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Name	William James Chidley
Born	c. 1860 Victoria, Australia
Died	21 December, 1916 (aged ~ 56) Lilyfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Paul, Emily Letitia (friend) Lalor, Philomena (supporter)
Occupation or Descriptor *	autobiographer/memoirist (1899-1899) New South Wales, Australia eccentric (1908-1916) New South Wales, Australia sex reformer (1908-1916) New South Wales, Australia
Key Places *	Hospital for the Insane (Callan Park, Sydney) (resident, 1912-1912) Kenmore Psychiatric Hospital (Goulburn, NSW) (resident, 1916-1916)
Social Issues *	asylum patient (NSW, 1912) asylum patient (NSW, 1916)

* Dates are approximate

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