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Name	Josephine Ethel Foster
Alternative Names	Josephine Ethel Roberts
Born	19 January, 1870 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 October, 1955 (aged 85) Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Foster, Arthur George (husband)
Occupation or Descriptor *	historian (general) (1901-1955) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Foster Prize (Royal Australian Historical Society) (eponym) Foster Room (Royal Australian Historical Society) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Australian Historical Society (member, 1901-1955) Royal Australian Historical Society (councillor, 1912-1943) Royal Australian Historical Society (fellow, 1924-1955)

* Dates are approximate

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