Early Life
She was born Eugenie Sinicky in Trani, Italy, where her parents were displaced persons from the Soviet Union. She was educated at the Burwood Girls High School, Sydney University and the Sydney Teachers College.
George was a Secondary school teacher and teacher trade unionist, and was elected General Secretary of the New South Wales Teachers Federation 1980-82. Journalist Brad Norrington alleged that during the 1960s and early 1970s she was a member of the Communist Party of Australia; George denies this.
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