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Name	William Ricketts
Born	11 December, 1898 Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 June, 1993 (aged 94) Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mahood, Marguerite Henriette (colleague)
Education *	Preston South Primary School (Melbourne) (student, ?-1912) Thornbury Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1904)
Occupation or Descriptor *	jeweller (1912-1935) Victoria, Australia violinist (1918-1935) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1925-1993) Victoria, Australia mystic (1935-1993) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1949-1951) South Australia, Australia sculptor (1954-1955) Northern Territory, Australia sculptor (1959-1959) Northern Territory, Australia sculptor (1970-1972) Overseas
Legacies *	William Ricketts Sanctuary (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Forestry service (Vic) (owned the land, 1961-1993)
Workplaces *	Australian Porcelain Company Pty Ltd (employee)

* Dates are approximate

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