Albert Bathurst Piddington (1862-1945), judge and reformer, was born on 9 September 1862 at Bathurst, New South Wales, third son of London-born William Jones Killick Piddington and his Tasmanian wife Annie, née Burgess. The father was a man of God, who as a youth preached in Hobart Town, and (having moved to New South Wales) became a clergyman, first Methodist and later Anglican; he ended his career as archdeacon of Tamworth, esteemed for his dignity and interest in communal affairs.
Thomas Price (1852-1909), premier, was born on 19 January 1852 at Harwd Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales, eldest of seven children of John Price, stonemason, and his wife Jane, née Morris. They moved to Liverpool the next year. Tom's childhood was impoverished: his father failed to find regular employment because of intemperance. The boy embraced total abstinence and Wesleyan Methodism, and eventually convinced his father of their virtues. Tom was educated, until he began work at 9, at the St George Church of England Penny School, Everton, and later at evening classes in a mechanics' institute. He became a teacher, lay preacher and superintendent at his Boundary Street Sunday school. Apprenticed to a stonecutter, he eventually became an employer of a score of men. He pursued social issues through slum work and membership of the Liberal Reform Association and the Irish Home Rule League.
Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929), politician and judge, was born on 30 June 1851 at Newtownards, Down, Ireland, second son of Rev. John Higgins and his wife Anne, née Bournes. He arrived with his parents in Melbourne on 12 February 1870.

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