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Helen Henrry Ogston (1873–1955)

Mrs. Helen Ogston, who died last week, had been a keen and active Communist for 21 years. Over 80, she still, even when ill, read the literature of the working class movement and kept closely in touch with its activities.

Whether organising the distribution of the old Workers' Weekly (forerunner of Tribune), helping the unemployed to organise, or working in other ways for peace and the working people, Mrs. Ogston always had a sure faith in the Australian people and in the coming of Socialism.

At the cremation at Rookwood on Friday, Edgar Ross gave the oration, and paid tribute to Mrs. Ogston's devoted and unselfish work.

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'Ogston, Helen Henrry (1873–1955)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/ogston-helen-henrry-33582/text41994, accessed 24 April 2025.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Hutton, Helen Henrry
Birth

1873
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death

19 January, 1955 (aged ~ 82)
Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

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Political Activism