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2 unusual facts about Sam Rosa


Sam Rosa

The son of housepainter Alexander Rosa and Mary Elizabeth Henshaw, Rosa was probably born in Australia but grew up in London, where he attended St Andrew's School and the Polytechnic School of Art in Regent Street.

In 1888 he moved to Melbourne and established the local branch of the Australian Socialist League; on 20 July 1889 he formed the Social Democratic League with William Maloney and W. D. Flinn, publishing a pamphlet, Social Democracy, in 1890.



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