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Name	Dulcie Joy Penfold
Born	26 February, 1917
Died	5 June, 2011 (aged 94) Weston Creek, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Burmester, Clifford Amandus (work colleague)
Education *	Fort Street Girls' High School (Sydney) (student, 1929-1934) University of Sydney (student, 1935-1937)
Occupation *	librarian (1937-1949) New South Wales, Australia librarian (1949-1977) Federal, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1976)
Workplaces *	State Library of New South Wales (librarian, ?-1949) National Library of Australia (librarian, 1949)

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