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Name	Dorothy Chalker
Born	24 September, 1908 Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 August, 1995 (aged 86) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Spears, Betty Monica (colleague)
Education *	Canterbury Girls High School (Sydney) (student, 1920-1922) St George Girls High School (Sydney) (student, 1923-1925)
Occupation or Descriptor *	factory worker (1925-1938) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1928-1976) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Federated Millers & Mill Employees' Association of Australasia (NSW) (organiser, 1928-1976) Unions NSW (member, 1940) Trades & Industrial Hall & Literary Institute Association of Sydney Ltd (member, 1957)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member)
Workplaces *	J. R. Love & Co Ltd (employee, 1926) Federated Millers & Mill Employees' Association of Australasia (NSW) (secretary, 1938-1976)

* Dates are approximate

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