Guido Carlo Luige Baracchi [26719] ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LXWM-96B.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Newspaper: STUDENTS AND THE WAR, 1917 Jul 28, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. ² STUDENTS AND THE WAR. (1917, July 28). Leader(Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 -1918), p. 39 Edition: TOWN and WEEKLY. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90862582>

STUDENTS AND THE WAR. SCENE AT UNIVERSITY. Remarkable scenes characterised a meet-ing of the Melbourne University Historical Society in the Biology School, University, on Wednesday. The meeting was ostensibly. held for the purpose of debating the sub-ject of "The Future of Trade Unionism," but at the height of the proceedings a large number of students, about 200 in all, tem-porarily took possession of the hall. The reason for their action, as was subsequently explained, was to demand from one of the speakers, Mr. Guido Baracchi, a member of the managing committee of the Students' Representative Council, an apology for an article, written by him in the last number of the "Melbourne University Magazine."Principal objection, it was stated, was taken to the opening sentence, which read as follows:-'"The war, whatever the Jin-goes and the Junkers may tell us, is not primarily our affair."
The ringleaders of the students' demon-stration were a youth of good muscular development and a soldier. They, witih the others, politely requested Mr. Baracchi to leave the hall, and the crowd tramped out of the place. Upon reaching the ground floor another batch of about 100 students was in attendance. Some trouble had ap-parently been anticipated. Three mem-bers of the police force in uniform were present, but their services were not required. In the dimly-lighted grounds a meeting was held. A chairman was ap-pointed, and he, with Mr. Baracchi, took up a position on the steps leading to the entrance of a building. The chairman, in a few words, declared that the sentiments expressed in the article were not repre-sentative of the views of students generally, and it was decided by the company that an apology be made for their publication. The loyalty of the University was at stake.(Cheers.) Other speakers voiced a similar opinion. It was mentioned that the stu-dents as a whole were loyally contributing to the defence of the Empire. Large num-bers had enlisted and others were about to do so although it was true that some had remained to complete their studies. One of the students interjected, "The first, second and third year meds. ought to wish they had never come into existence !"
Eventually, to the accompaniment of "cat calls," hoots and other signs of dis-approval. Mr. Baracclhi was called upon to make his apology. "If students will indi-cate which portion of my article in the 'University Magazine' you object to, I will explain," began Mr. Baracchi. (Cries of Apologise !) "In mny mind there was nothing offensive in it; at least nothing offensive was intended. (A Voice: Do the right thing. Apologise !) If my senti-ments are resented by students, I apologise for having published them." It was urged by subsequent, speakers that Mr. Baracchi should insert his apology in the next issue of the "Universiy. Magazine"; that he state that his opinions were not as had been previously expressed by him, and that he should not in future write any such articles to the magazine. In reply, Mr. Baracchi promised to apologise through the magazine. He stated that nothing could alter his personal opinions, "'not even threats of violence, for a man could not sell his soul." He would not, however, write in such a strain in future.
The assembled students, who were nearly all eligibles, having gained their end, then dispersed.

• Newspaper: MEN AND MATTERS, 1918 Feb 14, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. ³ MEN AND MATTERS. (1918, February 14). Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 -1955), p. 10. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72190005>

At Yarra Bank on Sunday last Guido Baracehi (30), a well-known law Student, was arrested on a charge of statements prejudicial to re-cruting. Baracchi was one of a partyof anti-conscriptionsts that entertained a crowd of several hundred persons with deliverances on the war, Russian Bol-shevikism, and Czardom in Australia. '97News item. In other words, Baracchi has been arrested because he advocated and supported true democracy.

• Newspaper: GUIDO BARACCHI IMPRISONED, 1918 Feb 28, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. ⁴ GUIDO BARACCHI IMPRISONED. (1918, February 28). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 -1933), p. 8. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20214104>

GUIDO BARACCHI IMPRISONED.
MEBOURNE. February 26.
Refusing to enter into a bond of £200 that he would in future refrain from making inflam-matory speeches calculated to cause dissatisfaction amongst the civilian population, Guido Baracchi the university student who was recently arrested on the Yarra bank, was sentenced to three months imprisonment at the City Court to day. Baracchi, who had been allowed seven days to sign the bond, had paid the fines and costs inflicted in the case, amounting to £110.

• Newspaper: ITEMS OF INTEREST, 1918 Apr 11, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. ⁵ ITEMS OF INTEREST. (1918, April 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -1956), p. 8. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1651833>

Guido Barrachi's Imprisonment.
A deputation, introduced by Mr. Mathews, M.H.R., waited upon the Minis-ter for Works and Railways (Mr. Groom) yesterday, in the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), and urged that Guido Baracchi should be released. It was contended that the charge upon which Baracchi had been convicted was vindictive, and the sentence excessive. The deputation suggested that political prisoners should be released at a time when unity in the com-munity was being sought. Baracchi was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for refusing to give a bond to be of good behaviour, when convicted of having made statements calculated to prejudice recruit-ing. Mr. Groom promised to place the matter before Mr. Hughes.

