Papers of Henry Boote, 1894-1949 [manuscript]. 1894-1949.

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Papers of Henry Boote, 1894-1949 [manuscript]. 1894-1949.

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Diary (3 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1940; 1 Jan. 1943) in two exercise books. Various papers and documents including manuscript poem "I look forth" (1936); pen and ink illustrations for book of poetry "As I went by"; an article on "Black labour traffic" (1894), and a summons to Boote and John Bailey for contempt of court re. case of Donald Grant (1916). Letters (c.1916-1949) from about 60 correspondents, including Frank Anstey, Arthur Bayldon, Elioth Gruner, E.G. Theodore, Jack Lindsay, Michael Sawtell, Sir W.J. McKell, E.J. Ward, Judge A.W. Foster, Dame Mary Gilmore, C.E.W. Bean, R.J. Heffron, John Curtin, Clive Evatt, J.le Gay Brereton, H.V. Evatt, C.G. Fallon, J. Scullin, K.S. Prichard, Lionel Lindsay, D. Cameron, Frank Brennan, E.J. Brady, Rod Quinn, Andrew Fisher, the United Irish League and the American Federation of Labor. Letters mostly concern "The Australian Worker", with one group on the early closing campaign of 1916.

2 v., 83 letters.

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Boote, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1868-1949

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Henry Boote was born in Liverpool, England. In 1889 he emigrated to Australia and worked in Brisbane for 5 years as a jobbing compositor. During this period he contributed to the Queensland Worker. In 1894, Boote went to Bundaberg to edit the Bundaberg Guardian, a Labor paper. In 1897 he was invited by Andrew Fisher to start Gympie Truth. Boote was editor of Queensland Worker in 1902 and in 1911 he became leader and feature writer under Hector Lamond in the Australian Worker. He was active in th...