Editing Pauline Hanson (section)

==Early life and career==
Hanson was born Pauline Lee Seccombe on 27 May 1954 in the Brisbane suburb of [[Woolloongabba]]. She was the fifth of seven children (and the youngest daughter) to John Alfred "Jack" Seccombe and Hannorah Alousius Mary "Norah" Seccombe (née Webster).<ref>{{cite web|title=Senators and Members, by Date of Birth |publisher=Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/parl/38/mpsbyage.htm |access-date=10 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914111342/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/parl/38/mpsbyage.htm |archive-date=14 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:handbook%2Fallmps%2FBK6 |title=ParlInfo – Biography for HANSON, Pauline Lee |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221133504/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:handbook%2Fallmps%2FBK6 |archive-date=21 December 2017}}</ref> She first received schooling at Buranda Girls' School, later attending [[Coorparoo State School]] in [[Coorparoo, Queensland|Coorparoo]] until she ended her education at age 15, shortly before her first marriage and pregnancy.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Jack and Norah Seccombe owned a [[fish and chip shop]] in [[Ipswich, Queensland]], in which Hanson and her siblings worked from a young age, preparing meals and taking orders. At an older age, she assisted her parents with more [[office administration|administrative]] work in [[bookkeeping]] and [[sales ledger]]ing.<ref name="ABC-2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1203646.htm |title=ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 60: Pauline Hanson (20/09/2004) |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=20 September 2004 |access-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507210048/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1203646.htm |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>

Hanson worked at [[Woolworths Supermarkets|Woolworths]] before working in the [[office administration]] of [[History of Bickford's Australia|Taylors Elliotts Ltd]], a subsidiary of [[Drug Houses of Australia]] (now [[Bickford's Australia]]), where she handled [[clerk|clerical]] [[bookkeeping]] and [[secretary|secretarial]] work. She left Taylors Elliotts during her first pregnancy.

In 1978, Hanson (then Pauline Zagorski) met Mark Hanson, a tradesman on Queensland's [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. They married in 1980 and established a construction business specialising in [[Roofer|roof]] plumbing. Hanson handled the [[office administration|administrative]] components of the company, similar to her work with Taylors Elliotts, while her husband dealt with practical labour. In 1987, the couple divorced and the company was liquidated. She moved back to Ipswich and worked as a barmaid at what was then Booval Bowls Club. Hanson then bought a fish and chip shop with a new business partner Morrie Marsden. They established  Marsden Hanson Pty Ltd and began operations from their recently opened fish and chip shop in [[Silkstone, Queensland|Silkstone]], a suburb of [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]]. Hanson and Marsden both shared the administrative responsibilities of the company, but Hanson took on additional practical responsibilities, including buying supplies and produce for the shop and preparing the food, which was among many things that contributed to her notoriety during her first political campaign. Over time, Hanson acquired full control of the company, which was sold upon her election to [[Australian Parliament|Parliament]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gould |first1=Joel |title=Hanson back to where it all began at old fish and chip shop |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/hanson-back-to-where-it-all-began-at-old-shop/2521327 |website=The Queensland Times |access-date=3 July 2016 |date=24 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428164328/http://www.qt.com.au/news/hanson-back-to-where-it-all-began-at-old-shop/2521327/ |archive-date=28 April 2016}}</ref>