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Name	Lionel Keith Murphy
Born	30 August, 1922 Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 October, 1986 (aged 64) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Gietzelt, Ray (friend) Odgers, James Rowland (work colleague) Dwyer, John James (colleague) Bryant, Gordon Munro (colleague) Gietzelt, Ray (colleague)
Occupation *	barrister (1947-1961) New South Wales, Australia labour politician (1961-1975) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1962-1975) Federal, Australia high court judge (1975-1986) Federal, Australia
Legacies *	Lionel Murphy Foundation (eponym)

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