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Name	Averil Fink
Alternative Names	Averil Collins
Born	4 December, 1922 Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Died	28 December, 2010 (aged 88) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Fijian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Fort Street Girls' High School (Sydney) (student, 1936-1940) University of Sydney (student, 1941-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	aged care advocate (1967-2000) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1979) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990)
Key Organisations *	Beehive Industries (board member) Carers Australia Carers NSW (founder) Council on the Ageing (NSW) Retirement Villages Association (NSW) (founder) Sydney University Labor Club (president) Volunteering NSW (founder)
Political Activism *	ALP (supporter)
Workplaces *	Australasian Performing Rights Association (NSW) (researcher) Council on the Ageing (NSW) (executive director, 1967)

* Dates are approximate

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