Arthur Augustus Calwell

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Jo Featherston & http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130385b.htm
where it is noted that "Calwell was Australia's first minister for immigration. He was ideally suited for the post and had lobbied eagerly for it. No minister in Chifley's cabinet was so well placed to overcome labour's traditional resistance to large-scale immigration. Calwell shared and boldly articulated the prejudices both of the labour movement and the wider Australian community. More effectively than others could have done in the 1940s, he was able to expand Australia's traditional immigration base beyond the British Isles to include eastern and southern Europe, and to promote aggressive recruitment as the means of preserving a 'White Australia'. "

• connection. Robert's links to Arthur Calwell, Australia's first Minister for Immigration & later on Leader of the Opposition
Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896)
His father was Arthur Albert Calwell (c1860)
His father was Davis Calwell (1830) & he also had Elizabeth Calwell (1857) who married Richard Crocker (1856)
They had Richard Crocker (1885) who married Christina Kemp (1887)
Her father was John Kemp (1860)
His father was George Kemp (1823) & he also had Alfred Kemp (1864)
He had Martha Kemp (1887) who married Frederick Taber (1879)
His father was Robert Taber (1839) who married Elizabeth Booth (1841)
Her father was James Booth (1814) who married Anne Ashcroft (1825)
They also had Sussanah Booth (1842) who married Henry Winton (1842)
They had Edward Winton who married Emily Collett (1877)
Her father was Arthur Collett (1848) - links to Davies line from here
& he also had James Collett (1880) who married Florence Knight (1883)
Whose father was John Knight (1844) who married Ellen Pearson (1846)
Whose father was James Pearson (1813) & who also had Mary Pearson (1843) who married Richard Dawes (1845)
Whose father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1813) & he also had James (1843) who married Charlotte Peck (1843)
They had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray
Who had Albert Bray (1896)
Who had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
Who had Robert Arthur Bray (1947)

My connection with Arthur Calwell links from Arthur Collett (1848) is as follows:
Her father was Arthur Collett (1848) married Rebecca Sutherland (1858)
Her father was John Sutherland (c1829) & he also had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Helen Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1894)
They had Colin Davies (1925)
Who had me (1950) - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)