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Name	Augustin Petersilka
Born	20 July, 1918 Vienna, Austria
Died	23 October, 1994 (aged 76) Woden, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Cultural Heritage	Austrian Czech Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	station hand (1951-1954) New South Wales, Australia timber worker (1954-1957) New South Wales, Australia labourer (1957-1962) New South Wales, Australia sales representative (1962-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia café owner (1965-1994) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Canberran of the Year (recipient, 1978)
Legacies *	Petersilka Street (Gungahlin, ACT) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Austrian-Australian Cultural Society (member)
Properties *	Boonoke (NSW) (manager, 1950)

* Dates are approximate

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