Editing Paul Keating (section)

==Early life and education==
Keating was born at [[St Margaret's Hospital, Sydney|St Margaret's Hospital]] in [[Darlinghurst]], [[Sydney]], on 18 January 1944.<ref>{{cite book |author=David Day |title=Paul Keating: The Biography |year=2015 |publisher=Fourth Estate |page=17|author-link=David Day (historian)}}</ref> He was the first of four children born to Minnie (née Chapman) and Matthew John Keating. His father worked as a [[boilermaker]] for the [[New South Wales Government Railways]].<ref>Day (2015), p. 10.</ref> All of Keating's grandparents were born in Australia. On his father's side, he was descended from Irish immigrants born in counties [[County Galway|Galway]], [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]], and [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]].<ref>Day (2015), p. 8.</ref> On his mother's side, he was of mixed English and Irish descent. His maternal grandfather, Fred Chapman, was the son of two [[Convicts in Australia|convicts]], John Chapman and Sarah Gallagher, both of whom had been [[Penal transportation|transported]] for theft in the 1830s.<ref>Day (2015), p. 3.</ref>

Keating grew up in [[Bankstown]], a working-class suburb in western Sydney, the family home from 1942 to 1966 being a modest [[Asbestos cement|fibro]]-and-brick bungalow at 3 Marshall Street (demolished for flat development in 2014).<ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Matt |title=From a KFC to a Centrelink: What the former homes of Australia's prime ministers have become |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/from-a-kfc-to-a-centrelink-what-the-former-homes-of-australias-prime-ministers-have-become/ |access-date=25 September 2021 |agency=realestate.com.au |date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925173434/https://www.realestate.com.au/news/from-a-kfc-to-a-centrelink-what-the-former-homes-of-australias-prime-ministers-have-become/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His siblings include Anne Keating, a company director and businesswoman. Leaving De La Salle College—now known as [[LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown|LaSalle Catholic College]]—at the age of 14, Keating left high school rather than pursuing higher education, instead working as a pay clerk at the [[Sydney County Council]]'s electricity distributor. Keating also attended Belmore Technical High School to further his education.<ref name="naa before">{{cite web |url=https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/paul-keating/before-office |title=Paul Keating: before office |work=Australia's Prime Ministers |publisher=National Archives of Australia |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913190638/https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/paul-keating/before-office |url-status=live }}</ref> He then worked as research assistant for a trade union, having joined the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] as soon as he was eligible. In 1966, he became president of New South Wales Young Labor.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=14942 |title=Civics &#124; Paul Keating (1944–) |date=14 June 2005 |publisher=Civicsandcitizenship.edu.au |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511194352/http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=14942 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 1960s, Keating also managed a rock band named The Ramrods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=14942 |title=Paul Keating |date=14 June 2005 |publisher=Civicsandcitizenship.edu.au |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511194352/http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=14942 |url-status=dead}}</ref>