net.au /speakers   (1017 words)

macgregor - pafg299 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Edward Clarence Uren was born in 1900 in Boulder Wa. Rita Violet Uren was born about 1897 in Eglhwk.Vic. Thomas Hanretty.Thomas married Jane Elizabeth Thorpe in 1879 in Rockingham Wa. members.iinet.net.au /~lumac1/pafg299.htm   (1017 words)

My Family History UREN - VICTORY - WALKER - WALSINGHAM - However, his son Thomas' apprenticeship indenture, dated 1809, alludes to the fact that John had died by 1805, although neither date nor place of death have been found. The male line of their eldest son, John jnr., seems to have died out, but descendants of their second son, Thomas, are many, and live today in Australia, England, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Wales and the United States. brew.clients.ch /FamilyHist.htm   (1017 words)

Column van 9 december - Mercator Verzekeringen Om de drie uren mogen we naar bed, maar om de drie uren moeten we er ook uit. Thomas schrijft deze columns eigenlijk exclusief voor onze Mercator-bemiddelaars, maar wij laten u graag meegenieten. In zijn column Thomas´ wereld koppelt hij het nuttige — verzekeringen — aan het aangename — zeilen. www.mercator.be /page.asp?ID=0530058100   (1017 words)

Veryan - pafg343 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Thomas Minear was born in 1818/1819 in St. Austell, Cornwall. Thomas May was born in 1833/1834 in St. Agnes, Cornwall. Elizabeth A. was born in 1838/1839 in Veryan, Cornwall. webhome.idirect.com /~djtrounce/veryanres/pafg343.htm   (1017 words)

Scrapbook Gleanings - Part 1 Uren, we were again reminded of the brevity of life and that we too must shortly go hence. Uren had long been a member were in attendance and took charge, conducting services at the grave. William Uren, and was born in Thompson township where she was reared to womanhood, Oct. 25, 1891. www.rootsweb.com /~iljodavi/scrapbook/part1.htm   (1017 words)

AII POW-MIA InterNetwork Last night, Mr Uren said that one reason why compensation took so long was that the veterans' affairs bureaucracy had always opposed compensating groups, as opposed to individual cases. Mr Uren has been pushing compensating the Japanese POWs for years on the grounds that they suffered living under barbaric conditions of slave labour, poor nutrition and violence. Mr Uren met Mr Howard last November and urged him to compensate the soldiers, receiving what he called a good hearing. www.aiipowmia.com /inter22/in081002aus.html   (795 words)

Tom and Rachel's wedding - cuboidal photos Tom Uren and Rachel White were married on 21 Dec 2005. Send comments, complaints and hate mail to the cuboidal team. cuboidal.org /photos/2002/12/wedding   (21 words)

BARISTA: more on Jim As Uren says: "Cairns was committed to the Vietnam struggle from the early '60s. The Age has published this tribute to Jim Cairns by his old friend and colleague Tom Uren. Then Cairns was in his fighting prime, and huge energy for change was provided by young people in demonstrations. dox.media2.org /barista/archives/000047.html   (419 words)

Why_Labor_Mined_Uranium_-_GL_359 Accounts of the period describe the surprise support for Hawke from Tom Uren, a prominent anti-uranium campaigner. I told Tom that if the policy remained unchanged I would, reluctantly, support it.'' In Straight Left, published the following year, Uren provides a similar account of this discussion. It was Hayden's active opposition to the anti-uranium policy that convinced some in the Labor left faction to switch their allegiance to Hawke, a surprising decision given his consistent and ruthless attacks on uranium bans while leader of the ACTU. www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/99env/Why_Labor_Mined_Uranium_-_GL_359   (1480 words)

Planned demolition of WWII Changi prison stirs old passions Tom Uren, a former federal Australian minister who was a POW at Changi, reflected the sentiments of many war veterans during an interview on Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio recently. "There's going to be a lot of heartburn, not only of Australian soldiers, but certainly some British soldiers as well," Uren said. It is hard to imagine because it is not physically there," he said. www.singapore-window.org /sw03/031109a2.htm   (687 words)

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