Saffin, Norman William

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Saffin, Norman William

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      • Norm Saffin
      • N W Saffin

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      1916 - 2002

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      Norman William Saffin started as a teacher in Cobden after growing up in the Western plains in the Mortlake area, and radicalised by the Spanish Civil War. He completed his MA from the University of Melbourne, 1954. He wrote on the labour movement and contributed to Labour History, journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH).

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      Victoria

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      historian; teacher; trade unionist

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      Entered from deposit description on 17 April 2012

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          Terry Irvin. Rediscovering Radical History, http://radicalsydney.blogspot.com/p/rediscovering-radical-history-essay-by.html (accessed on 17 April 2012)
          “Politics in History: An Interview with N W Saffin” Thesis Eleven, vol. 1, issue 1, http://the.sagepub.com/content/1/1/123.full.pdf (accessed on 17 April 2012) http://trove.nla.gov.au/book/result?c=book&q=creator%3A%22Saffin%2C+N.+W%22 (accessed on 17 April 2012)

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