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Name	Nene Gare
Alternative Names	Doris Violet Wadham
Born	9 May, 1914 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	29 May, 1994 (aged 80) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	East Adelaide School (student, 1920-1926) Muirden College (Adelaide) (student, 1927-1931) South Australian School of Art (student) Perth Technical College (student, 1939) Murdoch University (student, 1980-1982)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1939-1994) Western Australia, Australia short story writer (1941-1985) Western Australia, Australia novelist (1958-1985) Western Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1960-1985) Western Australia, Australia painter (1962-1985) Western Australia, Australia water-colourist (1962-1985) Western Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) (life member, 1993)

* Dates are approximate

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