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Name	Hugh Richard Hudson
Born	12 February, 1930 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 May, 1993 (aged 63) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1942-1947) University of Sydney (student, 1948-1953) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1956-1957)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1960-1965) South Australia, Australia economist (1960-1965) South Australia, Australia labour politician (1965-1979) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1965-1979) South Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Labor Party (SA) (member, ?-1993) Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (chair, 1984-1987)
Political Activism *	ALP (SA) (politician, 1965-1979)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (economics) (academic, 1960-1965) Monash University (politics) (visiting fellow, 1980-1982)

* Dates are approximate

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