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Name	Mary Shields Killury
Alternative Names	Mary Shields MacGillivray
Born	1869 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 October, 1947 (aged ~ 78) Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cerebral thrombosis
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	political activist (1915-1920) Victoria, Australia women's activist (1915-1920) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Federated Clerks Union of Australia (Vic) (organiser, ?-?) Marble and Stone Workers' Union (Vic) (delegate, ?-?) Labor Women's Unemployed Relief Committee (Vic) (secretary, 1915-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, ?-1947) Victorian Socialist Party (supporter, ?-?) anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Labor Women's Anti-Conscription Committee (Vic) (member, 1916-1917)

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