John Dacey
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John Rowland Dacey was an Irish-born Australian politician. He moved to Victoria, Australia, with his mother after his father died. Eventually orphaned, Dacey moved to Sydney with his wife and began w
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A bird's-eye view of Dacey's Garden Suburb (1918)
James McGowen
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James Sinclair Taylor McGowen was an Australian politician. He served as premier of New South Wales from 1910 to 1913, the first member of the Australian Labor Party to hold the position, and was a ke
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…the Redfern Labor Electoral League, the local branch of the Labor Electoral League of New South Wales, in 1891, but was defeated for pre-selection by James McGowen, who would later serve as Premier and appoint Dacey to the cabinet. A Roman Catholic, Dacey was influenced in his political opinions by protectionism…
McGowen in 1913