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Alfred Garland Swetnam 1879 - 1912

Alfred Garland Swetnam of VIC Australia was born in 1879 at Donnelly Creek to Mary Garland Swetnam and James William Swetnam. He had siblings Mary Swetnam Sadler, Frances Eva (Swetnam) Swannell, James William Swetnam, Thomas Eugene Swetnam, and John Garland Swetnam. Alfred Swetnam died at age 33 years old in 1912 in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire County.
Alfred Garland Swetnam
Donnelly Creek in VIC Australia
1879
Donnelly Creek in VIC, Australia
1912
Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire County, VIC, 3875, Australia
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  • 1879

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    1879
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    Donnelly Creek in VIC Australia
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  • 1912

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    1912
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Bairnsdale, East Gippsland Shire County, VIC 3875, Australia
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    Alfred Garland Swetnam lived 42 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 33.
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In 1879, in the year that Alfred Garland Swetnam was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, at the age of only 5 years old, Alfred was alive when on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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