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Life Summary

Name	Charles Arthur Lee
Alternative Names	Chas Lee
Born	13 August, 1872 Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Died	18 October, 1934 (aged 62) Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1892-1907) Western Australia, Australia trade union official (1895-1907) Western Australia, Australia journalist (1907-1932) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Gold Honour Badge (Australian Journalists Assn) (recipient)
Key Organisations *	Amalgamated Workers Association (WA) (organiser, ?-?) Sydney Press Club (member, ?-?) Kalgoorlie, Boulder and District Male Shop Assistants Union (WA) (president, 1905-1907) Kalgoorlie, Boulder and District Male Shop Assistants Union (WA) (secretary, 1905-1907) Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (member, 1911) Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (president, 1914-1915) Australian Journalists' Association (national) (president, 1915-1916) Sydney Press Club (president, 1930-1930)
Political Activism *	ALP (WA) (member, ?-1907)
Workplaces *	Advertiser (Adelaide) newspaper (journalist, ?-?) Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW) newspaper (associate editor, ?-?) Kalgoorlie Miner (WA) newspaper (journalist, ?-?) Labor Daily (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, ?-1932) Westralian Worker (Kalgoorlie, WA) newspaper (journalist, ?-?) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1914-1920) Daily Mail (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1922-?) Sun (Newcastle, NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1922-?)

* Dates are approximate