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Name	Lawrence Petrie
Alternative Names	Laurence de Petrie George Frederick Howard
Born	c. 1859 Scotland
Died	March, 1901 (aged ~ 42) Villarica, Paraguay
Cause of Death	train accident
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 *	anarchist (1882-1891) Victoria, Australia dockyard worker (1882-1891) Victoria, Australia anarchist (1891-1893) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1891-1893) New South Wales, Australia gaoled social activist (1893-1893) Queensland, Australia prisoner (1893-1893) Queensland, Australia
Key Events *	seamen's strike (1893) (union leader) Shearers' Strike (1891) (shearers leader)
Key Organisations *	Knights of Labor (Melbourne) (member, ?-?) Anarchists Club (Melbourne) (member, 1885-?) General Labourers' Union (NSW) (secretary, 1891-1893)
Key Places *	New Australia settlement (Paraguay) (resident, 1896-1898)
Political Activism *	Australian Socialist League (Vic) (member, ?-?)

* Dates are approximate

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