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There Was a Storm in Her. When you look at a picture of Agnes Doig from the Melbourne University Archive, she looks like your next-door neighbour – bright, energetic, kind – but take another look and you can see something else, something strong and clear-eyed.
Nov 3, 2021 · Born into a middle class, religious family in Scotland, Agnes Doig was an unlikely hero of the Wonthaggi union movement, writes Carolyn Landon.
Agnes McIlwain Doig, née Smith (1906-1992) domestic help, coal miner’s wife, Communist and community activist. Birth: 13 April 1906 in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, daughter of Thomas Smith, mining contractor, and Agnes, née McIlwain.
Strikebound opens with Wattie and Agnes Doig discussing the hardships of life on the Victorian coalfields. A strong emotional impact is made by showing us the real people who are about to be portrayed by actors.
Author: Doig, Wattie, 1900-1987, interviewee. Access Conditions: Access to be determined. Description: 1974 February 25. 1 audiotape reel (approximately 42 min.) : analog. Series: Wendy Lowenstein miscellany collection. Biography/History: Wattie Doig was a union leader. Notes: Recorded on 25 February 1974.
Thomas Doeg and Agnes McCrory. Linked family file DOIGG with spouse ancestry HERE. Thomas Doeg was probably from Scotland, his surname a modernization of Dog, more usually Doig. In this family history we descend as Doeg, Doegg, Doig, Doigg, Doieg, and occasionally other variations.
Matthew Imrie, cordiner, indweller in Caltoun & Agnes Doig, daughter of the deceased William Doig, wright in Erroll, both in this parish being proclaimed three several Sabbath days in order to marriage, were married 27 September 1722.
