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Life Summary

Name	Brian Thomas Manning
Born	13 October, 1932 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia
Died	3 November, 2013 (aged 81) Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Gibbs, George Aubrey (acquaintance) Andrews, Shirley Aldythea (acquaintance)
Education *	Mundubbera State School (Qld) (student, 1938-1940) Taringa State School (Brisbane) (student, 1941-1944) Brisbane State High School (student, 1945-1948)
Occupation or Descriptor *	labourer (1949-1956) Queensland, Australia public servant (1957-1960) Northern Territory, Australia communist (1959-2013) Northern Territory, Australia public servant (1960-1963) Federal, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1961-2013) New South Wales, Australia dockyard worker (1965-2002) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1967-1981) Northern Territory, Australia
Awards	Darwin Citizen of the Year (NT) (recipient, 2010) Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste (recipient, 2014)
Key Events *	Gurindji walk-off (Wave Hill, NT, 1966) (supporter) Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture (Charles Darwin University) (speaker, 2003)
Key Organisations *	Maritime Union of Australia (NT) (life member, ?-2013) Unions NT (delegate, ?-?) Aboriginal Rights Council (NT) (member, 1961-?) North Australian Workers' Union (organiser, 1967-1973) North Australian Workers' Union (organiser, 1977-1981)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NT) (member, 1959)
Workplaces *	Dept of Civil Aviation (Federal) (public servant, ?-1963) Dept of Works (NT) (public servant, 1957-?) Darwin Workers Club (NT) (manager, 1963-1964)

* Dates are approximate