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Name	David Bruce Cowan
Born	15 January, 1926 Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 April, 2011 (aged 85) Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Oxley Island Public School (NSW) (student, 1931-1937) Taree High school (NSW) (student, 1938-1940)
Occupation or Descriptor *	dairy farmer (1944-1954) New South Wales, Australia real estate agent (1954-1965) New South Wales, Australia stock and station agent (1954-1965) New South Wales, Australia country politician (1965-1980) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1965-1980) New South Wales, Australia country politician (1980-1993) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1980-1993) Federal, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1998)
Key Organisations *	NSW Council of Auctioneers (member)
Workplaces *	Taree Shire Council (NSW) (alderman, 1957-1965)

* Dates are approximate

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