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Name	Katherine Mary Williams
Alternative Names	Katherine Mary Chambers Katherine Mary Clarey
Born	23 April, 1895 Lara, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 April, 1975 (aged 79) Oakleigh, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Clarey, Percy James (husband)
Education *	Melbourne University High School (student, 1907-1912) Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy (Melbourne) (student, 1913-1915)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1915-1917) Victoria, Australia labour party organiser (1917-1935) Victoria, Australia communist (1936-1975) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1938-1945) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1948-1967) Victoria, Australia women's activist (1948-1975) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Federated Liquor & Allied Industries Employees Union of Australasia (Vic) (organiser, 1948) Victorian Trades Hall Council (delegate, 1948)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member) Equal pay campaign (activist supporting it) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1936) Communist Party (Vic) (committee member, 1948)

* Dates are approximate