from Sun
"Father of the electrical trades" in NSW, Mr. Donald Black, died in a Gosford Hospital last night.
He was State secretary of the Electrical Trades Union for 37 years from 1903, and organised the union on a Federal basis.
The late Donald Black came to NSW from Scotland in 1893.
Mr. G. Anderson, president of the Labor Council, said: "Donald Black epitomised all the good in trade unionism. He was honest, loyal, and a fighter."
Mr. Justice Cantor said: "In my view the Labor movement has lost a great stalwart."
The funeral will leave Wood Coffill Ltd., corner Brown-street and Orchard-road. Chatswood, at 1.45 pm tomorrow for Northern Suburbs cemetery.
'Black, Donald Edmond (c. 1875–1945)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/black-donald-edmond-32260/text39918, accessed 29 May 2022.
c.
1875
Korn, Argyll, Scotland
20 September,
1945
(aged ~ 70)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia