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McCauley, Percy John (1866–1949)

	McCauley, Percy John (1866–1949)
Born	8 September, 1866 Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Died	20 August, 1949 (aged 82) Chatswood, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic
Related Entries [View as tree]	McCauley, Norman Alphonsus (son) McCauley, Mary Elizabeth (granddaughter)
Occupation*	church musician (1886-1930) New South Wales, Australia tenor (1886-1930) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1889-1913) New South Wales, Australia land valuer (1891-1895) New South Wales, Australia auctioneer (1896-1900) New South Wales, Australia insolvent (1912-1912) Queensland, Australia journalist (1913-1917) Queensland, Australia church musician (1915-1918) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1917-1918) Victoria, Australia journalist (1917-1949) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations*	Darling Downs Pastoral, Agricultural & Industrial Association (member, 1901-1912) Darling Downs Pastoral, Agricultural & Industrial Association (secretary, 1901) Clifton Progress Association (Qld) (member, 1908) Clifton Railway League (Qld) (member, 1908) Darling Downs Pastoral, Agricultural & Industrial Association (life member, 1912) Australian Journalist Association (Qld) (member, 1913) Catholic Choral Society (Melbourne) (founder, 1915) St. Vincent's Choral Society (Melbourne) (president, 1915-1916) Catholic Choral Society (Melbourne) (president, 1917)
Political Activism*	ALP (NSW) anti-conscriptionist
Workplaces*	Yass Courier (NSW) newspaper (owner) Australian Star newspaper (journalist, 1889-1893) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) (journalist, 1893-1895) Labor Post newspaper (journalist, 1895) Barber & McCauley (co-owner, 1896-1900) Clifton Despatch (Qld) newspaper (owner, 1901-1912) Courier-Mail (Brisbane) newspaper (journalist, 1913-1913) Daily Standard (Brisbane) newspaper (journalist, 1913-1913) Yass Courier (NSW) newspaper (owner, 1914-1915) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) (journalist, 1917-1924) Labor News (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1920-1922) Labor Daily (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1925-1938) Century (Sydney) newspaper (editor, 1938-1949)

* Dates are approximate