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Name	Lionel Ball
Born	12 January, 1877 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	February, 1955 (aged 78) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Education *	The School (Mt Victoria, Blue Mountains, NSW) (student, 1889-1894) University of Sydney (1895-1899)
Occupation or Descriptor *	geologist (1900-1946) Queensland, Australia public servant (1900-1946) Queensland, Australia public service head (1931-1946) Queensland, Australia
Awards	Deas Thomson scholarship (University of Sydney) (recipient, 1899)
Key Events *	Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908 (exhibitor)
Workplaces *	Geological Survey of Queensland (geologist, 1900)

* Dates are approximate

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