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Austin, Mervyn Neville (1913–1991)

professor of classics

Mervyn Austin, by Susan Watkins, 1962

Mervyn Austin, by Susan Watkins, 1962

State Library of Western Australia,

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Mervyn Austin, by Susan Watkins, 1962

Mervyn Austin, by Susan Watkins, 1962

State Library of Western Australia,

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1 August, 1913
Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

11 June, 1991 (aged 77)
Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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