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James Thomas Dooley (1877–1950)
James Thomas Dooley (1877-1950), politician, was born on 26 April 1877 at Carrick Crean, Longford, Ireland, fourth son of Thomas Dooley, farmer and gardener, and his wife Elizabeth, née O'Connor. On 1 August 1885, in the Dorunda, the family arrived in Brisbane, where, after attending a state school, at 12 Jim began work as a draper's assistant; later he was apprenticed to a tailor and attended technical college evening classes, joining the college literary and debating society, to which his future...