Reginald James Wearne papers, 1917-1952

MLMSS 1351

fonds

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

422364

1 volume of textual material - manuscript, typescript, printed, photograph

R. J. Wearne, stock and station agent, Bingara, N.S.W., was a brother of Walter Ernest Wearne, M.L.A. While serving as a volunteer during the 1917 transport strike, he shot a unionist, Mervyn Flannigan, but was acquitted of the charge of murder. Another Bingara agent, A. W. H. Bull, organised a subscription among agents throughout New South Wales to pay Wearne's legal expenses

a. Letters received by R. J. and W. E. Wearne, May 1917 - February 1918 with some annotations by R. J. Wearne, ca. 1952. MS and typescript
b. Papers of A. W. H. Bull regarding subscription, September 1917 - January 1918, with notes by R. J. Wearne, 1952 MS. and typescript.
c. Miscellaneous papers, 1917, regarding Wearne's role in the strike, including agreements relating to bail and portrait with group of volunteers. Printed forms with MS. and typescript additions, typescript and photograph

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-478 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Strikes and lockouts -- Transportation
Bail -- New South Wales -- Sydney