• Newspaper: Classified Advertising, 1920 May 21, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. ⁶ Classified Advertising. (1920, May 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -1956), p. 1. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1704021>

AT Socialist Hall Sunday night, Guido Baracchi Lectures "Professor Atkinson's Vulgar economy." Marxian Exposition.

• Newspaper: DAVIES DIVORCE CASE, 1934 Sep 25, Kalgoorlie, , Western Australia, Australia. ⁷ DAVIES DIVORCE CASE. (1934, September 25). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 -1950), p. 5. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94923403>

DAVIES DIVORCE CASE
DECREE GRANTED Melbourne, Sept. 23.
In the Divorce Court, to-day.. Mr, Justice Macfarlan granted a decree nisi in the following suit : '97 Ellis Harvey Davies (50), of Steven-son street, Kew, against Mary Iso-bel Davies (29'), formerly of Claren-don street. -East Melbourne, now of no fixed address '97 misconduct. The co-respondent, Guido Baracchi. formerly of Riversdale road, Haw-thorn, was ordered to pay the costs.

• Newspaper: Advertising, 1940 May 25, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁸ Advertising. (1940, May 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27951740>

GUIDO BARACCHI: "The International Situation." Blue Tea Rooms, Rowe Street, city, Sunday, 8 p.m.. under auspices Fourth International Lectures. Admission Free. Collection.

• Registration: Death, 1975, New South Wales, Australia. ⁹ 31557/1975
BARACCHI, GUIDO CARLO LUIGI
PIETRO

• Death Notice, 1975 Dec 15, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁰ BARACCHI
Guido Carlo Luigi
Death notice
13DEC1975
Death
88
late of Emu Plains
Sydney Morning Herald
15DEC1975

• Biographical Note: Guide to the Papers of Guido Baracchi: Australia. ¹¹ Guide to the Papers of Guido Baracchi
MS 5241
National Library of Australia

<http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms5241>

Biographical Note
Guido Baracchi was born in 1887 and died in 1975. He was one of the founders of the Australian Communist Party. After the war he went to Europe and was active with the British Labour and Communist parties and worked as an underground member of the German Communist Party in Berlin. Baracchi returned to Australia in 1935 and he rejoined the Australian Communist Party.
He was married four times and his children include Gilda Baracchi.
Pietro Baracchi, Guido's father, was born in Florence in 1851. He was the government astronomer to the State of Victoria from 1900 to 1907. In 1910 the Commonwealth government invited Baracchi and a party of tour to the Yass -Canberra area to select a suitable site for an astronomical observatory. Baracchi led expeditions to observe solar eclipses to Bruny Island, Tasmania in 1910 and Tonga in 1911. He died in 1926 and was buried in Melbourne.

Guido married Ethel Victoria Cramp B.A. [26720] [LXWM-9HD] [MRIN: 10103], daughter of Karl Reginald Cramp OBE, MA [5375] [LC32-DG6] and Ethel May Neill [8836] [LXSP-4J1], in 1962 in Chatswood District, New South Wales, Australia. (Ethel Victoria Cramp B.A. [26720] [LXWM-9HD] was born on 1910 Jun 1 in Hurstville District, New South Wales, Australia and died on 1971 Aug 20 in Penrith District, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1962, Chatswood District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹² 19688/1962
BARACCHI, GIUDO CARLO L
CARSON, ETHEL VICTORIA
CHATSWOOD

  Marriage Notes:

His fourth and last wife.

Guido next married Ula Maddocks [37904] [LXWM-SMT] [MRIN: 12097], daughter of David Maddocks [37911] [LXWM-7HV] and Emma Jane [37912] [LXWM-7ZK], in 1946 in Manly District, New South Wales, Australia. (Ula Maddocks [37904] [LXWM-SMT] was born before 1931 and died in 1976 in New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1946, Manly District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹³ 20521/1946
BARACCHI, GUIDO CARLO LUIGE
MADDOCKS, ULA
MANLY

• Divorce papers: Divorce papers Ula Baracchi -Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi, 1961 Jul 14 to 1962 Apr 12, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁴ Item number or control symbol:2321/1961
Title:Divorce papers Ula Baracchi -Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi
Start date:14 Jul 1961
End date:12 Apr 1962

Guido next married Kathleen Inez Tobin [37907] [LXWM-S3F] [MRIN: 12102], daughter of Edward Tobin [37913] [LXWM-SFT] and Bessie [37914] [LXWM-SV4], before 1918 Mar 3 in South Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. (Kathleen Inez Tobin [37907] [LXWM-S3F] was born about 1896 and died in 1969 in Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Newspaper: Perth Prattle, 1918 Mar 3, Perth, , Western Australia, Australia. ¹⁵ Perth Prattle. (1918, March 3). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 -1954), p. 17. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57990411>

Guido Baracchi, the Melbourne An-archist who has been sent to gaol for raising a disturbance on the Yarra bank, is just married. According to an Eastern writer, he married Katrina Tobin, a brunette maiden who bright-ened up the chorus of the "Aladdin" pantomime, and before that had a thinking part in Allan Wilkie's Shake-spearian productions. And now Guido has a thinking part in "The Interrup-ted Honeymoon."

