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Name	Sir Charles Powers
Born	3 March, 1853 North Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	24 April, 1939 (aged 86) Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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 *	solicitor (1876-1913) Queensland, Australia local government councillor (1881-1883) Queensland, Australia local government head (1883-1883) Queensland, Australia Member of Lower House (1888-1896) Queensland, Australia opposition leader (1893-1894) Queensland, Australia crown solicitor (1899-1903) Queensland, Australia crown solicitor (1903-1913) Federal, Australia high court judge (1913-1929) Federal, Australia industrial arbitrator/conciliator (1913-1926) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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