Hugh Slattery, a Catholic activist and businessman who spent an intense period fighting communism in Australia, died recently in Ballarat after a long illness. He leaves behind him the large extended family that he loved and was devoted to for many years.Born in Bendigo, Hugh was the youngest of John and Lucy Slattery’s four surviving children. John was an art teacher at the Bendigo School of Mines, and later, on moving to Richmond, became a government inspector of factories.By the time Hugh was…
