Background
He was born in Camperdown to carpenter James Culbert and Annie Josephine Farrelly.
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John Culbert
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He was educated at Newtown and became a messenger boy with the Government Printing Office before working in timbermills.
Career
He was state secretary of the Australian Timberworkers Union from 1920 to 1943 and later federal president He was arrested in 1929 after the Timber Workers strike but was found not guilty of conspiracy. Culbert died in Annandale in 1943.
Membership
From 1925 to 1943 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
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Nationality
Australian