• Newspaper: BARACCHI DIVORCE CASE, 1922 Jun 28, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. ¹⁶ BARACCHI DIVORCE CASE. (1922, June 28). The Argus(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -1956), p. 15. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4621199>

BARACCHl DIVORCE CASE,
WIFE; GRANTED £300 ALIMONY.
Second Suit Follows.
Before Mr. Justice Mann, in the Third Civil Court, yesturday, Kathleen Inez Bar-ncchi, 26 years of age, of 32 Park street, St. Kilda, temporarily residing at "Cairo," Curlewis street, Bondi, Sydney, petitioned for divorce from Guido Carlo Luigi Bar-acchi, aged 34 years, on the ground of mis-conduct with Claire Zander.
In her petition, Mrs. Barncehi said that after the marriage, in 1918, they lived in a flat at Albert street, East Melbourne, for about six weeks, Respondent then got into trouble with the authorities, over the con-scription campaign, and was convicted for a breach of the War Precautions Act.,-He was sent to gaol for three months, as he refused to enter into a bond undertaking not to repeat the offence. Subsequently, he joined the petitioner in Sydney, after which they returned to Melbourne and lived there for two and a half years. In April, 1921 for the sake of the child's health, and with the consent of the re-spondent, she went to Queensland, where she stayed for about five months. During that time her husband corresponded with her in affectionate terms. On his sugges-tion the home was sold, and in June, 1921, he wrote saying that he was going to New Zealand.
Wished to Visit America.
Subsequently the Federal Attorney Gene-ral's department wrote informing her that respondent had applied for a passport to go to America, and asked the department if she consented to his going. To this she replied that she did not constent. He re-turned from New Zealand, to Sydney in 1921, when she was staying there. Re-spondent made a long explanation regard-ing his trip to New Zealand: but made no reference to resuming married life with her. He said that he had become entangled with a woman whose name at first he refused to give. Later he said that he had lived in New Zealand with a married woman named Claire Zander, known as "Harry" Zander. After this she had his movements watched and on February,10, 1922, in com-pany with private detectives, she visited a flat in Elizabeth Bay road. Sydney. The door was opened by a woman. One of the detectives asked respondent. "Do you admit that you are living here with this woman?" Respondent hesitated, and then said, "I do admit it, but I want you to speak respect-fully to me." The detective then asked the woman if she were Mrs. "Harry" Zander She replied, "That is my name -unfortun-ately."
Wife Gives Evidence.
In reply to Mr. Justice Mann, Mrs. Bar-acvhi said that her husband followed no occupation in Sydney. She had told him of her intention to petition for a divorce; and he had suggested that, for the sake of decency, it might be delayed, and that Mrs. Zander might be kept out of the proceed-ings. Before going to England respondent had asked her if her yearly allowance ( £300) would do; and she had told him that it would.
Evidence was given of the financial post-tion of the respondent, and it was stated that £18,000 was due to him from his mother's estate. Mr. L. S. Woolf, peti-tioner's counsel, told Mr. Justice Mann that Baracchi at present was drawing more
than £1,000 a year.
A decree nisi was granted, with costs, alimony at the rate of £300 a year for life being granted. Petitioner was given cus-tody of the child of the marriage, a daugh-ter three yeas of age.
Mr. Woolf was instructed by MeMirs. Gil-lett, Moir, and Ahern.
Baracchi as Co-respondent.
Mr. Justice Mann also granted a decree nisi, with costs against the co-respondent, named (Guido Carlo Lugi Baracchi) in a petition by John Keith Zander, wool-lasser, 28 years of age, of 9 Marine parade, St. Kilda, who asked for divorce from Har-riett Elizabeth Zander. 25 years of age, on the ground of misconduct. The parties were married in 1917. and before her mar-riage respondent was a "theatrical chorus girl."
They lived together up to May, 1921, when petitioner went to her relatives at Chiltern for a holiday, saying' that she would be away for a fortnight, A week later she wrote telling him that she was well, and that she would not be away long. Shortly aftewards she again wrote and said that she was not returning home as she wanted to "go her own way". Up to that time, said petitioner, she had been contented, and they had lived happily. to-gether. The second letter came as a sur prise to him, and he could not understand the reason for her action. Later he heard that she had gone to Sydney with Baracchi early in June, and that the two had gone on to New Zealand where they lived as man and wife.
Mr. L. S. Woolf (instructed by Mr. W. J. Strong) appeared for the petitioner.

Guido next married Harriet Elizabeth Whiteaway [37909] [LXWM-S4F] [MRIN: 12109] on 1923 Mar 29 in London, England. (Harriet Elizabeth Whiteaway [37909] [LXWM-S4F] was born about 1897 in Kaniva, , Victoria, Australia and died on 1996 Feb 12 in Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1923 Jul 18, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. ¹⁷ Family Notices. (1923, July 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -1956), p. 1. Retrieved January 10, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2018084>

BARACCHI'97ZANDER. '97 On the 29th March, 1923, at London, Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi, of Melbourne, to Harriet Elizabeth Zander (nee Whiteaway), of Melbourne, now of England.