Shea, E. H. (Ernest H.)

Ernest Shea (1884-1959) born in Melbourne and educated at Subiaco, W.A. By 1905 he was working as a printer. In 1913 Shea was living in Darlinghurst, Sydney where he became active in the Letterpress Machinists' Union. From 1922-1923 he was President of the Amalgamated Printing Trades Employees' Union and a delegate to the Labor Council N.S.W. In 1922 Shea was appointed a teacher of letterpress machining at Sydney Technical College. He became the head-teacher in 1928. Shea and his students produced two year-books (1929 and 1931). In 1931 he set up Sunnybrook Press in his Mosman home. Here he produced a series of limited editions (usually of 75 or 100 copies) on an 1874 Albion hand press. He was an organizing member of the Australian Limited Editions Society in 1936.

From the description of Letters and newspaper cuttings [manuscript]. 1907-1942. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225842175