WILLIAM GUTHRIE SPENCE (1846-1926), trade unionist and politician, was born on 7 August 1846 at the island of Eday, Orkney, Scotland, son of James Maxwell Spence, stonemason, and his wife Jane, née Guthrie. He came to Geelong, Victoria, with …

Jul 10, 2024 · William Guthrie Spence (1846–1926) was a militant, great negotiator and successful organiser of bush-workers. Born in Scotland, Spence was the son of a stonemason who came to Spring Hill near Creswick in 1853; he claimed to have heard the shooting at Eureka in 1954 and saw it as formative on his thinking.

Aug 13, 2024 · William Guthrie Spence was born on 7 August 1846 on the island of Eday, Orkney, Scotland. The son of James Maxwell Spence, stonemason, and his wife Jane, née Guthrie. He came to Geelong, Victoria, with his family probably in February 1852.

"SPENCE, WILLIAM GUTHRIE (1846-1926), trade unionist and politician, was born on 7 August 1846 at the island of Eday, Orkney, Scotland, son of James Maxwell Spence, stonemason, and his wife Jane, Guthrie. He came to Geelong, Victoria, with his family probably in February 1852."

Jan 3, 2025 · Spence succumbed to pulmonary oedema at his son's home in Terang, Vic, not far from Creswick, on 13 Dec 1926, and was buried without fanfare or public acclaim in the Coburg Cemetery, Melbourne. His wife, Ann Jane Spence, died shortly thereafter on 12 Dec 1927, and was laid to rest beside him.

Member of the House of Representatives for Darling 1901 - 1917; and for Darwin 1917 - 1919. Local Government Activity Borough councillor, Creswick, Victoria from 1884.

Using the labour leader William Guthrie Spence as a case-study, I show that provincial men from a middling social strata nurtured a distinctive gender ethos, perhaps best described as the manliness of civic sentiment.

SPENCE, the Hon. William Guthrie. ... Elected to the House of Representatives for Darling, New South Wales, 1901. Re-elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 and 1914. ... Secretary and Sunday School Superintendent of the Creswick Presbyterian Church. Occupations. General Secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association (Vic.) from 1882 to 1891. ...

The plaque commemorates William Guthrie Spence, the labour leader and trade union pioneer who lived at Spring Hill near Creswick as a boy.

The hut pictured above has a plaque mounted outside, commemorating it as the boyhood home of William Guthrie Spence brother of James Maxwell Spence (Junior). William Guthrie Spence was born in Scotland in 1846 and was later to become the guiding light behind the foundation of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Australia.