Albert Ernest Monk
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(16 September 1900 – 11 February 1975) was an Australian trade unionist who was best known for his work with the
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). He was president from 1934 to 1943, secretary from 1943 to 1949, and then president again from 1949 to 1969.
In 1966 he was appointed a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III.
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Writer
Blanche d'Alpuget
Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget (born 3 January 1944) is an Australian writer and the second wife of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia.
Background and early career
D'Alpuget is the only child of Josephine Curgenven a ...
had intended to write a biography of Monk but was refused permission by Monk's widow, as she did not want the public to know that she was Monk's second wife.
D'Alpuget instead wrote a biography of Monk's successor as ACTU President and future Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
, whom she married in 1995.
References
External links
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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1900 births
1975 deaths
Australian trade unionists
English emigrants to Australia
People from Waltham Abbey, Essex
Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George